About Tweed Regional Museum
Tweed Regional Museum is the main museum for the Tweed Shire, located at 2 Queensland Road in Murwillumbah, New South Wales. Operated by Tweed Shire Council, it preserves and interprets the natural, Aboriginal and settler history of the Tweed Valley. The museum houses permanent and temporary exhibitions on local agriculture, timber, sugar industries and community life, displayed in a modern purpose-built facility adjacent to historic buildings.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a modern museum complex in central Murwillumbah with permanent and changing exhibitions on the Tweed Valley's natural environment, Bundjalung Aboriginal heritage, and European settlement history. The site includes exhibition galleries, historic buildings, collection stores viewable by appointment, and outdoor areas. Displays feature objects, photographs, documents and multimedia relating to farming, sugar and banana industries, timber and community life.
Key highlights
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Main museum for Tweed Shire with permanent exhibitions on Tweed Valley history and environment
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Purpose-built museum building adjacent to heritage-listed historic buildings
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Extensive collection of objects, photographs and archives relating to local agriculture and community
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Temporary exhibitions and public programs on regional culture and history