Visitor Centre
The purpose-built Visitor Centre with entry to the Mining and Pastoral Museum, is located at the southern entrance to town.
Mount Magnet’s spacious and airconditioned Visitor Centre offers local, regional and state wide travel information, brochures and maps.
When planning your stay, allow time to visit “Ron the Rock Man’s” extraordinary Rock Collection and the Mining and Pastoral Museum.
(entry fees apply).
The Mining and Pastoral Museum exhibits a vast collection of artifacts and photographs from the town’s rich past. Countless voluntary hours and more than thirty years have been dedicated, by members of the Mount Magnet Historical Society, to collect, restore and preserve this unique collection.
Now on permanent display, the museum provides an insight into early pastoral (since 1878) and gold mining activities (since 1891) which make up the Murchison region’s history. Insight is also given into a rapidly vanishing way of outback life.
The original Boogardie State Battery has been rebuilt on the museum site and, with the outstanding Rabbit Proof Fence exhibit (featuring film sets and stories depicted in two movies), pastoral shed and other relics, is a must-see for tourists and residents of the region alike.
Museum entrance fee:
Adults $10
Concession $5
Children $2 (Children must be accompanied by an adult)
Entry is through the Visitor Centre.
Visitor Centre Opening Hours
May - September: Monday - Sunday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
October - April: Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Contact The Visitor Centre
Email: visitor@mtmagnet.wa.gov.au
Telephone: (08) 9963 4172
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MtMagnetVistorCentre
