The Sunshine Coast’s six local museums are encouraging visitors to get out their spy glasses and solve some historic mysteries.
Patrons can use their detective skills to piece together the clues to uncover the life of the Coast’s early settlers.
Sunshine Coast Council’s Museum Mystery Madness is happening at local regional museums from September 1 to October 2.
Visitors will experience a different quiz journey at each participating museum, Bankfoot House Heritage Precinct, Buderim Pioneer Cottage, Eumundi Museum, Kenilworth Museum, Landsborough Museum and Nambour Museum.
Quiz questions are unique to each museum and are linked to the exhibitions and display.
The questions could be anything from follow the scrabble trail letters and answer the questions to find the name of a miniature toy on display.
During this fun and educational heritage journey, your keen observation and detective skills could pay off, with a chance to win a $100 Caloundra Regional Gallery store voucher* a fabulous way to support local artisans.
Each entrant will receive a free pocket magnifier to help solve problems and discover the Sunshine Coast’s amazing heritage.
Visitors can enter one or all six museum quizzes and become a Museum VIP with a discount card.
Sunshine Coast Council Acting Mayor and Community Portfolio councillor Rick Baberowski said the quiz was an interactive and light-hearted way to promote Sunshine Coast museums.
“Each museum explores different heritage stories through its own remarkable, diverse and unique collection,” Cr Baberowski said.
“Each time you walk through the door, you’re bound to see something you haven’t noticed before or experience something new.
“It could be as nostalgic as a miniature toy wagon, or as intriguing as the evolution of the phone.
“No matter what it is, each display helps us understand something more about how our regional communities once lived and how we continue to pursue progress.
“Museums offer an exceptional low-cost day out, and during the school holidays the quiz offers a fun, meaningful and even more rewarding way for all ages to explore our incredible Sunshine Coast heritage.”
Sunshine Coast community museum locations
Bankfoot House Heritage Precinct
Location: 1998 Old Gympie Rd, Glass House Mountains
Opening hours: 10am to 3pm, Wednesday to Sunday
Entry: Free entry.
Location: 5 Ballinger Crescent, Buderim
Opening hours: 11am to 3pm, Monday to Saturday
Entry: Adults $5, Children $1.
Location: 73 Memorial Drive, Eumundi
Opening hours: 10am to 3pm, Tuesday to Saturday
Entry: Free entry.
Location: 7/9 Alexandra St, Kenilworth
Opening hours: 10am to 2pm, every Sunday or by appointment
Entry: Adults $4, Children $1, Family Groups $9.
Location: 4 Maleny Street, Landsborough
Opening hours: 10am to 3pm, Wednesday to Sunday
Entry: Free entry.
Location: 18 Mitchell Street, Nambour
Opening hours: 1pm to 4pm Wednesday to Friday, Saturday 10am–3pm
Entry: Adults $5, Children $1.
To find out more about the participating Sunshine Coast heritage sites visit: heritage.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
Download the Discovery Guide or collect a copy from Sunshine Coast Council Libraries or Customer Contact Centres.
