Historical centres
Discover our region’s past at one of our two historical centres located in the Pioneer Valley.
Planning starts for regional museum
Preliminary planning has started for the creation of a regional museum to showcase the region’s history and stories.
Following extensive community consultation around the Mackay Region Museums Development Plan in 2020 and the Mackay Arts and Culture Strategy in 2023, council is moving to refine and consolidate its museum collections.
This is an opportunity to create a facility that will offer a “hero” experience for those with an interest in history and heritage.
As part of this planning process, council has undertaken a Collection Rationalisation Project, which is a stocktake of council’s collections at Mackay, Sarina and Pioneer Valley to identify significant objects, their condition and stories.
Find out more about council’s Collection Rationalisation Project(PDF, 944KB)
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