Invitation to a Book Launch 'The Power of Purpose'

Burnie Regional Museum hope you can join them for a very special event…

The launch of The Power of Purpose

by the museum's founder Peter Mercer

More than 70 years of the Museum’s history! 

6pm Wednesday 22 June 2016

Burnie Regional Museum

Little Alexander St

P: 64305746

E: museum@burnie.net

 Peter Mercer (OAM, AMAA) and author

Limited edition signed copies will be available for purchase

on the night, $105 from the Museum Gift Shop

This book is a long awaited arrival of a very exciting book for the region and Tasmania.

About Burnie Regional Museum

The Burnie Regional Museum’s collections represent the history of Burnie and the surrounding North West region, from the time the first Europeans ventured out from Port Sorell in the mid-1820’s to explore the wilderness of the North West to the present day.

The Burnie Regional Museum’s main attraction is the Federation Street, where visitors can glimpse what life was like in 1900 when Burnie was a bustling town of 1500 people at the height of its first economic boom.

The Burnie Regional Museum was founded by Peter Mercer (OAM, AMAA) with objects from his private museum collection that he had been gathering since 1942. It opened its doors to the public in 1971, as the Pioneer Village Museum. In 2011 it was rebranded as the Burnie Regional Museum to better reflect the breadth of its collections. It is now the major cultural heritage institution in North West Tasmania and holds the third largest collection in the state.