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.
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