Highlights

Newcastle Museum is home to significant local treasures and objects with fascinating history.

You can find out more about our objects by browsing our collection database.

Here are some of our collection highlights for you to explore.

Hunter Nurses of the Great War

The Organ

The Organ was located in the choir vestry of St. Augustine Anglican Church, Merewether

Walter's Bugle

The Bugle on display in A Newcastle Story belonged to Walter Barton

City of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples. We respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and recognise that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession. City of Newcastle reiterates its commitment to addressing disadvantages and attaining justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.