Wingham township, situated on the beautiful Manning River, was settled in the mid-1850s. Wingham Museum is located in a historic building once used as a grocery and produce store, circa 1872. The museum overlooks Wingham Town Square (or Central Park) which is surrounded on four sides by heritage buildings.
Visitors to the museum have remarked on the large and extensive collections on display and the diversity of those collections which take people back in time to different ages from the colonial period to more recent times.
On display are family portraits, furniture, fashions, folk crafts, farming tools, transport, glassware and mineral collections, military and indigenous displays, entertainment, local stories and sporting memorabilia.
Within the Museum is the original 19th-century police cell which housed indigenous bush-ranger, Jimmy Governor, following his capture in the Manning Valley by local farmers.
There is also a large collection of books and journals on local history for sale which can be bought at the museum.
Archive resources are also available. Researchers are in attendance on Tuesdays from mid-morning. Please phone before coming. Alternatively, email your inquiries and you will be contacted.
Mji wa Wingham, ulio kwenye Mto Manning, ulianzishwa katikati ya miaka ya 1850. Jumba la makumbusho la Wingham liko katika jengo la kihistoria ambalo wakati mmoja lilitumiwa kama duka la vyakula na mazao, karibu 1872. Makumbusho inaangalia Wingham Town Square (au Central Park) ambayo ni kuzungukwa katika pande nne na majengo urithi. Wageni wa makumbusho wamesema juu ya makusanyo makubwa na ya kina yaliyoonyeshwa na utofauti wa makusanyo hayo ambayo yanarudisha watu nyuma kwa wakati kwa enzi tofauti kutoka kipindi cha kikoloni hadi nyakati za hivi karibuni. Maonyesho ya picha za familia, fanicha, mitindo, ufundi wa watu, vifaa vya kilimo, usafiri, vyombo vya glasi na makusanyo ya madini, maonyesho ya kijeshi na ya asili, burudani, hadithi za ndani na kumbukumbu za michezo. Jumba la kwanza la polisi la karne ya 19 lilitumiwa na Jimmy Governor, aliyekuwa mlinzi wa misitu ya eneo hilo, baada ya kukamatwa katika Bonde la Manning na wakulima wa eneo hilo. Pia kuna mkusanyiko mkubwa wa vitabu na majarida juu ya historia ya ndani kwa ajili ya kuuza ambayo inaweza kununuliwa katika makumbusho. Vifaa vya kumbukumbu vinapatikana pia. Watafiti wanahudhuria siku ya Jumanne kuanzia katikati ya asubuhi. Tafadhali piga simu kabla ya kuja. Vinginevyo, barua pepe maswali yako na utawasiliana.