Photo Courtesy The Briars

The Briars Homestead



Photo Courtesy Nepean Historical Society

Mechanics Institute Building
Sorrento



Photo Courtesy Nepean Historical Society

Quarantine Museum
Portsea



Photo Courtesy Parks Victoria

Coolart Homestead



Somerville Mechanics Institute - Home to Somerville, Tyabb & District Heritage Society

Somerville Mechanics Institute



Mornington Peninsula
Historical
Societies, Groups and Museums


Mornington Peninsula Family History Society
South Frankston Community Centre, Towerhill Road, Frankston.
Melways: 102 D7
Ph: (03) 5971 2391
Website: http://www.mpfhs.org/
Email: editor@mpfhs.org
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - Mulberry Hill
Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South.
Melways: 107 C2
Ph: (03) 5971 4138
Website: www.nattrust.com.au/places_to_visit/mornington_peninsula/mulberry_hill__1"
Sages Cottage Heritage Group
Sages Road, Baxter.
Melways: 106 F5
Ph: (03) 5971 5964
Visit by appointment only.
Mornington Railway
Moorooduc Station.
Enter from Two Bays Road near Moorooduc Highway
Melways: 105 K9
Ph: 1300 767 274 or (03) 5978 8792
Tourist railway operates 4 return services from 11am on first 3 Sundays of every month.
Website: http://www.morningtonrailway.org.au/
Somerville, Tyabb & District Heritage Society
Station Street, Somerville.
Mail: PO Box 363,
Somerville. 3912
Melways: 107 E12
Ph: (03) 5977 6489
Open: Wednesdays 10am - 3pm
Sundays 2 - 4 pm, or by appointment. Website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~stdhs
Email: somtyheritage@hotmail.com
Mornington Historical Society
Cnr The Esplanade & Main Street, Mornington.
Melways: 104 D10
Ph: (03) 5976 3203
Museum Open: Sundays, public holidays, Wednesdays during school holidays 1.30 - 4.30 pm, & by appointment.
Website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/
~mornhsoc/index.html

Email: vjwilson2@bigpond.com
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - The Briars Park
Nepean Highway, Mt Martha.
Melways: 145 D11 (entrance)
Ph: (03) 5974 3686
Open: 9am - 5pm except Christmas Day & Good Friday.
Website: http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/
channel/channel.asp?
cid=546&tid=546&tpid=540

Email: the.briars@mornpen.vic.gov.au
Dromana & District Historical Society
Old Shire Post Office,
Pt Nepean Road, Dromana.
Melways: 159 F7
Ph: (03) 5989 2243
Museum Open: Sundays 2 - 4pm.
Daily in January.
Or by appointment.
Website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/
~dromana/

Email: thelsljohn@aol.com
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - McCrae Homestead
11 Beverley Road, McCrae
Melways: 159 A10
Ph: (03) 5981 2866
Open: 12pm - 4.30pm Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday Website: www.nattrust.com.au/places_to_visit/mornington_peninsula/mccrae_homestead_galleries
Email: tourism@nattrust.com.au
Southern Peninsula Family History Society
Rosebud Community Centre,
111 Boneo Road, Rosebud.
Melways: 170 A4
Ph: (03) 5986 3703
Open: Mondays 12.30 pm to 3 pm, Wednesdays 10 am to 3 pm.
Website:
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~spfhs/

Email: sspfhs@swiftdsl.com.au
Rye Historical Society
Rye Primary Scool - Old Schoolhouse
Cnr Lyons & Collingwood St, Rye.
Melways: 157 F10
Ph: (03) 5985 2231
Website: http://ryehistoricalsociety.weebly.com/index.html
Friends of the 1803 Collins Settlement
Settlement Site
Pt Nepean Road, Sorrento.
Melways: 170 A4
Ph: (03) 5985 4139
Open: Site open at all times. Guided tours by appointment.
Nepean Historical Society
Mechanics Institute Building,
827 Melbourne Road, Sorrento.
Melways: 157 A8
Ph: (03) 5984 0255
Museum Open: 1.30 - 4.30 pm Saturdays, Sundays & school holidays. Group bookings by appointment.
Website: http://www.nepeanhistorical
society.asn.au/

Email: nepeanhs@satlink.com.au
Quarantine Museum
Point Nepean, Portsea.
Melways: 156 B1
Ph: (03) 5984 0062
Tours conducted on weekends and public holidays (except Christmas Day and Good Friday) and on Tuesdays and Thursdays during school holidays at 2pm. Group tours by appointment.
Website: http://www.nepeanhistorical
society.asn.au/quarantine.html

Flinders District Historical Society
Old Shoreham School,
Byrnes Road, Shoreham.
Melways: 256 F8
Ph: (03) 5989 8838
Museum Open: by appointment.
Website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/
~dromana/flinders.htm

Balnarring Historical Society
175 Balnarring Beach Road,
Balnarring Beach.
Mail: PO Box 183, Balnarring. 3926.
Melways: 193 D9
Ph: (03) 5983 5986
View by appointment only.
Friends of Coolart
Coolart Wetlands & Homestead,
Lord Somers Road, Somers.
Mail: PO Box 84, Balnarring. 3926.
Melways: 193 J9
Ph: (03) 5983 1333
Museum Open: by appointment.
Website: http://www.parkweb.vic.
gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=50

HMAS Cerberus Museum
HMAS Cerberus, Western Port.
Melways: 195 A3
Ph: (03) 5931 5530 / 5931 5697
Open: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Mon-Fri. Other times by appoinment. Closed mid-Dec to mid-Jan & public Hols.
Website: http://www.navy.gov.au/Museum_of_HMAS_Cerberus
Hastings-Westernport Historical Society
Cnr Marine Parade and Skinner Street, Hastings.
Melways: 154 K11
Ph: (03) 9781 1141
Museum Open: 2 - 4 pm Sundays & by appointment.
Website: http://avoca.vicnet.net.au
/~dromana/flinders.htm

Email: sadavies@alphalink.com.au
Peninsula Ship Society
Mail: PO Box 6124, Karingal. 3199.
Melways: 104 D10
Ph: (03) 5950 1618
Meetings at Hastings RSL, King St, Hastings - 7.30 pm every 4th Tuesday of the month except December.
Outings and excursions as arranged. Email: turnmj@mornpen.vic.gov.au

For a printable map of the locations of all these groups/museums please click here.

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