EXPLORE OUR RICH HERITAGE

The Mareeba Heritage Museum and Visitor Information Centre is your entry to our beautiful region and your pathway to understanding the rich and varied history of Mareeba.

Discover Local Stories

With a variety of high-quality exhibits, a shop selling local produce, books, souvenirs, arts and crafts all available to you in one beautiful area you’re sure to have a wonderful day.

Learn Mareeba’s Heritage

Since 1995 we have been celebrating Mareeba’s rich and varied history all made possible by the generous donations of local residents. Come pay us a visit, entry is free!

Mareeba Heritage Museum Exhibits

The Mareeba Heritage Museum is host to a wide variety of incredible exhibits that allow visitors to learn more about the local area’s incredibly rich and truly fascinating history.

Our exhibits and displays are exceptionally high quality, many of which are available thanks to the generosity of local residents.

With unrivalled attention to detail and a passion for education, there is no better way to learn about Mareeba’s fascinating history than to explore our exhibits.

Tourism Information

Many visitors call into the museum for Tourist Information, then spend considerable time there because it's an attraction in itself with its intriguing displays.

The Centre has an extensive Aboriginal cultural display, a settler's hut showcasing historical memorabilia, turn-of-the-century telephone exchange, a printing press and a motor rail ambulance.

There are also displays on mining, forestry, tobacco, agriculture and the Wet Tropics. The wet tropics display features a cassowary (the flightless rainforest bird), other birdlife and rainforest vegetation. 

Displays

• Aboriginal Cultural Display
• Early Explorers
• Pioneer and Early History Display
• The War Years
• Mt Mulligan Mine
• Timber Industry Display
• Wet Tropics Display
• Unique Rail Ambulance
• Train Carriage
• Tablelands Pioneer Blacksmith Shop
• Dairy and Rodeo Display
• Tableland Tobacco and Bulk Barn Display

The Centre has an extensive aboriginal cultural display, a settler's hut showcasing historical memorabilia, turn-of-the-century telephone exchange, a printing press and a motor rail ambulance. There are also displays on mining, forestry, tobacco, agriculture and the wet tropics.

The wet tropics display features a cassowary (the flightless rainforest bird), other birdlife and rainforest vegetation. The museum is open from 8.00am to 4.00pm seven days a week.