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West Coast Heritage Centre
Museum consisting of a group of historic buildings in Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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West Coast Heritage Centre (formerly known as the West Coast Pioneers Museum) is a complex of buildings and collections in Main Street of Zeehan, Tasmania in West Coast Tasmania in Australia.
The centre was managed by the company West Coast Heritage Limited in 2016.[1]
History
The closure of the Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy in the 1960s saw the founding of the Pioneers Museum in 1964.[2]
The centre included seven hectares and housing over 30 themed displays and exhibit.
The components of the centre include:
- Collections of the West Coast Pioneers' Museum[3][4]
- The buildings of the former Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy[5]
- Zeehan Post Office[6]
- Zeehan Courthouse[7]
- Gaiety Theatre[8]
- Grand Hotel[9]
- Covered area of preserved railway locomotives, rolling stock and machinery[10]
- Mining explosive display
- Art exhibitions and exhibits[11]
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