Newcastle Museum is in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The museum works with with Newcastle Libraries.
History
The Newcastle Museum started in 1988. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.[1] It was in a building on Hunter Street until 2008. In 2011, the museum moved 1.7 kilometres (1.1 miles) to a new a new building that used be be the headquarters of the Great Northern Railway.[2][3]
Stolen bones
In 2003, bones from a psittacosaurus sinensis, which were 110 millions years old, were stolen from the museum. The bones had been borrowed from China.[4] The police asked the people in Newcastle for help to find the bones[5] and said they would give $5000 to anyone who found the,.[6]
Permanent exhibitions
- A Newcastle Story, early Aboriginal life and Newcastle's history
- Fire and Earth, coal mining and BHP steel production
- Supernova & Mininova, a hands-on science centre
References
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