Pioneer Valley Museum

Social history museum focusing on the development of the Pioneer Valley.

In 1986 the Mirani Shire Council purchased a collection of artefacts from Jack Williams of Eungella.

With the aid of a bicentennial grant, the council built a large modern building which houses the shire's library and the museum, which displays the Jack Williams collection.

The museum was opened in September 1988 and the collection expanded rapidly so the museum section was extended to double its size in 1990.

Managed by the Friends of the Museum, the small but beautifully presented social history museum includes a display on the sugar industry, indigenous artefacts, a large natural history section which includes the fossilised remains of a Diprotodon and a well used reading nook with photo albums, local family history booklets and many publications relating to the Pioneer Valley.

Location and opening hours

Behind the library in Victoria Street, Mirani.

SUMMER BREAK OPENING HOURS: 
Open on Saturdays from 9am to noon via Mirani Library. Closed during holiday periods, in line with Mirani Library

The Pioneer Valley Museum will reopen Monday, April 7 - entry via the Mirani Library.

Opening hours align with the library as follows:

• Monday, 1pm to 5pm
• Tuesday, 9am to 5pm
• Wednesday, 3pm to 6pm
• Thursday, 1pm to 5pm
• Friday, 9am to 5pm
• Saturday, 9am to noon