Established | 1988 |
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Location | 6 Workshop Way Newcastle, New South Wales |
Coordinates | 32°55′34.5″S 151°46′21.07″E / 32.926250°S 151.7725194°E |
Type | Regional museum |
Owner | Newcastle City Council |
Public transit access | Hunter Street |
Nearest parking | On site |
Website | www.newcastlemuseum.com.au |
Newcastle Museum is in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The museum works with with Newcastle Libraries.
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]
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]