Cooktown Maritime Museum
The Cooktown Museum is a museum of maritime history with a focus on Cape York/Torres Strait Islands and the surrounding regions. The museum's collection is a tribute to seafaring men who brought civilisation to the Far North. The pioneering history, the gold rush, early cyclones, early discovery, shipping and Chinese migration are just some of the themes depicted in the museum's collection.
Address:
Cnr Walker and Helen Streets, Cooktown, QLD
Tel:
0740695680
Hours:
Monday - Sunday 8:30am - 5:30pm from June - October. Flexible hours during off season.
Email:
Admission:
Adult $5.50, Group Booking $4.00, Children (5-14) $2.00.
Facilities:
Wheelchair access, Souvenir Shop, Guided Tours, Booklets, Kiosk, Information Centre, Booking Office, Toilet Facilities.
Collection:
The collection consists of over 300 photographs and newspaper cuttings; 600 marine specimens including a shell collection; 11 model ships; 5 anchors; 2 gold skips; 8 canoes and other maritime memorabilia.
Subject:
- Historic Display
- Maritime Museum
- Natural History Museum
- Outdoor
- Social History Museum
- Art
- Photographs
- Craft
- Decorative Arts
- Illuminated Manuscripts
- Jewellery
- Paper
- Portraits
- Archives
- Bushrangers
- Childhood
- EducationAndSchools
- Historic People
- Local History
- Maritime and Naval History
- Medals and Badges
- Migration
- Prisons or Convicts
- Social History
- Weapons Arms and Armor
- Women
- Hunting, Fishing, Trapping
- Industry
- Marine Technology
- Mines and Mining
- Railways or Tramways
- Ships and Shipping
- Tools
- Aboriginal Art
- Aboriginal Artefacts
- Aboriginal Culture
- Pacific Cultures
- Torres Strait Cultures
- Earth Sciences
- Invertebrates
- Mineralogy
- Seashells
- Geology
- Literature
- Models
Items
Stuffed Crocodile
Original Dundee Crocodile
Creator:
A taxidermist in Cairns
Description:
Crocodile used to make rubber copies used in the movie Crocodile Dundee.
Date:
1973
Model boat
Model of Steam Yacht Greta, Dufken, MV Cora, Onedin Line
Creator:
JD Clark of Townsville
Description:
Battery driven model of steamship.
Date:
1970
Canoes, Anchors
Creator:
New Guinea natives
Description:
Fifteen metre red cedar canoe from New Guinea.
Date:
1960 (approximately)
Crockery and cutlery
Description:
Crockery and cutlery from the yacht on which the constitution was developed.
Date:
1900 (approximately)
Fishing buoy
Description:
Japanese long liner fishing buoy and radio beacon.
Date:
1975 (approximately)