Bega Pioneers Museum

Announcements War returns to Valley

The Bega sessions are being held on Wednesday mornings, starting February 5, at the Bega Pioneers Museum.

Bega Famous for its Cheese Bega cheese

But do you know what some of Bega’s Sons and Daughters are Famous for ?

Dagmar Berne The first women medical student,

Walter Henry Childs Senior Sergeant of Police Finger printing

Curly Annabel Launch Bega-Littleton Exchange, In 1960

Special group Tour can be arranged for school classes and other large groups, during the time we are closed. Also family groups

The Pioneers’ Museum

is situated in an old hotel,
built in 1858-9, with many rooms and outside exhibition areas containing
every aspect of early Bega – industries, clothing, military, machinery,
transport, household effect, as well as family histories. Our collection
of over 200 framed photographs of pioneers is the largest in the NSW.

The building itself is classified and worth looking at. A horse-drawn ambulance in the backyard, built in Bega, was converted into a Hawkers van and supplied goods to out-lying families. A large collection of local militaria from the Boer War, WW1 & WW2. A very enthusiastic family history collection on local connections.