Port Albert Maritime Museum, a first-class maritime museum in Victoria’s South Gippsland coast.

The Port Albert Maritime Museum features displays from shipwrecks of the Gippsland coastline as well as the early days of Gippsland Gold discovery.

From Gunaikurnai origins, the arrival of European settlers in 1841 establishing a port servicing pastoralists and later the Gippsland goldfields, the rise and fall of the local fishing industry, right up to the OMEGA satellite navigation station at Woodside and present-day Bass Strait oil exploration, all are on display at the museum.

The moment you enter and see the restored 1.3-metre-high lens from the Cape Liptrap lighthouse and a cannon used at the Cliffy Island Light Station to sound fog warnings to shipping, you know you could easily while away hours.

One of the key exhibits tells the story of the loss of the CLONMEL, a timber paddle steamer wrecked near the entrance to Port Albert, along with details of some of the other 23 ships lost nearby.

You’ll be intrigued by the display of an original Breeches Buoy Rocket Lifesaving system that went into service in Port Albert in 1871, described by the prestigious Smithsonian as one of only a few intact examples to be found anywhere in the world.

Outdoor exhibits include restored workboats, the original Port Albert wharf crane, anchors, and the Citadel Island light, Australia’s first automatic acetylene light installed in 1913 on a rocky islet off Wilson’s Promontory.

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