Address: Wolfram Street, Westonia
Phone: (08) 9046 7063
Open: Monday – Friday 9am – 4:30pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am-12pm
Admission: Entry Fee applies
The Hood-Penn Museum in Westonia is the result of a an extremely generous donation of a large historical collection from the Hood-Penn family who previously owned the Burracoppin Store. The Museum features a variety of scenes showcasing early life in the shire including a pub scene, a shop/hardware store scene, a petrol station/garage scene, a kitchen scene, a bedroom scene and a blacksmith/farm workshop scene. Each scene also includes a realistic lifelike mannequin, complete with wrinkles and blemishes.
A vibrating mine tunnel is also included within the museum that gives visitors an idea of what life in an early Westonian gold mine would have been like. The museum also incorporates a display area and visitors are free to wander to their hearts content.