Great Cobar Heritage Centre

Plenty of information of times gone past

On the site of the old mine lots of information of the period when the mine operated with unique insights into living at the time, types of things you would have and require and the difficulties exper...

Outstanding museum

This museum was refurbished during the Covid lockdowns and is beautifully designed to complement the lovely building in which it is housed. The displays are fresh, attractive and very informative. The...

Splashes of silver and gold

The first copper mines founded in Cobar in 1870 were later merged to create the Great Cobar Copper Mine. It’s in the centre of town and the welcome sign is built on its slag heap. You can’t see muc...

Very Interesting

Very informative. Good examples of minerals and a real feeling of what life was like 'back in the days'.

A good museum

A nice museum with lots of information on the earlier mining days. There are two floors to this museum, a courtyard and then you can walk around to the old ming pit. We loved the bottom floor, the mus...