Hall Museum 2013 News Archive

December 2013

Happy Christmas - On behalf of the 'Friends of the Hall School Museum' I wish a Happy and safe Christmas to all our supporters, visitors and to those organisations that helped us throughout the year...

Veteran and Vintage car display - Around thirty wonderful vehicles from the ACT Branch of the Veteran and Vintage Car Club will be visiting the Hall School Museum on Saturday afternoon between 1...
ACT Heritage Grants - The Hall School Museum has been successful in its application for two ACT Heritage Grants for 2013/14...

Surprise from the Pre-school Children - The volunteers from Hall School Museum were delighted and surprised with a special visit by 3 members of the Pre-school...
Hall School Museum Annual Report - HALL SCHOOL MUSEUM – HONORARY CURATOR REPORT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2012-2013 We have completed another successful year for the Museum...
Honorary Curator Honoured by the Rotary Club of Hall - Phil Robson, the Honorary Curator of the Hall School Museum, was honoured by the Rotary Club of Hall with a Community Services Award...

Museum's Latest Project hits the Front Page - 'Voices of Early Hall' is the latest project to be undertaken by the 'Friends of Hall School Museum'...
Launch of Public Education Week - Allen Mawer and myself were invited to give a brief talk at the launch of Public Education Week by the ACT Education Minister Joy Burch...

Visit by Covenant Care Day Centre - The Museum hosted a number of the Centre's clients together with their carers on 29 April. A sumptuous morning tea with scones, jam and cream with fresh coffee and tea was served when the group arrived...

'Hall Village and District 1913' - A reminder of the special 'Hall Village and District 1913' exhibition that will be held at the Hall Primary School on 13-14 April 2013 from 10am to 4pm each day...

'Hall & District 1913' Mural - The mural that is being painted by Shaun Robson for the 'Hall & District 1913' exhibition is nearly complete...
Samuel Southwell's Wagon - There is an old photo of the Cricketers Arms Hotel which was taken in the early 1900's. In the photo is a wagon with sacks of grain on the back being pulled by six horses...
Visit of Very Important Grandchildren (VIG) - The Museum received a group of very excited grandchildren on a special visit on Tuesday 5 February. Although there were the cheerful sounds from the pre-school children going about their daily routine...