Channel Heritage Museum

The Channel Museum is managed & operated by over 40 volunteers. Our volunteers are local residents and many of them are descendants of our early settlers.

They offer visitors unique insights into the local area, along with an enthusiastic authentic narrative- perpetuating Jim’s passion. Mr J.B. ‘Jim’ Waldie, a descendant of early Channel settlers, founded the Channel Museum in Snug back in 1977. Jim was passionate about the spirit of the early settlers – the whalers/timber cutters, shingle splitters, bullock drivers, pit sawyers, early sailors, and river craft men. He wrote: “We owe it to our early settlers to keep their memory before the present generation.”

The Channel Museum moved to its present, more spacious 700 sq. metre purpose-built facility in Margate, and welcomed the first visitors on 28 July 2012. Our extensive artefact collection has been amassed over the past 42 years, and now includes more than 6,000 pieces. Our collection is mainly comprised of common everyday items that have been used and donated by the residents of the Channel community.

The Channel Museum is always looking for new volunteers and members, please feel free to get in touch if you’re interested.

For more information, call 03 6267 2333, visit the website or the Facebook page.

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