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Museum of Fire 2022 Art Competition Winner Announced!

At the start of 2022 our team at the Museum of Fire selected “Floods” as the theme of that year’s art competition. In the previous two...

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Celebrating our Connections with Japan

On Friday 3 June, the Museum of Fire held a formal opening of the Celebrating our Connections with Japan exhibition. The new exhibition...

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A Tale of Three Cities: Penrith, Fujieda and Hakusan

The Museum has all sorts of fascinating objects from all around the world in the collection. Each has its own story shaped by where it...

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Working from Home - Lockdown 2021

An Update from our CEO Belinda When our team scheduled a CEO update for this week, we were anticipating a mammoth blog filled with...

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How did the Museum of Fire end up in a Powerhouse in Penrith?

-Story by Bill Rowlings OAM It was all the doing of the first female to take on a senior role in fire brigade management in NSW. In 1982,...

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International Museum Day - The Museum of Fire One Year After Re-Opening

Today, 18 May 2021, is International Museum Day; an event celebrated annually by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). This...

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Sustaining the Firies – The Mobile ‘Canteen’ (1942 Ford 21W)

Did you know? The Women’s Fire Auxiliary (WFA), established in the 1940s, was primarily formed to aid the NSW Fire Brigade on the home...

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Museum of Fire 2020 Art Prize Winners Announced

The Museum of Fire recently opened our newest exhibition, an art gallery space featuring 30 artworks by primary school-aged children from...

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