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Out of the many displays at the Museum of Fire, one that often captures visitors’ attention is the large set of shelves filled with hundreds, if not thousands, of identical books. These aren’t just any old books, and their uniform size and shape hint at a shared purpose. And indeed, they do share something very special: they are occurrence books . Members of the Museum of Fire install the occurrence book display at the Museum in the 1990s [Museum of Fire Collection] Occurrenc

An update from our CEO, Belinda McMartin The team at the Museum have come to accept that April and May are now our busiest time of year with lots of activities at the Museum, school holidays and our attendance at the Easter Show as well as the Hawkesbury Show. Rather than be daunted by the numerous tasks at hand our team rally and tackle each event with new vigour. To allow these activities to take place our entire staffing body is required to lend a hand, all hands to the p