Our comprehensive collection connects visitors with the origins of Casino and the everyday life of the Richmond Valley. Here's a little of what you'll find.
At the heart of the museum is an extensive photographic collection — portraits of pioneering families, images of Casino's main streets and shopfronts, school and sporting groups, floods, celebrations and the changing face of the district over more than a century.
These images are among our most treasured resources, helping families rediscover their ancestors and researchers understand how the town grew.
From furniture and kitchenware to clothing, tools and personal keepsakes, our artefacts reveal how earlier residents lived, worked and made do. Each object carries a story of the hands that used it.
Together they paint a vivid picture of domestic and community life in a growing rural district.
Casino grew as a rural service centre, and our machinery collection reflects that heritage — implements and equipment that worked the land and powered local industry through generations of change.
These larger pieces are favourites with visitors of all ages, offering a tangible link to the district's working past.
Our archive holds documents, maps, newspapers and records that support family history and local research. Among our ongoing heritage projects is the restoration of an outdoor lampstand from the El Gronda Picture Theatre, built in 1937.
If you're researching your family or the district's past, our volunteers are always glad to help point you in the right direction.
Students, families, researchers and visitors are all welcome to explore and learn from our collection.
The best way to experience the collection is in person. Plan a visit — we'd love to show you around.