Our Partners & Supporters

We acknowledge the following grant providers and commercial partners for restoration of exhibits or upgrades to museum display:

  • Transport Heritage NSW
  • Cessnock City Council
  • Museums and Galleries NSW
  • Community Building Partnerships Program through Clayton Barr MP
  • Stronger Communities Program through Meryl Swanson MP
  • Shakespeare Solutions – mining museum gallery hanging system
  • Custom Audio – mining museum audio-visual
  • Greg Broadley Signs – interpretive signage upgrade
  • Ampcontrol and ResTech – Kathleen restoration

Thank you to our industry partners and supporters without whose generosity the museum would struggle to recover from bushfire damage:

  • Swietelsky Rail Australia
  • Australian Rail Track Corporation
  • South Maitland Railways
  • Daracon Group
  • Goldspring Group
  • Ben’s Rail and Civil
  • John Holland Rail
  • Kennards Rail Rutherford
  • Buttai Gravel
  • Transport Heritage NSW
  • Cessnock City Council
  • Hornby Collectors’ Club
  • Fighter World
  • Kurri Kurri Retired Mineworkers’ Association
  • Hunter Valley Vintage Farm Machinery Club
  • Hunter Valley Safety Group
  • Australian Historic Rally Club
  • Natalie Crowe Designs – Web Design Hunter Valley
  • ….. and many individual donors