Pioneer Park Museum
Luke got the chance to chat to Bonnie from Pioneer Park Museum about her current Polio Video, Visiting the Museum and access after the current Pandemic
L: Tell us a little bit about why this Museum exists?
B: Pioneer Park Museum opened in 1971 and usually we do our annual Action Day each year on Good Friday but unfortunately we had to cancel due to the circumstances. This is the first year we haven’t done our annual Action Day which I’m sure you and other Griffith residents remember well. So we have an Open-Air Museum. We have 40 buildings here and it we tell the story very well about Griffith’s history and the Murrumbidgee’s history very well.
L: Tell us about your video on Polio and the effects it had on Griffith
B: It’s been a lot of fun to be able to look to find new ways to bring our content to the public while we’re closed. We thought these videos could be really handy for people to be able to go back and have a look at them so it’s been a lot of fun. We make it quite topical to during a Pandemic so we are relating back to the Spanish Flu and Polio.
L: For people wanting to come see the Museum, how can we do so?
B: I’m encouraging a lot of our public to be getting back to Pioneer Park who haven’t been here a while like yourself. Do try to support your local Cultural Facilities. We are open Tuesday through Sunday and you can come and bring your family to walk around and find out a bit more about our history and a bit more about our cultural identity. We also do tours the first Sunday of every month, you get to go on the Pioneer Park Train and we do a tour all around the Museum, it’s really fantastic and its something I’m trying to encourage to come along and have a look. So keep up with us on our socials to find out when we’re open.
