History Trust of South Australia

09/08/2026

07/08/2026

New merch just dropped 🔥🤩 Swipe to view some of the range! Pre-order online from today. Shipped 10 August 2026 > https://baytobirdwood.position.com.au (limited stock available)

Purchasing is also available at the National Motor Museum from 12 August 2026 and at the Finish Festival on 18 October 2026.

24/07/2026

🌊 Adventure awaits! 🧸

In our new excursion, Teddy Time: Journey at Sea, students bring their teddy or other stuffed toy to the museum to explore what it was like to travel to Australia by sea in the past. 🚢✨

🔗 Visit our website to find out more: https://education.history.sa.gov.au/experience/teddy-time-journeys-at-sea/

13/07/2026

Today is the anniversary of the Star of Greece shipwreck. Preserved in our collection, this figurehead is a symbol of the tragedy that claimed 17 lives and caused an overhaul of rescue procedures throughout South Australia.

Built in 1868 by Edward Harland, Star of Greece was a sleek three-masted, full-rigged iron ship of 1227 tons. Destined for Great Britain, the vessel was wrecked off a reef 200 metres from Port Willunga in 1888. There was no rescue equipment available on shore and by the time Port Adelaide received the message for help, the captain and many of the crew clinging to the mizzen rigging had drowned. This tragic event resulted in significant reforms to maritime safety laws.

05/07/2026

📍As of today, we will be closed for a period of two years to undertake critical structural and conservation works.

We will continue to connect and communicate with our audience through our online platforms, so please follow along to see our journey over the next two years. 💚

👉To find out more you can visit our website: https://www.history.sa.gov.au/migration-museum-renewal/

04/07/2026

50 years of NAIDOC Week - 50 years of strength, survival, and story. 🖤💛❤️

More than just a week, it has always been a platform, a protest, a celebration, and a statement of survival.

We honour and recognise the voices, culture, leadership, and the generations who paved the way - not by chance, but through resilience and a refusal to be silenced.

This moment is about looking back at the stories, the marches, the languages, the art, and the leadership.

26/06/2026

Exciting update on our Hartnett restoration! 👀🚗

14/06/2026

14/06/2026

*Warning nudity* 🫢

Have you ever seen a streaker?

In 1972, journalists gathered on the Barr Smith Lawns at the University of Adelaide after hearing rumours a streaker was set to make an appearance.

🎥: ABC Archives 1972

14/06/2026

💚 Next month we will be closing for a period of two years to undertake critical structural and conservation works.

👉To find out more you can visit our website: https://www.history.sa.gov.au/migration-museum-renewal/