Upcoming Events
| May 26, 10:30am |
Opening the Gate |
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Paul Toole MP and Bernie George will be marking the completion of the museum’s landscaping of the outside display area with a ceremonial cutting of the ribbon and the Opening the Gate. Light refreshments will be severed afterwards. Members of the museum and their guest welcome. |
| June 10, 6:00pm | Rent Part #2 |
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The essential ingredients of any great party are fantastic music, delicious food and good wine! Starters made from local produce will greet party goers from 6pm and from the BBQ, butterfly leg lamb with roasted kumera and mint yoghurt dressing. So good that you can only do it justice is to eat it standing up. And to finish up handmade cannoli and coffee.
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Complement your dinner with a wine from renowned Kandos-Rylstone producers, Naked Lady Wines and De Beaurepaire Wines or if you prefer, a beer from our selection. Your ticket includes your first wine or beer with addition service available from the bar. |
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Great Music goes with Great Food Local talent Pete Foerster and Andrew Ross combine to give a great blend of blue/soul/country to delight your ears and keep your toes tapping. |
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And what a great way to visit the museum! |
Past events
Rent Party – 3-handed Beat bandits
What a great night it was!!!
The 3-handed Beat Bandits were fantastic, as was the food, wine and company.
A must for a return visit!
Saturday, November 26 :: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
LK&R Kandos Gardens Fair Tour on The Rylstone Rambler
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What better way to take in the Kandos Garden Fair than by train aboard the beautifully restored Railmotor Set 661/726. Ride the LK&R Line from Lithgow to Kandos through the magestic Capertee Valley. |
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Kandos Museum, Lithgow State Mines Railway and Kandos CWA have teamed up to bring you a special day touring the gardens of Kandos. With 11 open gardens in around Kandos & Rylstone, guest speakers Costa Georgiardis from the ABC Gardening Show, Diego Bonetto wild food forager and Fiona Ogilvie from The Land, the Kandos Gardens Fair has something to delight the experience gardener and the novice alike. |
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Take in the self-guided garden tour of garden objet d’art, sculpture, nurseries and over-the-fence attractions. |
| Your Kandos Garden Fair Train Tour includes your visit to the Kandos Museum gardens with museum entry. Entry to the open gardens in Kandos and with hop-on hop-off courtesy bus taking you from railway station to garden to garden and back again. |
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Experience real CWA hospitality. Your tour also includes your luncheon of sandwiches and baked goods along with tea and coffee in the Kandos Museum gardens. Most excellent cappuccino by Zensational Coffee will also be available at the museum. |
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Join us and ride the rails from Lithgow station to Kandos Station through the spectacular Capertee Valley aboard the beautifully restored Railmotors 661/726. |
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Starting at Lithgow Railway Station, your journey takes you past Wallerawang before heading north-west past the Gardens of Stone National Park and on to Pearson’s Lookout at Capertee. |
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Through the Capertee Tunnel and on into the valley with its myriad views and points of interest. |
| Climbing toward Carlos Gap and through a second tunnel to Brogan’s Creek where steam trains once watered looking out over the lower reaches of the Capertee Valley. |  |
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After revelling through the beauty of the Capertee Valley its a short ride to the Kandos Railway Station where a courtesy hop-on hop-off bus to ferry your around the Kandos Gardens Fair! Key Times
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See you at the Kandos Gardens Fair.
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Event Information & Ticketing…
Brogans Run
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Ride the rails on the Rylstone Ramber to |
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Enjoy stunning views as you wind |
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then on to spectacular views of the Capertee Valley…. |
| Nothing matches the thrills of a railway tunnel! |
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Take a journey on the lovingly restored All Aboard! departs 12:30 2nd April Only From the historic Kandos Railway Station |
Event Information & Ticketing…
Ride the Rylstone Rambler
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Ride the Rylstone Rambler from Lithgow Station and spend the day at the friendliest country town show in NSW – the Rylstone-Kandos Show! On your journey you will travel through the spectacular Capertee Valley, the world’s widest canyon aboard the lovingly restored Railmotor set 661/726 – the Rylstone Rambler!
Saturday 27 February 2016 |
Streetwise: Book Launch
13 February 2016
Streetwise – the Book Launch was a great day with lots of old and new friends at the Kandos Museum. Lyn Syme Welcomed to Country those at the museum, Brent Barlow was master of ceremonies, Percy Thompson gave us a song, Prof. Bob O’Neill AO launched the book and Paul Toole MLA gave the toast but the day belonged to Colleen, the author.
Congratulations Colleen on a resounding success!
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- Brent Barlow, Master of Ceremonies
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- Welcome to country, Lyn Syme
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- Colleen O’Sullivan, author of Streetwise
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- Prof. Bob O’Neill AO
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- Packed House!
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- The Toast by Paul Toole MLA for Bathurst
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- Colleen and Terry
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- Congratulation Collen!
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- Streetwise: Finding History on the Streets of Kandos
Kandos Museum Souvenir T-towel printing workshop
30 January 2016
We were so lucky to have the extraordinary Wendy Murray lead our eager workshop participants through the intricacies of designing and screen printing a new range of souvenir t-towels for the museum. Special thanks to Orana Arts/Cafe Concrete Rylstone Soup Session for the seed funding for this initiative.
Biggest thanks of all to Wendy and Kandos’ brilliant new designer printers.
Kandos Train Adventure & Vintage Kandos Cement Works Ambulance official hand over at Kandos Museum
19 September 2015
Matt Williamson Trio
June 2015
Matt Williamson Trio concert at Kandos Museum.
Cementa15 Contemporary Arts Festival
April 2015
Kandos Museum was very pleased to play host to contemporary artists who installed brilliant art works and spent time at the museum talking about their work to eager museum visitors.
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- Djon Mundine and Dabee descendants: Yinaa-Gibar
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- Karla Dickens: The Whole Black Hole
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- melanie e khava: ‘16boardsx2’ ‘in.with’
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- Nicole Barakat: Meditation (Decolonisation)
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- Nicole Barakat: Meditation (Decolonisation)
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- Dani Marti: Stitch ‘n Bitch
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- Juilee Pryor: A Meditation on the Redundancy of Childhood
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- Mark Booth: Cold steel (22.300–90°)
http://www.cementa.com.au/ Thanks Gina Fairley for the photos. Here is a link to her review http://visual.artshub.com.au/news-article/bits-and-blogs/visual-arts/gina-fairley/cementa15-a-regional-festival-in-pictures-247671
Ball mill installation
February 2015
Kandos Cement Works mill no. 3 is part of the outdoor collection at Kandos Museum. Photo: F MacDonald.
Kandos Museum re-opening
Open day 2
3801 visit
Cementa13 Contemporary Arts Festival
February 2013
Cementa13 – the inaugural Cementa festival – staged contemporary artworks and performances at many venues around Kandos. Cementa13 artists at the museum included Fiona Davies (Cane); Amanda Hills (Copper wire); Bronia Iwanczak (Sunset); Fiona MacDonald (Sunset Kandos); The Spectral Committee (Haunted Museum); Peter Williamson (Childhood).