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New Abbey Café Officially Opens at the Abbey Museum
On Friday, September 27th, the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology celebrated a significant milestone with the official opening of the Abbey Café. The café was launched with an exclusive coffee tasting by State Member for Pumicestone, Ali King and Abbey Museum...
A Paws-itively Wonderful Day: Celebrating St. Roch Day with Our Four-Legged Friends
This year’s St. Roch celebration was nothing short of a howling success, with 18 enthusiastic dogs joining in on the fun. The weather couldn’t have been more purrfect, setting the tone for a day filled with joy and camaraderie. Fr George’s special blessing of the...
$250,000 Funding to Complete Art Gallery and Cafe
Following the $2.1M funding announcement in 2022 to award $1.7 Million towards the construction of the Abbey Museum Art Gallery and Café, and $400,000 towards the Abbey Medieval Festival, today we are delighted to announce a further $250,000 has been awarded to the...
Thanks to our friends, the Bribie Island Community Arts Centre, for their support with a Medieval High Tea
On Saturday 13th April, Bribie Island Community Arts Centre generously hosted a Medieval High Tea with Rosalie Gilbert, to support our fundraising efforts for the Art@Abbey campaign supported by Creative Australia through Plus1. The event welcomed around 80 guests to...
Queensland Arts Showcase Program (QASP) Funding Announced
The Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology has been awarded funding from the Queensland Government from the Queensland Arts Showcase Program. The latest round of the Queensland Arts Showcase Program (QASP) is supporting projects across the spectrum of art forms, from new...
Successful funding from Regional Arts Development Fund grant
The Abbey Museum is proud to announce that we are the successful recipients of a Regional Arts Development Fund grant towards the artist commission fees for Lyndon Davis, acclaimed First Nations Kabi Kabi artist and traditional custodian, to create a new sculptural...
Work commences on $1.7m Art Gallery with official Sod Turning
The Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology is delighted to formally mark the commencement of construction on the $1.7m Art Gallery and Cafe. Joined by Member for Pumicestone, Ali King, on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport, who along with Chair of...
Celebrating Edith Cuffe’s 30 years of service
On Saturday 18 March, business partners, colleagues and friends of our former Director Edith Cuffe gathered to celebrate Edith’s 30 years of service to the Abbey Museum and Abbey Medieval Festival. The Abbey Museum’s Chairman of the Board, Paul Garcia led the official...
What is Provenance and why is it so important?
Written By Gabrielle PowellA museum may be offered an unparalleled, exceptionally significant object that would automatically become a collection highlight and attract many visitors to the museum to learn about an important part of history and culture. But there is...
Federal Government Funding Supports the Abbey Museum
Edith Cuffe & Terry Young MP After the impact of COVID and two years of cancellation of the Abbey Medieval Festival, the Abbey Museum’s largest fundraiser, the Museum’s future was not looking bright. Faced with the prospect of losing staff and closing its doors,...
View our 2022 Gift Guide
'Tis the Season to Shop & Support LocalDiscover the delights of our Abbey Shop with the release of our first ever 2022 Gift Guide, featuring exclusive products and gifts to celebrate the silly season. This year we release the final ever limited edition Teddies of...
Funding Announcement for The Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology see’s future Art Gallery and Cafe expansion
BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENTAli King MP has just announced via Facebook Live that the Abbey Museum and Abbey Medieval Festival have been awarded $2.1m in funding to support the growth and expansion of the Abbey Museum with a new Art Gallery and Cafe, as well as...
Abbey Icons take Flight
On Wednesday 2nd February 2022, a large truck from International Art Services spirited away two of the Abbey Museum’s collection of icons. This was the start of a journey for “Saint Michael as Guardian of the Host” and “Forty Martyrs of Sebaste” to Auckland Art...
Inspiring Students with a little bit of History – Volunteers Needed
The Abbey Museum is looking for retired teachers, educators, or just enthusiastic lifelong learners to join our Volunteer Education team. The Abbey Museum offers a wide program of activities for school students, including two mock archaeological digs, a thrilling...
A Little Roman Bling
If you were lucky enough to find yourself time-travelling back to ancient Rome, you would no doubt notice many Roman women wearing jewellery that we are familiar with today. Finger rings were among the most popular form of personal jewellery, worn by both men and...
Roman Family Fun Week – Bringing History Alive.
“Play is the work of the Child” Maria Montessori.
A Small Medieval Treasure
The Collection Management Team was abuzz with excitement on Saturday with the arrival of a new artefact; a silver-gilt rectangular plate from a Medieval book cover. The plate dates from around the 13th to 15th century and depicts a saint possibly St Peter seated...
New to the Abbey Museum collection
It is always exciting to receive new objects into the Abbey Museum collection and over the last four weeks a number of artefacts have been donated. These include an early Victorian prie-dieu, a Pygmy bow and 8 arrows, a small collection of Roman bow brooches and a...