Bounty Museum Norfolk Island

Discover the amazing story of Norfolk Island in this quirky museum. This Folk Museum is a treasure chest of history, an Aladdins cave full of fantastic collections, excellent learning resources and inspiring information stretching back to 1788.

Considered the people’s museum of Norfolk Island, situated on the corner of Queen Elizabeth Avenue and Middlegate Road, the museum is located in one of Norfolk Islands’ oldest shops built in 1916. As a civic museum for the island of Norfolk, the Bounty Museum chronicles the history of the island and provides visitors with an intimate and informative glimpse into life on Norfolk Island during this time.

Bounty Museum is a good place to visit early on your Norfolk Island holiday to gain valuable insights into local life. Though small in size, the museum is wide in scope, with lots of artefacts to pore over. Discover Bounty memorabilia, early photographs of Pitcairn settlers, old weapons and some frankly quite terrifying antique medical instruments. Browse handwritten research books and get lost in the page-turning plot of Norfolk Island’s past. You’ll also get a good sense of the day-to-day life on the island, not just the key historical events.

The Bounty Museum on Norfolk Island has an exact replica of the HMAV Bounty Launch from Captain Bligh’s Open Boat Voyage 1789 on display from the Maritime Museum UK.