Ballarat Tramway Museum

Ballarat Tramway Museum
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Established1971
LocationBallarat, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates37°33′05″S 143°49′13″E / 37.5515°S 143.8204°E / -37.5515; 143.8204
Ballarat tram No. 33 at Lake Wendouree
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Tramway destination board
Tram restoration at the Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ballarat Tramway Museum depot, Scrubber Tram No. 8 in view
Conductor selling tickets on the tram
Ballarat trams No. 38 and No. 28
View from the driver's cabin

The Ballarat Tramway Museum is an operating tramway museum, located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The museum is run by volunteers and has a fleet of trams which operate on part of the original horse tramway around Lake Wendouree and the Botanical Gardens. It has a large research collection, archive of information and more than 3,500 items about the Ballarat tramways.[1] The trams in Ballarat operated on a large network through the city from 1887 until 1971.[2]

  1. ^ "Ballarat Tramway Museum". Culture Victoria. 2012. Archived from the original on 28 March 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. ^ "End of the line: 40 years since No.40's last tram route". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2012.