The Museum’s Aboriginal name translates as “home of yesterday”. The collection is housed in a bluestone and brick building built in 1874 and is the home of the Ararat and District Historical Society.

Displays, including many photographs, dressed models, clothing and farm machinery, reflect the gold mining rush of 1856. The Mooney and Charles Best collections of Aboriginal artefacts are also featured. The large collection covers a wide variety of themes of local importance, and includes objects from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.