MOVE - Museum of Vehicle Evolution – Australia +++++

Museum is located in Shepparton, Victoria, MOVE is a world-class transport museum. MOVE displays motor cars, motorbikes, bicycles, trucks, buses, and much more. Learn about the legends of the road transport industry and their machines in the Kenworth Dealer Pavilion's "Avenue of Legends." 

Photos from museum with thanks: Phil Taylor  www.philtaylorphotographic.com

Address: 7723 Goulburn Valley HWY, Kialla, Victoria 3631, Australia

Contact: https://www.moveshepparton.com.au

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The Farren Vintage Bicycle Collection

MOVE also includes; The Furphy Museum, The Farren Vintage Bicycle Collection, The Dick Clayton Collection of gramophones, telephones, and radio, and the extraordinary Loel Thomson Costume Collection. The collections are displayed in a contemporary and interactive exhibition space.

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Farrens´ Bicycle Collection – Melbourne, Australia +++++

Paul Farren and his wife Charlie ownes a nice private collection with 85% of the pre -1900s bicycles in Australia, and all under one roof. Thirty years of hunting them down and collecting has resulted in one of the top 10 early bike collections in the world - it includes 160 pre-1900 bicycles, some post-1900 bikes, tricycles, hobby horses, and penny farthings.

A collection of rare early machine tools assists with the restorations and rebuilds, and through the collection, the development of the bicycle and the change in its use can be seen.

Part of the collection was moved to the MOVE museum in 2023.

Address: 131 Brighton St., Richmond, Australia

Contakt: Bicycle network - Paul Farren

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63757337@N00/tags/farren/

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Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery – Launceston, Tasmania +++++

All information about this museum we found on webside only.

Address: 2 Invermay Rd, Invermay TAS 7248

Contakthttp://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/qvmag/

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Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences - Ultimo, Australia +++++

Powerhouse Museum is part of Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences  in Australia. A small colection of bicycles is there. The exposition 200th Anniversary of the Bicycle was organized there in 2017 and all highlights from their collection was showed.

Address: 500 Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia

Contact: https://maas.museum

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Cambera Bicycle Museum, Australia +++++

Canberra Bicycle Museum was one of the unique museums of the city, which was a hit with people of all ages. The museum had been organized in such a manner that it resembles a living museum and it was known for its friendly atmosphere and nostalgic charm. The purpose of the museum was to make people aware about the historically important bicycles.

Canberra Bicycle Museum closed, permanently. Some of the bikes had gone to good homes, and collectors around the country were pleased to acquire them in the first round. An updated list had been compiled and was offered, at November 2009. Some pictures from this catalogue are attached in our gallery.

The museum was closed many years ago and the exhibits were sold off.

Address: 2 Badham St, Dickson ACT 2602, Australia

Contact: http://www.museum.com/jb/museum?id=38379

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCOl-k6oyY

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James Mcdonald Collection - Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

ONE BIKE IS NEVER ENOUGH

A couple of weeks after Pushies Galore 2012 I headed up the range to Toowoomba for a day talking bikes with bicycle aficionado James Macdonald. James was well known as a collector of old bikes, but the notable bike collection that James had curated was just one part of a life shaped by many other influences. The appreciation that James had acquired in his lifetime for design and technology, combined with a passion for history, formed the basis for his impressive collection of old bikes which is still housed in and around his Toowoomba “Queenslander” home.

This is an expanded repost of an earlier article which for unexplained reasons vanished together with a second post about James’ wheelset shod with cork tyres. In August 2012 James had generously allowed me to photograph his home filled with old bikes, books and collected objects. Sadly in early 2014 James passed away. Many bike enthusiasts remember the unique way that James displayed his bicycle collection throughout his house. Yet there are many more who never got to see James’ historic bicycle display. The images used to illustrate this post represent a unique moment in time and an authentic document shot when James was in his element. These photographs were taken on a day when he was showing a group of fellow bike collectors his old bikes while sharing stories about bikes and their related history.“

Robert Cobcroft writes in his blog – full text HERE

Photos: with thanks to Velo Aficionado and Robert Cobcroft Hipshots https://hipshots.com.au

Address: Toowoomba, Queensland, Austrálie Australia

Contact: https://veloaficionado.com/blog/james-macdonald-toowoomba-bicycle-collector

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Note on James: he died not long after Robert Cobcroft posted on the blog. His family donated part of the collection to a local museum:https://www.highfieldspioneervillage.com.au

That was a few years ago, so we don't know what happened to the collection after that.