The development of Queenstown and the West Coast are featured in more than 900 photographs displayed in the 23 rooms of this museum. The photographs were collected and the museum established by Mr Eric Thomas. There are also items of household equipment and personal effects, old documents, coins, cameras from the 1930s, early theatre projectors, antique mantel clocks, a collection of kerosene lamps, medallions, badges and chinaware. Extensive Royal Family Memorabilia collection from Queen Victoria to the present. Watch the video on Mount Lyell, Queenstown and the Abt (West Coast Wilderness) Railway while enjoying a refreshing cuppa.