Discover what’s on at the National Wool Museum – from inspiring contemporary art and textile design to exhibitions celebrating Australia’s rich wool heritage. Explore major feature shows alongside highlights from our permanent collection, and experience the stories, creativity, and innovation that shape our cultural landscape.
On the Move
30 May 2026 − 22 November 2026
A travelling exhibition from Museums of History NSW in collaboration with James Gulliver Hancock, On the Move opens on 30th May and runs through to 22nd November 2026.
Come and enter an interactive transport world created in collaboration with illustrator James Gulliver Hancock. Along the way you’ll discover fascinating facts about different modes of transport and types of vehicles. Construct a paper plane to see how it flies and build a vehicle of the future to test on our track. Discover how transportation works in busy cities, and how the fuel choices you make can have a positive impact on the environment.
You’ll learn amazing facts about Australian journeys and inventions and meet the people behind them. See how vehicles have evolved over time - and imagine what they might be like in the future! On the Move is a touring exhibition from Museums of History NSW, developed in collaboration with illustrator James Gulliver Hancock.
Interwoven: Fibre Art and Fashion
14 February 2026 − 12 July 2026
While certain materials are highly specific to a place or time, textiles are universal. The proximity fabrics have to the body, as both protection and comfort, garner textiles with intimate and sentimental associations. Often our primary form of self-expression through fashion, a term with its own multitude of meanings including adornment, identity and modes of being. The endless possibility they pose as a suite of materials offers almost unlimited creative application and potential.
Presented in partnership with the Australian Tapestry Workshop, Interwoven: Fibre Art and Fashion celebrates makers working in all forms of fashion and textiles, including dress, jewellery, photography and fibre art. The common thread within this exhibition is exactly that – all works have been created, and rely upon, thread of some form. Connecting them all is their shared experience as artists in residence at the Australian Tapestry Workshop.
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On the Land: Our Story Retold
Ongoing exhibition
On the Land: Our Story Retold is a multi award winning exhibition which tells the Australian wool story for the modern-day visitor.
On the Land: Our Story Retold is about the past, present and future of Australian wool. It is about people and places and the history of the land.
Experience stories, traditional language and art with the Wadawurrung Country exhibit, created by Wadawurrung woman Corrina Eccles, Elder Bryon Powell with contributions from Wadawurrung artist Deanne Gilson.
Learn about modern day farmers and innovations in the industry by exploring the Museum's extensive object collection. Explore the tools of the trade from the early nineteenth century to modern innovations.
Visit our online exhibitions and collections
Explore the treasures of Geelong and the diversity and depth of the City of Greater Geelong’s Heritage Collection.
Visit our online exhibition at Geelong Heritage Collections - part of the Our Heritage, Our Collection project.
Our entire National Wool Museum Collection, consisting of more than 7500 objects, including over 4300 photographs, can be searched, viewed and queried by anyone, from anywhere at anytime on Victorian Collections.