Bathurst Regional Council encourages residents to be museum ambassadors

Bathurst Regional Council is giving its residents the opportunity to discover Bathurst museums with one free museum voucher to be included with the July rate instalment.   

Mayor Jess Jennings said Council has introduced a number of public programs in recent years to provide the community with an opportunity to visit Bathurst’s museums, and the museum voucher adds to that program.   

Mayor Jennings noted “the new museum vouchers are the next step in engaging and thanking the Bathurst community for supporting our world class museums.  We hope that by providing a free adult voucher with the rates notice, locals will embrace the opportunity and take visitors, family and friends to discover the stories and objects that are contained within our museums. 

“We would love our community to become champions of our museums, to be proud of what we have to offer and not only visit themselves but encourage family and friends to visit as well.”  

How do the vouchers work?  
One free entry voucher for each Council museum will be included with the July rate instalment notice (and ratepayers will also receive their annual waste vouchers at the same time).  

The vouchers are redeemable at:

• National Motor Racing Museum

• Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum

• Chifley Home & Education Centre

• Bathurst Rail Museum

The vouchers provide free entry for one person at each of the Museum Bathurst sites.  A 10% discount will be available off the normal entry free for individuals who are with the voucher holder. 

The voucher also includes a 10% retail discount at each museum outlet and is redeemable on one transaction.

Council will provide information to real estate agents and other local housing providers to let them know about the new voucher scheme and encourage them to work with landlords to pass the vouchers on to tenants.

The Museum voucher project will be trialled for 12 months and uptake assessed.