Leeton Museum and Art Gallery

Overview

Award-winning museum situated in a stunning heritage-listed art deco building. Featuring the permanent exhibition "Water By Design: The Leeton Water Story", the museum showcases the history of the…

Award-winning museum situated in a stunning heritage-listed art deco building. Featuring the permanent exhibition "Water By Design: The Leeton Water Story", the museum showcases the history of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, its people, hardships, and successes in building Australia's food bowl.

Leeton Museum and Art Gallery takes pride in featuring emerging and local artists — a point of difference in the region. Achieving this is the main gallery, which hosts up to 10 exhibitions annually, including travelling exhibitions in Winter and Summer.

The Lands Office Cafe offers visitors great coffee and refreshments, and the museum's replica Roxy Theatrette allows visitors to relax and enjoy various short ­films about Leeton's history.

During school terms, the museum is open Wednesday and Thursday afternoons with movies showing for kids, and the cafe offers milkshakes and popcorn on those days.

Disabled Access, fantastic amenities, feeding and baby change room, Boardroom available for hire, air-conditioned.

The Museum Gift Shop offers high-quality gifts and souvenirs. Gift cards are available for purchase.

A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility

Allows a person's carer free entry into participating venues and events

Actively welcomes people with access needs.

Adhere to The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation

Caters for people who use a wheelchair.

Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.

Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)

Employ people with disability

Have a step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)

Have a wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room

Have accessible seating areas in theatrette

Have an accessible public toilet which is unlocked

Have at least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high)

Have equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator

Have step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar

Have step free access to the conference or function room

Have step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)

Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints

Offer multiple options for booking - web, email, phone

Provide seating in common areas including reception area

Train your staff in disability awareness

Use floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth

Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)

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