The National Wool Museum is located in a beautiful old bluestone woolstore building in the centre of Geelong, and to be honest, one of reasons I went there was to get a look inside the building. I wasn't disappointed with anything I saw there. The exhibits were arranged over 3 storeys and a huge old carpet loom is in the centre - you walk up ramps around it. The loom runs every day at certain times, and if you like you can buy a persian rug that has been made on the loom. Obviously most of the exhibits were to do with the history of sheep farming, wool production and the use of wool in Australia, but they also have other short-term exhibitions which cover a huge range of subjects (whilst I was there this was a room full of old postcards collated from the general public, written from, featuring pictures of, or about, Geelong - it was fascinating to look and read, but you would have needed an entire day to get through all of them!). The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable. There's a good museum shop that contains the usual Australiana souvenirs that put me off, but that tourists like so much, but there's also a beautiful range of high quality woollen coats, scarves, gloves etc. I am a youngish woman who went there alone and I spent nearly 2 hours wandering and could have spent longer on the stuff I was interested in if I'd had time - I don't have kids so I didn't even venture near the kiddy exhibits.

Approximate cost: $7.50

Its a wow alright, history abound in side this great land mark. i have all of my family to walk through, enjoyed a coffee and with it being so central, a days shopping is included, love the goodies were able to buy, hope to return in the new year.

Approximate cost: $50.00

Quite a big museum that was really informative and well presented. You get to see how wool is made. There are machines that are in operation and you can literally see what's happening. The staff were very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. The souvenir shop was great as well.

I was in Geelong over Easter and the Wool Museum was only one of few things that was open so we thought we would give it a go but weren't thinking it would be very interesting.

There are actually some really interesting exhibits showing the history of wool production in Australia, the process of weaving wool on large looms, and other various shearing equipment and farming machinery. The volunteers that run the museum are friendly and very knowledgeable about all of the displays.

There was also a gift shop area with cute little gifts and Australia themed items - I guess that would be popular with tourists.