Description

This maritime museum is located in the oldest port in Victoria. The museum is open daily September to May from 10:30am to 4pm. Also open weekends and school holidays in June July and August. Significant items dealing with Gippsland's maritime history are housed in the 1861 Bank of Victoria building and in the John Irving Archives in the adjacent former CBC bank office. Port Albert was the original Port of Entry for the Gippsland Gold Fields and the old bank vault houses a display on Gippsland Gold Discovery. This is a paid point of interest. No camping or overnight parking allowed.