Events

Big things in store

Sunday 10 October 2010
10 am – 3 pm
Treloar Conservation and Storage Annex,
8 Callan Street, Mitchell ACT
Entry by gold coin donation

Big Things in Store is a rare opportunity to see inside the Memorial’s storage area of large technology objects as the Mitchell Annex is only opened to the general public once or twice a year.

Visitors will be able to see a range of objects that are not currently on display in the Memorial including:

• Caribou A4-140 fuselage, our newest aircraft (tailplane, fin, rudder, propellers, and wings have been removed for storage)
• De Havilland Tiger Moth
• 25-pounder field guns
• First World War Leyland truck
• Lockheed Hudson Mark IV Bomber undergoing conservation
• Second World War DAP Beaufort bomber
• V2 rocket on its original trailer
• Centurion tanks
• "Bushmaster" Infantry Mobility Vehicle
• Mk IV “Female" tank, the only one in Australia, whose sponson has been removed for conservation and research, giving you a rare chance to look inside. The YouTube video at the bottom of this page shows conservators removing the sponson in 2008.

Closed, flat footwear is recommended. Please bring your camera, but no large bags, tripods, or monopods.

Refreshments and sausage sandwich and available.

Images and articles from the 2009 Big Things in Store

• Images from the Big Things in Store, May 2009 event on Flickr.
• 666 ABC Canberra's article on Big Things in Store in 2009.