Village Attractions
Use the Village map to find the 19 numbered stops at Laidley Pioneer Village, select any building, or a name in the key, to open its photographs and history. The map follows the Society’s printed Village map.
Select a building to open its page, or ENTRY to see prices and opening hours. On a phone, pinch to zoom in.
Prices & opening hours
- OpenMonday to Sunday
- Opens9:00 am
- Last admission2:00 pm
| Adults | $10 |
| Concession | $8 |
| Children aged 0 to 5 | Free |
| Children under 14 (aged 6 to 13) | $2 |
The entry is on Drayton Street. Please come in through the office in the original Council building (stop 1), where admission is paid and our volunteers can answer your questions.
Toilets (wheelchair accessible) are between stops 14 and 16. The BBQ area is near stop 7. The entry is at the bottom left of the map, from Drayton Street. Staff only areas are not open to visitors.
Visitor Guidebook
The Village’s Self-Guided Tour booklet, with a map and the story of every numbered stop. Download it before you visit, or scan the QR code for the Village’s links, including the booklet.
All Attractions
Explore Laidley attractions at Laidley Pioneer Village and Museum, including historic buildings, working displays and the collections inside them. Each has its own page with photographs and a short history.
Attraction 1 of 16
Original Laidley Shire Council Building
The former Shire Council chamber, now the Village entrance, office, research room and military and local-history displays.
Attraction 2 of 16
Pioneer Chapel
A former Methodist and Baptist church, relocated to the Village in 2009 and home to a collection of vintage organs.
Attraction 3 of 16
Tractor Museum
Vintage tractors, stationary engines, a 1927 AJS motorcycle, a charcoal-burner gas converter and three Caterpillar crawler tractors.
Attraction 4 of 16
Post Office Shop
A relocated store from Booval with a vintage telephone exchange and general-store items from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Attraction 5 of 16
Dairy Cream Shed, Old Dairy and Cow Bails
The Village’s dairy display: a cream shed from Blenheim and the dairy and cow bails rebuilt by volunteers in 2003.
Attraction 6 of 16
Blacksmith Shop & Woodworking Area
The village smithy, with its forge and tools, and the woodworking shop with treadle and flywheel lathes.
Attraction 7 of 16
Wagon Shed & Buggy Shed
German farm carts and wagons, agricultural and industrial machinery, and historic buggies and sulkies.
Attraction 8 of 16
Rural Life Display / Good Old Days Display
Kitchen and laundry equipment from the daily lives of rural families, in the ‘Good Old Days’ building.
Attraction 9 of 16
Linn Half Track Truck & Timber Industry
The 1928 LINN logging truck — one of only three known in Australia — and tools of the early timber industry.
Attraction 10 of 16
Medical Building
Hospital and dental equipment and medical aids used from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s.
Attraction 11 of 16
Butcher Shop
A relocated butcher’s shop from near Warwick, with wooden blocks, scales and mincing machines.
Attraction 12 of 16
Jail
The former Laidley Police Station holding cells, which survived the police-station fire of 1949.
Attraction 13 of 16
Desjardins Cottage
The Pioneer Slab Hut, built around 1885 by Johann Desjardins from timber cut on the property.
Attraction 14 of 16
School House
A one-teacher school built in 1876 at Blantyre, near Boonah, complete with its ‘Good Manners’ chart.
Attraction 15 of 16
Old Mortuary Museum
A former mortuary and general store, donated by the Society’s inaugural president, housing an eclectic collection.
Attraction 16 of 16
Ant Bed Clay Baker’s Oven
A baker’s oven built at Blenheim in 1931 from ant-bed nest mud and used until 1945.
Finding your way around Laidley Pioneer Village on the day? Open the Village Map, which shows every numbered stop.
Plan your visit
Open Monday to Sunday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, with last admission at 2:00 pm. Adults $10, concession $8.
