Introduction

One of the oldest residences in the Lithgow Valley, Eskbank House was built in 1842 by local Stonemason Alexander Binning for the first Industrialist to the Lithgow Valley Mr Thomas Brown MLA.

Today Eskbank House operates as a historic home and museum and features the Lithgow Local History Collection, a collection of significance to the Lithgow Local Government Area. Eskbank House & Museum is also the home of the Nationally Significant Lithgow Pottery Collection, one of the largest collections of Lithgow Pottery in Australia.

What's Happening

Sir Joseph Cook, Richard Northey and Robert Pillans: Fraternal Lithgow 1890–1927  Exhibition
5 May to 29 July 2012
Courtyard Gallery

Eskbank House and Museum is proud to announce an exhibition that examines the role of a number of key people and organisations from Lithgow’s past: SirJoseph Cook, Richard Northey and Robert Pillans were members of trade unions and friendly societies who contributed greatly to Lithgow’s development.

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Waste to Art
6 – 29 April 2012
Courtyard Gallery

Waste to Art is a community art exhibition and competition which showcases creative works made from reused & recyclable waste materials. The aim is to challenge perceptions about ‘rubbish’ and to celebrate the reuse and recycling of waste through arts and crafts.

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