Golden Dragon Museum, Victoria, Australia
4.5 (629 reviews) Sunday: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #9 in Greater Bendigo Speciality Museums
There be dragons ! And a garden. And a Temple.
The Golden Dragon Museum of Chinese history and culture in Bendigo and its associated Yi Yuan Gardens and Guan Yin Temple. $12 adult, $10 concession and thoroughly worthwhile with not just photographs of some of the first and second generation of Chinese in Australia but a room with the longest Chinese ceremonial dragon in the world – Dai Gum Loong - and other rooms with amazing Chinese artifacts including a life-size carved jade wagon. It took the best part of an hour to view the museum and then the gardens with their delightful oasis of trees and ornamental lake with goldfish (carp) and then the Buddhist Temple. Very much worth the visit.
Address
5-11 Bridge St, Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria 3550 Australia
Mobile
Website
http://www.goldendragonmuseum.org
Working hours
Monday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 7:10
User Ratings
4.5 based on (629 reviews)
Reviews
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5Shaun D 5:00 PM Jan 4, 2022
Enough on offer to keep you interested & get some history of the Chinese contribution to Bendigo.
Bendigo is a small place so don't expect a huge museum. Having said that, for the price it's excellent and the museum offers enough to give you a feel for how the Chinese contributed to the gold rush in the 1800's and to the wider area. I enjoyed the different exhibits and having a read of the blurbs which give you the history. The staff are helpful and there's also the Chinese Gardens which are beautiful and relaxing. Certainly worth visiting to get some history of the Chinese contribution to Bendigo.
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4Traveller 5:00 PM Apr 15, 2022
A pleasant place to visit
My wife and I visited this place during our recent holiday in Bendigo. We walked here from The Quest Central Apartments where we stayed for 2 nights. This museum opened in 1991, followed by the Yi Yuan Gardens next to it, in 1996. The Guan Yin Temple at the far corner opened in November 1996. In 2010, the Dai Gum San (in Chinese, this translates to Big Golden Mountain) forecourt was completed. This cluster of attractions became a major tourist attraction in Bendigo. We were impressed by some of the artifacts in the Museum's collection, especially the Jade Carriage, Loong (meaning Dragon), the world's oldest Imperial Dragon and Dai Gum Loong, the world's longest Imperial Dragon.
