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Established | 1987 |
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Location | 27 Lindsay Street, Toowoomba |
Coordinates | 27°33′19″S151°57′53″E / 27.5554°S 151.9646°E |
Type | History museum |
Website | Queensland Museum Cobb+Co website |
The Queensland Museum Cobb+Co (formerly the Cobb+Co Museum)[ citation needed ] is at 27 Lindsay Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. [1] It is part of the Queensland Museum Network.
The museum was originally established to house The Cobb & Co. Collection of W. R. F. Bolton [2] consisting of over thirty 19th century horse-drawn vehicles which he collected and had restored over a period of more than thirty years. This Collection also includes over one hundred artifacts, comprising saddles, machinery, tools, and items of domestic and occupational use. [3] The expansion of the museum over time, with the addition and consolidation of other collections, has led to the museum becoming internationally recognised as housing The National Carriage Collection. [4]
The Collection was originally on display in Toowoomba at the premises of Cobb & Co. Limited, Mr Bolton's road transport company, from 1965 until 1981. Jenny Cardell, Mr Bolton's daughter, and her husband, Adrian Cardell, purchased the Collection through their company Banks Pty. Ltd. in 1980. [5] They then entered into protracted negotiations with the Queensland Government to donate the Collection to the Queensland Museum on the condition that the Collection would be housed at Toowoomba in a purpose-built building. [6]
A formal Deed of Gift which provided that the museum