The main building started life in the late Nineteenth Century as the Police Station in Mount Chalmers, then a booming gold mining town, when the gold ran out and the town’s population declined the building was moved to Yeppoon where it served as the Courthouse until 1984. The building was then moved to it’s present location in Emu Park, the original court fittings can still be seen in the main room.
There are five areas to the Museum. To the left of the main entrance is a display room containing shells from local reefs, reptiles, coloured sand artwork, a photographic history of Emu Park (including King O’Malley) and the ships bell from the Countess Russell which sank off Gladstone in 1873. Access to the Camp Wagon is from this room, this railway carriage was originally used for accommodation for up to four men working on remote jobs, it is now filled with railway memorabilia. Adjacent to the main building (up the ramp) is the old Glen Geddes railway station which was donated to the museum when the station was closed, displays include a model railway layout, station equipment and the station masters office, At the rear of the building are displays of restored railway cars, tools and equipment.