Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum - Lithgow, New South Wales

Neil M.

Amazing museum showing a nationally significant collection of firearms - but also the local history of metal fabrication n the same factory including intricate and amazing metal objects such as sewing machines, handcuffs etc. The volunteers running this place were super friendly and were very well informed. This museum should have more significant financial support from the federal and state government and Thales. If they only got 0.1% of Canberra's War Memorial budget they would be very safe and secure into the future. Support this museum in anyway you can!

Licheng S.

Went to the small arms factory in February 2024. I was so impressed with the collections and exhibition of these delicate machines and fire weapons. Just noticed the recent break-in, it's obviously outrageous. Hopefully, these valuable guns will be recovered soon, and I really want to visit the museum again.

Suzanne P.

EVERYONE needs to come here. It is excellent and I believe will get better. The details around the history of the site and the manufacturing that occurred here is great. The volunteers there really care about the information and what they are doing. It is done really well and is very interesting. The gun collection has is amazing in Itself but the history of manufacturing that occurred here is amazing. This was at one time the largest small arms manufacturing factory in the southern hemisphere. They have set up as many old pieces of machinery that they can and intend to get some of them working - this is an amazing piece of history and should be HERITAGE listed. A great visit for anyone - get out there - take your children, take your mother - take your wife.

Dani A.

About 10-15mins walk from the train station. Very nice people that'll greet you up front. Artefacts are organised. They have very interesting items on the gift shop, useful for camping.

I enjoyed the stroll around since I was addicted to action games such as PUBG MOBILE and CALL OF DUTY MOBILE that involves guns. Very intriguing to see them guns up close, especially the small pistols☺️.

There were some war propagandas that reminded me of essays back in high school, made me sit there and analyse a little bit😆.

Seeing them old switchboards and communication equipment blows my mind, seeing them up close just made me curious with how much it changed after a century. I'm an apprentice sparky so I showed them to the people I worked with and they're intrigued aswell.

Would love to come back and have my family to tour.

Missy C.

Excellent collection !! Good history of the factory and memories ! Can’t believed there were 6000 employee working on site back in the old days and they’ve kept it well ! Helpful and friendly staff.

Connor O.

Very cool place full of Australian history

Deb C.

Great collection with lots to look at, over 2 floors. Everything is labelled for your convenience so that you know what your looking at. If visiting in these colder months, rug up warm because it's an old cold building. Good gift shop too 👍

Chris C.

An absolute must visit when in Lithgow, the history here is just amazing.
The factory produced so much more than firearms and war items, domestic items we use every day were also made here.
The ability of the factory to adapt to changing requirements and the high quality produced is a credit to those who worked there.

Friendly, helpful staff make it a great spot to visit.