Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 26 February 2020 MUSEUM PLAYS PART IN QANTAS SAFETY VIDEO Qantas Founders Museum is proud to feature in the new Qantas Airways safety video which was released by the airline today. The video, which was filmed in part at Qantas Founders Museum in August 2019, includes footage […]
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 25 February 2020 MAJOR STAGE OF AIRPARK ROOF COVERED Qantas Founders Museum’s iconic Boeing 707 and Boeing 747 aircraft are now under cover, with the last of the Airpark Roof Project’s Aramax Sheeting installed. Work began on the Aramax Roof installation in November 2019 with the […]
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 24 February 2020 QANTAS FOUNDERS MUSEUM LOOKS TO THE FUTURE OF QUEENSLAND TOURISM Qantas Founders Museum CEO Tony Martin and Museum Customer Service Professional and Tour Guide Sarah Collins will both participate in the 2020 Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) Young Professionals Mentoring Program as a mentor […]
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 13 February 2020 JOIN US FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE QANTAS CENTENARY FLY IN Calling all pilots and aviation enthusiasts to join us for the Celebration of the Qantas Centenary Fly In from 14-16 August 2020. Tickets are now on sale for Qantas Founders Museum’s Celebration of the Qantas Centenary […]
WHO WAS PAUL McGINNESS? by Museum Curator Tom Harwood The other founders of QANTAS called Paul Joseph McGinness (PJM) ‘the spark of QANTAS’, because he first had the idea and the passion to pursue it, but what’s his story? Not even he seemed to know the exact date but PJM was born in the Ballangeich […]
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 4 February 2020 THE QANTAS WORLD AS HARRY SAW IT This week Qantas Founders Museum’s first Qantas Centenary Exhibition, “Harry Rogers – Inspiring us to travel with Qantas”, will open to the public with the exhibition launch on Friday 7 February 2020 at 10.30am. From […]
ATTENTION ALL FORMER AND CURRENT QANTAS STAFF! To celebrate the centenary of Qantas Airways, we are offering FREE entry to our museum to all current and former Qantas employees. We will also offer reduced rates on our aircraft tours. There has never been a better time to visit Qantas Founders Museum with its 2020 Qantas […]
HOW CLOSE DID QANTAS COME TO NOT BEING QANTAS? By Qantas Founders Museum Curator Tom Harwood How close did QANTAS come to not being QANTAS? Very, very close if the variety of names that were thrown around between the foundation meeting at the Gresham Hotel in the last week of July 1920 and the registration […]
Qantas Founders Museum and its McGinness’ Restaurant will be open throughout the Australian Day Weekend (25 – 27 January 2020) with some great breakfast and lunch specials available for our visitors to enjoy. They include: Saturday 25 January 2020 Lunch special – Chicken Schnitzel Sandwich with Chips – $14.95 Sunday 26 January 2020 Breakfast Special […]
In 2020, Australia’s national airline, Qantas is turning 100 and we want to celebrate this major milestone with you! Throughout the Qantas Centenary year, Qantas Founders Museum will be giving away monthly specials and gifts to visitors such as books, DVDs, restaurant vouchers, aircraft tours and more to celebrate Qantas and its special year. So […]
