Qantas Founders Outback Museum
Longreach Airport
Sir Hudson Fysh Drive
Longreach Qld 4730
+61 7 4658 3737
Daily 09:00 – 17:00
Closed Christmas Day
Admission fee
Gift shop
Aircraft collection
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VH-XBA VH-EBQ VH-EAX – VH-UJB VH-EAP VH-EAM |
Avro 504K (replica)
Boeing 707-138B Boeing 747-238B Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina de Havilland D.H.50 Iris (replica) de Havilland D.H.61 Giant Moth Douglas DC-3A Skytrain Lockheed L1049B Constellation |
The Qantas Founders Outback Museum tells the history of Australia’s national airline Qantas, from its early beginnings in Outback Queensland in the 1920s to present day. Qantas was registered on 16 November 1920 and held its first Board Meeting in Winton in 1921 where it was decided to move operations to Longreach. The Qantas Founders Museum has a variety of interactive displays and exhibits telling the many stories of the airline over its 100-year history.
In September 2019, work began on the construction of a $14.3 million Airpark Roof and Light and Sound Show Project. This project was funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments and is expected to be completed in 2020. The Airpark Roof will provide projection from the sun to Museum visitors and the Museum’s Boeing 747, 707, DC-3 and Super Constellation. The Light and Sound Show will use state of the art light and sound technology to tell the history of Qantas by projecting onto the fuselage of the Boeing 747, Super Constellation and Boeing 707. The Light and Sound Show is expected to be completed and available to the public in 2020.
Qantas Founders Museum is excited to announce all visitors coming into the Main Museum Hall will now be able to experience a custom-made mock replica of the 1970s Boeing 747 First Class Retro Lounge. The First Class Upper Deck Lounge was a part of the first B747-200 aircraft Qantas received in 1971 and were later replaced in 1979 by Qantas’s first Business class deck 747 which we have in our collection.