Willoughby Museum

Willoughby Museum aims to conserve and interpret the history of Willoughby City and the contribution made to its development by its residents

The Willoughby Museum is located in the 1913 Federation cottage, Boronia, located at 58 Johnson Street in Chatswood. It explores the economic, social and environmental history of Willoughby City through permanent and temporary exhibitions. Meetings featuring speakers on historical subjects are held at 2. 00pm on the second Saturday of alternate months from February.

The aim of the museum is to inspire, educate and inform the Willoughby community and visitors, and to contribute to the conservation of the history and heritage of the City of Willoughby. The property was bequeathed to the Society in 1988 by Sonya Kirkham, a WDHS member who was tragically killed in a car accident in 1988. It lies within the South Willoughby Conservation Area, one of 12 in Willoughby City that have been established to protect Willoughby's heritage and make sure that new development does not detract from the streetscape, landscape and character of the city.