Welcome Aboard!
Australia's Most Authentic Working Tramway
Visit our Award-Winning Museum
Visit our interactive museum and ride our 100+ year-old trams on weekends, Tuesdays, and public holidays.
Tram ridea start and finish from the museum in the beautiful Ballarat Botanical Gardens.
Times:
Weekends & Public Holidays: 10am to 4pm
Tuesdays: 10am to 3pm
Pricing:
Museum Entry + Ride:
Adults: $15
Children: $7
Concession: $13
Family: $40
Our Mission Statement
Continue the development of a working museum to preserve the style of Ballarat's former street tramways and trams for the public benefit in a safe environment.
Our Purpose and Activities
The Museum was formed to preserve the tramway experience that existed on the streets of Ballarat from 1887 to 1971. Trams are operated along a public road on an original section of the track, using authentic methods of operation such as conductors, paper tickets, uniforms, tram stops, and even original style paperwork.
Our Tram Museum and depot, at the south end of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, displays some of the tramcar collection, presentations with photographs, videos, tramway memorabilia, trammie stories, souvenirs and book shop. The Museum is open for visitors from 11am on operating days A self-guided tour is possible or when volunteers are available; a formal guided tour.
Our tramcar collection includes Ballarat Horse Tram No. 1 from 1887 and a 1905 Electric Supply Company of Victoria tramcar (under reconstruction). Our operating fleet consists of many tramcars that initially operated in Melbourne around the time of the World War 1 and were sold to Ballarat in the 1930's and 1950's. Since 1975 the Museum has also acquired a number of historic trams directly from Melbourne.
