Preserving Our Past
August 26, 2026
The Lord Howe Island Museum Catalogue Project nears completion.
Snippets
Artist Julian Hume installs new mural
November 6, 2025
Artist and palaeontologist Julian Hume visited the Museum and installed a canvas mural in the environmental gallery.
Susan Johnson documents some of the Island’s history
October 24, 2025
Visiting researcher Susan Johnson provided provided some insight into the island’s history.
Phillip Payten – surveyor, gardener and lawn bowls enthusiast
October 4, 2025
Philip Payten was a NSW surveyor who moved to Lord Howe Island in 1923, and helped form the local Lawn Bowls Club.
Update on eHive cataloguing project
July 28, 2025
The LHI Historical Society is continuing the project to log all artefacts held at the Museum onto the web based collections catalogue called eHive.
Earth Day 2025
April 17, 2025
April 22nd is Earth Day 2025. We invite all e-bike owners on the island to meet at Signal Point for a group photo.
Visiting summer birds
November 19, 2024
In the summer on Lord Howe Island we see several birds visiting from the northern hemisphere.
Sponsorship enables LED lights to be installed
May 2, 2024
Twent-five years after the building was constructed, new LED lights have been installed in all the museum rooms and exhibition areas.
Cookie-cutter Shark
December 23, 2023
An unusual exhibit in the Environmental Gallery which gets a lot of questions is a tall glass jar containing a Cookie-cutter Shark.
Convict connections
October 8, 2023
Author Graham Lines has told the story of convict James Borritt, who passed through Lord Howe Island in March 1842.