Visitor Experience

Visitor walking through a curved exhibition wall at the Ned Kelly Discovery Hub, featuring historical panels, photographs, and text displays about the Kelly story, with timber posts visible in the foreground.

A Unique Visitor Experience

The Ned Kelly Discovery Hub is a striking, architecturally designed rotunda that stands out in the Glenrowan landscape. Its elevated viewing platform provides a sweeping perspective over key locations from Ned Kelly’s Last Stand.

Inside, the siege story unfolds through a blend of immersive displays, personal accounts, and historical resources. Visitors are encouraged to go beyond the familiar and discover the many layers that shaped one of Australia’s most significant post-colonial events.

More than a century later, Ned Kelly’s story continues to captivate, challenge, and divide. At the Discovery Hub, we offer a place to explore, question, and interpret this remarkable history for yourself.

Interactive digital display at Ned Kelly Discovery Hub showing highlighted text about the tension leading to the Glenrowan siege.

Our Vision

At the Ned Kelly Discovery Hub, we invite visitors to explore and connect with one of Australia’s most complex and compelling historical events.

Our vision is to create an engaging, immersive, and thought-provoking experience that brings The Last Stand to life.

We share this story in a way that resonates with the values at the heart of Australian identity—resilience, optimism, and collaboration—while also highlighting universal human experiences like struggle, courage, and legacy.

Our vision is guided by three core Brand Pillars that shape everything we do, from storytelling and design to visitor experience:

Discover

Discovery lies at the heart of the Hub. The story of Ned Kelly and the Glenrowan Siege is filled with intrigue, adventure, and controversy. We invite visitors to go beyond the headlines—to uncover the truth, ask questions, and embrace a spirit of curiosity and learning.

Immerse

Located directly opposite the historic siege site, the Ned Kelly Discovery Hub offers a fully immersive journey through time.

Visitors see the events unfold through the eyes of those who lived them—brought to life through innovative storytelling, rich historical interpretation, and cutting-edge displays that bridge past and present.

Reflect

Ned Kelly’s story is as complex as it is iconic. Some see him as a ruthless outlaw; others, a folk hero who stood against injustice.

The Hub creates space for reflection, encouraging visitors to consider the many perspectives—of the police, the townspeople, and the Kelly Gang themselves—and the broader themes of justice, loyalty, and defiance that continue to shape the national conversation.