Carnarvon Space & Technology Museum

The original museum was set up in the cramped circular base of the 32m OTC dish in 1989. It was officially opened by Wilson Tuckey in front of a crowd of ex-Trackers from NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station (in town to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Moon walk), ex OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon) members and local citizens. It soon lapsed as a working museum with the loss of some historic items from lack of care and security.

Now, in 2012, the Shire and local citizens have acquired the OTC administrative and logistics buildings and plan to set up an extended museum facility to tell the full story of Carnarvon’s two stations and their distinct roles in space and communications. See Roles of NASA and OTC stations for a brief comparison.

The Shire's plans for the museum are currently in abeyance.