Bay Discovery Centre

This low-key museum in Glenelg’s 1887 Town Hall building depicts the social history of Glenelg from colonisation to today, and addresses the plight of the local Kaurna people, who lost both their land and voice. Don’t miss the relics dredged up from below the original Glenelg Jetty, and the spooky old sideshow machines.


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