Museum collections

• Percy Toplis

• Find out about the story of Percy Toplis, the monocled mutineer: his life and crimes, his final hours and the inquest into his death.

• Museum collection types

• The collections at Penrith and Eden museum include a heritage collection, the old Penrith collection and the fine art collection

• Local personalities

• Local personalities and people of notoriety include artist Jacob Thompson, trooper William Pearson and wrestler William Jameson.

• A handful of museum objects

• An elephant's tooth, Roman coins, sculpture of a rider, pewter chargers and 'Druids cutting down the mistletoe' painting are objects in the museum’s collection.