Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Incorporated

38 Piccadilly Crescent, Keysborough,  VIC  3173

Tramway Heritage Centre

330 Union Lane, Bylands, VIC  3762

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ABN 12 739 015 600  Victorian Registration A1864E

 The activities of the TMSV are financed by membership subscriptions, museum entrance fees, and donations. Several grants have been received from both State and Federal Government programs for specific projects related to museum development. The TMSV currently has no paid staff, all positions being filled by volunteers.

As the TMSV is a non-profit and a registered charity organisation, all income goes straight back into museum development.  All private donations to the TMSV are tax deductible.

One of the major policy tenets of the current TMSV Board is to closely manage the TMSV’s finances and not be in a position of debt. For over ten years from the mid-1980s the TMSV was in a state of substantial indebtedness. This resulted in much of the available capital being consumed in servicing the interest bill without making inroads on the capital component of the borrowings, and as a result development of the museum was severely restricted. Between 1994 and 1998 the Board through careful management and self sacrifice has managed to trade out of this position of indebtedness.  

From late 2009 until 2015 was an unfortunate time for the TMSV, with a group mismanaging the Society and the Tramway Heritage Centre during this period.  With most of the management resigning in 2015, a dedicated group of volunteers stepped up and have carefully managed the Society and museum and are currently in the process of providing a more enjoyable experience to the public, but we still require a lot of help from the public to achieve the goal of operating trams once again.

ABOUT THE TMSV