- Civic Administration Building
Church Street, Dubbo, NSW, 2830 - Office hours:
9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday - Mailing address:
PO Box 81, Dubbo, NSW, 2830 - Telephone: (02) 6801 4000
- Fax: (02) 6801 4259
- Email: Email us today
Western Plains Cultural Centre
The $8.2 million Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC), opened in 2006, is managed and operated by Dubbo City Council.
It is located at 89 Wingewarra Street - the site of the old Dubbo High School, which was established in 1917 and operated until 2000.
Features
- Dubbo Regional Gallery - The Armati Bequest
- Dubbo Regional Museum
- Community Arts Centre
- The Outlook Cafe
- Free wireless internet access
- Parking for cars and buses
- Full amenities including wheelchair access and baby changing facilities.
Awards
- Winner - Education and Public Engagement Award, 2009 Image Awards (Museums and Galleries NSW, Museums Australia (NSW and ACT) and Regional and Public Galleries NSW)
Contact
For venue bookings and to see what's on exhibition, visit the Western Plains Cultural Centre website.
The Outlook Cafe
The Outlook Cafe is open Wednesday to Monday between 8am and 5pm.
The Outlook Cafe offers a breakfast, lunch, morning and afternoon tea and dinner menu and overlooks Victoria Park.
For more inforamtion visit The Outlook Cafe website.
Dubbo Regional Gallery - The Armati Bequest
The Gallery features five exhibition spaces comprising of a Children’s Gallery, Project Gallery, Regional Art Space, Main Gallery and New Media Space.
Regularly changing exhibitions offer visitors a diversity of styles and themes, including painting, textiles, photography, drawings, installations and digital art, and highlight the cultural and artistic breadth of the region.
Entry is free.
Dubbo Regional Museum
The Dubbo Regional Museum features a permanent exhibition space devoted to the Museum collection People Places Possessions: Dubbo Stories.
Dominated by a nine-tonne wool wagon and a re-constructed tree centrepiece, the exhibition relays the fascinating account of the people who shaped this City and region. The temporary museum exhibition space caters for touring museum exhibitions and in-house developed focus shows.
Entry is free.
Community Arts Centre
The Community Arts Centre is available for community and corporate hire. It features meeting rooms, dark room, drama space and studios.
Each room is well maintained with secure entry, heating and cooling, ample parking, ease of access with ramps and a lift to the first floor, and kitchen facilities.



