Old Police Station & Courthouse Museum

Clare's oldest public building went up in 1850, when the young township needed a police station and courtroom more than almost anything else. The building later served as a casualty hospital from 1888, treating accident cases and infectious diseases, before the National Trust took it on in 1969 and opened the museum in September 1970.

Inside, four rooms hold costume, furniture, domestic memorabilia and historic photographs of the district, including pieces that belonged to Edward Burton Gleeson, the founder of Clare, and the pioneering Bowman family of Martindale Hall. Outside, a covered area shelters early agricultural machinery and horse-drawn vehicles.

The museum sits on the southern edge of town near Neagles Rock Lookout, making it an easy pairing of local history with one of Clare's classic views.