C.B.H. Wheatbin

C.B.H. Wheatbin

Museum sign reading "The 1936 CBH Wheat Bin," with logos for the CBH Agricultural Museum and Wyalkatchem.

Some of the many exhibits you will find in The Wheatbin.

Old wooden cart with large wheel, leaning inside a shed with wood and metal panels.
A vintage grain or seed milling machine with multiple wheels and mechanical parts, displayed indoors on a concrete floor.

The 1936 Wheat Bin is an exhibit area that has a great background with a rare and diverse collection of agricultural based equipment which includes but is not restricted to vintage vehicles, several horse drawn carriages and drays, stock saddles and harness gear, bag lifters, seed cleaners, several sunshine harvesters, pickler’s, stripper harvesters, roller mills, stationary engines, harvester binders, wool presses, shearing plants, weighing scales, chaff cutters, grain crushers, railway gear, lathes and other workshop equipment, 32v gen sets and a selection of vintage vehicles.

A collection of vintage and classic trucks parked inside a wooden shed with some rust and wear.
Old wooden wagons and farming equipment on display in a museum, with tags and labels, under a corrugated metal roof.
Old wooden barrel fumigator with a metal motor mounted on a wooden platform, chained for support, in an industrial setting.

Our main museum building is the original 1936 “K” type wheat bin which is believed to be the oldest in preservation. It is one of our Heritage Listed Building Exhibits that displays the construction skills and practical innovation that were evident early in the last century.

The “Wheat Bin” displays a collection of Vintage Vehicles, Horse and Wagon equipment, Antique Agricultural Tools and Agricultural Machinery from our past.

Black and white photo of vintage cars and machinery inside a warehouse or garage.