The Pumphouse Makerspace Albury
Highlights
- Explore the beautifully restored heritage Pumping Station, blending history with contemporary creativity in a vibrant setting.
- Engage in hands-on workshops led by skilled artisans, fostering confidence and creative exploration for all skill levels.
- Connect with a supportive community of makers through memberships, providing ongoing access to facilities and resources.
- Visit regular design markets showcasing handmade work, creating lively opportunities to engage with local artisans and their crafts.
The Pumphouse Makerspace is a welcoming and creative hub where makers of all levels come to connect, experiment, and create. Located in a beautifully restored heritage Pumping Station, this inspiring space combines history with contemporary making in a friendly, community-focused setting.
Designed to support creative practitioners, The Pumphouse Makerspace caters to a range of disciplines including ceramics, textiles, and jewellery making. The facility offers shared studio spaces, specialist equipment, creative resources, and strong professional networks, making it ideal for both emerging and established artists.
A vibrant program of hands-on workshops led by skilled artisans encourages learning, confidence, and creative exploration. Professional development opportunities help makers grow their skills, careers, and creative practices, while the artist-in-residence program brings local and visiting creatives into the space, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Regular design markets held in the grounds showcase handmade work and create opportunities for the community to engage with local makers in a relaxed, lively atmosphere. Memberships provide ongoing access to facilities and a supportive, like-minded community.
The Pumphouse Makerspace is an inclusive and inspiring destination, celebrating creativity, craftsmanship, and the joy of making.
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Accreditations
- NSW – Riverina Tourism
- VIC – Murray Regional Tourism
- VIC – Tourism North East
Features
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Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A doorbell or intercom at an accessible height and display a contact number (accessible height is 900mm-1100 mm)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)