Cobb+Co Museum

The museum was originally established to house The Cobb & Co. Collection of W. R. F. Bolton consisting of over thirty 19th Century horse-drawn vehicles which he collected and had restored.

This Collection also includes over one hundred artifacts, comprising saddles, machinery and tools. This Collection also includes over one hundred artifacts, comprising saddles, machinery, tools, and items of domestic and occupational use. The expansion of the Museum over time, with the addition and consolidation of other collections, has led to the Museum becoming internationally recognised as housing The National Carriage Collection.. The Collection was originally on display in Toowoomba at the premises of Cobb & Co. Limited, Mr Bolton's road transport company, from 1965 until 1981. Jenny Cardell, Mr Bolton's daughter, and her husband, Adrian Cardell, purchased the Collection through their company Banks Pty. Ltd. in 1980. They then entered into protracted negotiations with the Queensland Government to donate the Collection to the Queensland Museum on the condition that the Collection would be housed at Toowoomba in a purpose built building.