South Sea Islands Museum

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South Sea Islands Museum was a museum in Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia. It opened in 1964 to display artifacts collected by Seventh-day Adventist missionaries who worked across Australia and many South Pacific islands. The collection included carvings, weapons, clothing, shells and other objects, shown in a building that used to be a house built in 1896.

The records of the missionaries’ work from the 1880s are kept at the Adventist Heritage Centre in Cooranbong, which adds to the importance of the museum’s items. A dedicated building at 27 Avondale Road opened in 1964 to house the growing collection. Exhibits change regularly, and a large war canoe dominates one half of the space. The 52-foot Solomon Islands war canoe, once used for head-hunting raids, arrived in Sydney in 1968 and was later displayed at the museum.

The South Sea Island Museum is permanently closed. All artefacts are in storage and cared for by the Adventist Heritage Centre, with plans to open a new museum in the future.