[4] It is located on the site of a former resting paddock used for the horses of the Cobb & Co coaching business along the original transport route from Ipswich to Toowoomba.

[5][6] The museum is run by volunteers and members of the non-profit organisation Laidley District Historical Society Incorporated.

[6] Displays include restored buildings, such as a tractor shed and the old shire office, post office and general store, the old police cells from the Laidley Police Complex, an old butcher shop and a fully furnished 110 year old year school (the former Blantyre State School).

[11] A cottage that was the home of the DesJardins family, pioneers who lived in Gehrkevale (now Mount Mort), was built in a way common at the time using ironbark for slab walls and a shingle roof.

[8] The carriage display shows examples of the early buggy and sulky era and tools used in their manufacture and maintenance.

[12][8] Other buildings and exhibitions include a pre-Medicare hospital, a dairy and bails, early 1900s fashion and accessories, war memorabilia, children's toys, photography equipment and portraits, and stationary engines and pumps.