Located inside the Glenelg Town Hall in Moseley Square is the Bay Discovery Centre. If you're a history buff and you like to see what life was like in the early days of settlement in the colony - especially at Glenelg - then go and take a look inside the centre. It's a well set out place filled with interesting bits and pieces about our history. Most of the displays are interactive meaning a good time for the kids - both big and little - as they get the opportunity to have some hands on fun and learning at the same time. The building housing the Bay Discovery Centre is the Glenelg Town Hall which was designed by Edmund Wright and built back in 1875. The building was initially built minus both the clock and the clock tower with both added several years later. A little over a decade after construction, the building was purchased by the local council and it became the Town Hall. In 1977 when the Brighton and Holdfast Bay councils merged to form the Holdfast Bay Council the Town Hall was left empty and that's when they came up with the idea of the Bay Discovery Centre. 'The Bay' is of course a reference to Holdfast Bay which was the original name for Glenelg. If you're wondering where that name came from, apparently the arrival of the Buffalo was closely followed by the arrival of three other ships, The Cygnet, The Rapid and The Africaine. They say The Rapid got stuck or held fast on arrival and thus evolved the name of Holdfast Bay. Cool story. On the mezzanine floor of the Discovery Centre is an art gallery with an ever changing display of the works of local artists. Admission to both the gallery and the Discovery Centre is free and its open from 10am to 5pm daily. read more