In celebration of Pioneer Park Museum's 50th anniversary, a short film covering the site's history was projected onto the Remembrance Drive water reservoir each night last week.

Museum curator Bonnie Owen said each night there was about 25 cars which had driven up to experience the "classic drive-in movie experience" and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.

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"It was a wonderful week," Ms Owen said. "The projections went really well and 'wow' has definitely been the biggest comment we've received."

"People have been asking to see more things like it in the future."

Amongst the crowd one night was Griffith resident Tammee Suine and her children.

"It was really good," Mrs Suine said. "It was especially interesting to learn where things originally were before they were moved here to Pioneer Park."

"It was like the kids first ever drive-in movie. So we went and had a bit of a treat and came up to watch it and it was just great."

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For fellow resident Marlene Gras, who has lived in Griffith since 1947, the film was "like a step back in time".

"It was very interesting and it is always lovely to see Griffith's history recorded," Mrs Gras said.

"I recognised the Rathbone family. I spent a lot of time with them growing up and I'm still friends with their daughter."

"It was lovely to reminisce about what Griffith was like back then."

Alongside the projections, Pioneer Park Museum also celebrated the anniversary with a luncheon on Saturday, which saw the museum's original volunteers and their families invited back to their old stomping ground.

Ms Owen said it was "really great" to see original volunteers back at the museum, recminiscing on what they'd achieved and appreciating what the museum had become.

The short film from the One Man's Dream projections will soon be available to watch online at the Pioneer Park Museum website.

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