The Lee Medlyn Home of Bottles committee secretary Yvonne Yates said the bottles, once housed in glass cases, were now displayed in a streetscape setting.

Ms Yates said the transformation of the bottle museum, at 70 Bailey St, meant it was no longer "just a case of row upon row of bottles in glass cases".

"Our designer came through the place and he worked out this village concept display idea," Ms Yates said.

"It's like walking through a village with old shops and the windows display the old bottles."

Whisky and beer bottles are displayed in The Pub, with it's whisky water jugs, advertising trays and all the memorabilia associated with a drinking establishment of days long gone.

Visitors will step back in time as they recognise old-style remedy bottles housed in the Apothecary, and food and drink bottles and containers in the General Store.

The space will be officially opened on Sunday, December 13.

The venue will open to the public from 11am to 5pm on the day and the official festivities will kick off with a cry by Ballarat town crier Brian Whykes in Collins Place, Fraser , Clunes, at 2pm.

A street parade, comprising the Daylesford Pipe Band, the town crier, Clunes Primary School children and a contingent from the Creswick Light Horse will then proceed to the Lee Medlyn Home of Bottles, where the opening ceremony will take place in the museum's art gallery at

2.30pm.

There will be an exhibition of work from Clunes Locality Art Group and Clunes Primary School pupils will present a project titled Message In A Bottle.

Normal opening hours are 11am to 4pm, Thursday through to Sunday.