List of art museums and galleries in Australia

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This is an incomplete list of art museums and galleries in Australia:

GalleryEst.EndCityStateRef.
Ararat Gallery TAMA (Textile Art Museum Australia)1968 Ararat Vic
Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)1880 Sydney NSW
Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA)1881 Adelaide SA
Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA)1901 Perth WA
Artbank 1980SydneyNSW
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art 2002 Melbourne Vic
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 1884 Ballarat Vic
Benalla Art Gallery 1975 Benalla Vic
Bendigo Art Gallery 1887 Bendigo Vic
Bluethumb Art Gallery 2011 Adelaide SA [1]
Brummels Gallery 19561980MelbourneVic
Bunbury Regional Art Gallery 1987BunburyWA
Canberra Museum and Gallery 1998 Canberra ACT
Carrick Hill 1983AdelaideSA
Castlemaine Art Museum 1913 Castlemaine Vic [2]
Central Goldfields Art Gallery 1996 Maryborough Vic [3]
Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP)1986MelbourneVic
Convent Gallery 1988 Daylesford Vic
Drill Hall Gallery (Australian National University)1998 Canberra ACT
East Gippsland Art Gallery 1992 Bairnsdale Vic [4]
Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA)1978AdelaideSA
Gallery A 19591970MelbourneVic [5]
Gallery A 19641983SydneyNSW [5]
Gallery A19641970CanberraACT [5]
Geelong Art Gallery 1895 Geelong Vic
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces 1985MelbourneVic
Gippsland Art Gallery 1965 Sale Vic [6]
Gold Coast City Art Gallery 1986 Gold Coast Qld
Griffith University Art Museum 1974BrisbaneQld
Hamilton Gallery 1961 Hamilton Vic [7]
Heide Museum of Modern Art 1981MelbourneVic
Horsham Regional Art Gallery 1983 Horsham Vic [8]
Hyphen – Wodonga Library Gallery Wodonga Vic [9]
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne1998MelbourneVic
La Trobe Art Institute 2013 Bendigo Vic [10]
Latrobe Regional Gallery 1971 Morwell Vic [11]
Mildura Arts Centre 1956 Mildura Vic [12]
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 1970Darwin NT
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia 1991SydneyNSW
Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane 19871994BrisbaneQld
Museum of Modern Art Australia (MoMAA) 19581966MelbourneVic
Museum of Old and New Art 2011HobartTas
National Art Glass Gallery 1979 Wagga Wagga NSW
National Gallery of Australia 1967Canberra ACT
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)1861MelbourneVic
National Portrait Gallery (Australia) 1998CanberraACT
Newcastle Art Gallery 1957NewcastleNSW [13]
New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM)1983 Armidale NSW
Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum 1970 Faulconbridge NSW
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)1988PerthWA
Peter Bray Gallery 19511957MelbourneVic
Post Office Gallery (University of Ballarat)2002 Ballarat Vic
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 1891 Launceston Tas
Queensland Art Gallery 1895BrisbaneQld
Queensland Gallery of Modern Art 2006BrisbaneQld
QUT Art Museum (Queensland University of Technology) BrisbaneQld
Rockhampton Museum of Art 2022 Rockhampton Qld
Samstag Museum (Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art)1977AdelaideSA [14]
Sedon Galleries 19251959MelbourneVic
S. H. Ervin Gallery 1978SydneyNSW
Stanley Coe Gallery 1949MelbourneVic
Storey Hall (RMIT University)1996MelbourneVic
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery 1966 Swan Hill Vic [15]
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) 1936 Shepparton Vic
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute 1989AdelaideSA
TarraWarra Museum of Art 2000 Healesville Vic [16]
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 1843HobartTas
Tye's Gallery 19401955MelbourneVic
UQ Art Museum (University of Queensland) BrisbaneQld
USC Art Gallery (University of the Sunshine Coast) Sippy DownsQld
Velasquez Gallery 19401955MelbourneVic
Wangaratta Art Gallery 1987 Wangaratta Vic [17]
Warrnambool Art Gallery 1886 Warrnambool Vic [18]
Wollongong Art Gallery 1978 Wollongong NSW [19]

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