Name Location Region Type Summary Adelaide Gaol Thebarton Adelaide suburbs Prison Preserved historic prison and function centre Adelaide Lithuanian Museum Norwood Adelaide suburbs Ethnic website , Lithuanian life and culture Adelaide Masonic Centre Museum Adelaide Adelaide Masonic website Andamooka Dukes Bottlehouse Museum Andamooka Eyre Peninsula Mining information , opal mining, located in a building built from discarded beer bottles Architecture Museum Adelaide Adelaide Architecture website , part of the University of South Australia, collection of documents related to the history and practice of architecture in South Australia [ 1] Ardrossan Historical Museum Ardrossan Yorke Peninsula Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia , located in the Clarence Herbert Smith Implement Factory where the stump-jump plough and other farm machinery were manufactured Army Museum of South Australia Keswick Adelaide suburbs Military website , located in Keswick Barracks , Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide Adelaide Visual arts Largest state art collection in Australia Arts Centre, Port Noarlunga Port Noarlunga Adelaide suburbs Art website Austbuilt Maritime Museum Peterhead Adelaide suburbs Maritime website , operated by the Port Adelaide Historical Society Australian Museum of Childhood Port Adelaide Adelaide suburbs Toy information , Australian manufactured toys dating back to the 1890s Axel Stenross Maritime Museum Port Lincoln Eyre Peninsula Maritime website , boats and boat building, area maritime heritage Ayers House (Adelaide) Adelaide Adelaide Historic house Operated by the National Trust of South Australia , 19th mansion with costumes, silverware, artworks and furniture Balaklava Museum Balaklava Mid North Local history website Barbed Wire Pub and Museum Spalding Mid North Commodity website , features over 500 examples of barbed wire Barossa Museum Tanunda Barossa Valley Local history website , area German heritage Barossa Regional Gallery Tanunda Barossa Valley Art website Bay Discovery Centre Glenelg Adelaide suburbs Multiple website , cultural heritage of South Australia, history, art Beachport Old Wool and Grain Store Museum Beachport Limestone Coast Local history website , information, operated by the National Trust of South Australia Bon Accord Mining Museum Burra Mid North Mining website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Booleroo Steam & Traction Preservation Society Museum Booleroo Centre Flinders Ranges Technology website , steam tractors and agriculture equipment Bourne's Bird Museum Naracoorte Limestone Coast Natural history information , mounted birds, nests and mammals, bird's eggs Brinkworth Historical Reserve Museum Brinkworth Mid North Local history information Bublacowie Military Museum Between Minlaton and Yorketown Yorke Peninsula Military information Burra Regional Art Gallery Burra Mid North Art website Cape Jaffa Lighthouse Kingston SE Limestone Coast Maritime Operated by the National Trust of South Australia , furnished lighthouse with tower to climb Captain's Cottage Museum Murray Bridge Historic house information Carrick Hill Springfield Adelaide suburbs Historic house Mid 20th century mansion with collection of drawings, sculptures, antiques and paintings The Cedars (Australia) Hahndorf Adelaide Hills Historic house website , house and studio of landscape artist Hans Heysen Ceduna School House Museum Ceduna Eyre Peninsula Education website , operated by the National Trust of Australia Charles Sturt Museum Grange Adelaide suburbs Historic house website , home of explorer Charles Sturt Chas Roe Electronics Museum Wallaroo Yorke Peninsula Technology website , electrical appliances and devices including the telegraph, telephone, radio, television, sound and video recorders, home appliances, medical equipment, computers, TV games and more Clare Police Station and Courthouse Jamestown Mid North Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Classic Jets Fighter Museum Parafield Adelaide suburbs Aerospace Clayton Farm Heritage Museum Bordertown Limestone Coast Farm Late 19th century farmstead with historical thatched buildings and sheds, restored historical farm machinery and stationary engines Cobdogla Irrigation Museum Cobdogla Riverland Technology website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia , steam pump, locomotive, traction engine, tractors, machinery and irrigation equipment Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia Adelaide Adelaide Arts Contemporary art Crystal Brook Heritage Centre Crystal Brook Mid North Local history information Dingley Dell Port MacDonnell Limestone Coast Historic house website , home of poet Adam Lindsay Gordon Edithburgh Museum Edithburgh Yorke Peninsula Local history information Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Museum Mile End Adelaide suburbs Textile website , embroidered, beaded, patchwork and lace pieces – the collection started in 1965 became known officially as the Embroiderers' Guild Museum in 1988. [ 2] Encounter Coast Discovery Centre Victor Harbor Fleurieu Peninsula Local history website , information, operated by the National Trust of South Australia , located in a former Customs house and station master's residence Enfield Heritage Museum Regency Park Adelaide suburbs Open air information , town and country life in South Australia from the 1880s to more recent times Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery Eudunda Local history website Excell Blacksmith and Engineering Workshop Museum Tumby Bay Eyre Peninsula History information Farm Shed Museum Kadina Yorke Peninsula Agriculture website , farm machinery, role of women on farms, operated by the National Trust of South Australia Fayes Underground Home Coober Pedy Far North Historic house information , furnished dugout home Flinders University Museum of Art Adelaide Adelaide Art website , part of Flinders University Fort Glanville Conservation Park Semaphore South Adelaide suburbs Military 19th century fort Fred Teague's Museum Hawker Flinders Ranges History website , information, includes gemstones, minerals, fossils, photographs, antique bottles and memorabilia Friedensberg Historic German School Museum Springton Barossa Valley Education information Gamble Cottage Blackwood Adelaide suburbs Historic house website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Gawler Old Telegraph Station Museum Gawler Adelaide suburbs Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Glencoe Woolshed Glencoe Limestone Coast Farming website , 19th century blade shearing and wool handling shed, operated by the National Trust of South Australia Goolwa Motor Museum Goolwa Fleurieu Peninsula Automotive information Goolwa Museum Goolwa Fleurieu Peninsula Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Greenock Aviation Museum Greenock Barossa Valley Aerospace information , preserved and replica aircraft, restoration projects, scale models and aviation memorabilia Hahndorf Academy Hahndorf Adelaide Hills Multiple website , regional art gallery, local history, German migration, drawings of Hans Heysen Hindmarsh Fire & Folk Museum Hindmarsh Adelaide suburbs Firefighting website , equipment, clothing and vehicles, operated by the Hindmarsh Historical Society Holdfast Bay History Centre Brighton Adelaide suburbs Local history website Hope Cottage Museum Kingscote Kangaroo Island Historic house website , website, mid 19th century period cottage with period rooms, local history displays, operated by the National Trust of South Australia Jamestown Railway Station and Goods Shed Museum Jamestown Mid North Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Jill and Vic Fauser's Private Museum Port Neill Eyre Peninsula History information , includes stationary engines, a blacksmith shop, shells, rocks and bottles, historic household items Kapunda Community Gallery Kapunda Mid North Art website Kapunda Museum Kapunda Mid North Local history information Kerry Packer Civic Gallery Adelaide Adelaide Art website , part of the University of South Australia Kimba Historical Museum Kimba Eyre Peninsula Open air information Kingston Historic House Kingston Park Adelaide suburbs Historic house website , mid 19th century home of George Strickland Kingston Kingston National Trust Museum Kingston SE Limestone Coast Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Koppio Smithy Museum Koppio Eyre Peninsula Local history website , information, operated by the National Trust of South Australia Lobethal Archives and Historical Museum Lobethal Adelaide Hills Local history information , German and English pioneer heritage Lochend Cambelltown Adelaide suburbs Historic house information , mid 19th century home of the town's founder Louise Flierl Mission Museum Hahndorf Adelaide Hills Religious information , history of the Lutheran Church of Australia in Papua New Guinea and more recently in South East Asia since 1886 Loxton Historical Village Loxton Riverland Open air website , includes a baker, bank, blacksmith, garage, printer, farm complex, railway, institute, school, operational fruit block and more Lucindale Agricultural and Folk Museum Lucindale Limestone Coast Local history information , operated by the Lucindale Historical Society Mallala Museum Mallala Local history website Mallee Tourist and Heritage Centre Pinnaroo Murray Mallee Local plus specialities information Murray Mallee dryland farming, plus D. A. Wurfel grain collection; extensive range restored farm machinery including replica Ridley stripper ; letterpress printing Malowen Lowarth Cottage Burra Mid North Historic house website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia , mid 19th century period stone cottage Mannum Dock Museum Of River History Mannum Local history information , includes a paddle steamer, dry dock, local history exhibits, fossils, Aboriginal people Market Square Museum Burra Mid North History information , late 19th century period general store and shopkeeper's residence Martindale Hall Mintaro Mid North Historic house Owned by the University of Adelaide, leased as heritage museum and boutique hotel Mary MacKillop Interpretive Centre Penola Limestone Coast Biographical Based on the life and achievements of Mary MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods Mary MacKillop Museum Adelaide Kensington Adelaide suburb Social history Life and work of Mary MacKillop , Julian Tenison Woods and the Sisters of St Joseph, past and present Melrose Courthouse Heritage Centre Melrose Flinders Ranges Local history website Meningie Cheese Factory Museum Meningie Local history website , Migration Museum, Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide Cultural Immigration and settlement history of South Australia Milang Historic Railway Museum Milang Fleurieu Railway South Australian Railway and Light Railway displays, many interactive, information Mill Cottage Museum Port Lincoln Eyre Peninsula Historic house information Millicent Living History Museum Millicent Limestone Coast Local history information Millicent Museum Millicent Limestone Coast Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia , features restored buggies, carriages and wagons, a machinery shed Minlaton Museum Minlaton Yorke Peninsula Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia MOD. Museum Adelaide Adelaide Future website , situated in the University_of_South_Australia CRI building on North Terrace Moonta Mining Museum Moonta Yorke Peninsula Mining website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia , life of the copper miners Moonta Wheal Hughes Copper Mine Moonta Yorke Peninsula Mining website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia , tour of the former copper mine Morgan Museum Morgan Riverland Local history website , located in 3 sites, includes farming, riverboat trade, pumping station for the Morgan to Whyalla pipeline , horse-drawn vehicles Morphetts Enginehouse Museum Burra Mid North Technology information , restored mining engine house Mount Dutton Bay Woolshed Wangary Eyre Peninsula Local history website , shearing, farming and fishing tools and artifacts Mount Gambier Courthouse Museum Mount Gambier Limestone Coast Law enforcement website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Mount Laura Homestead Museum Whyalla Eyre Peninsula Multiple website , information, includes early 20th century homestead, workman's cottage, shed with stationary engines, telecommunications museum, operated by the National Trust of South Australia Murray Bridge Regional Gallery Murray Bridge Art website Museum of Classical Archaeology, Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide Archaeology Archaeology of Etruria, ancient Greece and ancient Rome, part of the University of Adelaide Nangwarry Forestry & Logging Museum Nangwarry Limestone Coast Forestry website Naracoorte Art Gallery Naracoorte Limestone Coast Art website , traditional and contemporary visual arts including etchings by John C. Goodchild , aboriginal prints, paintings and ceramics, furniture and social history items Naracoorte Caves National Park Naracoorte Limestone Coast Natural history Fossils found in the caves on display in the Wonambi Fossil Centre National Military Vehicle Museum Salisbury Adelaide suburbs Military Trucks, tanks, uniforms, artillery National Motor Museum, Birdwood Birdwood Adelaide Hills Transportation Automobiles, motorcycles, model cars National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Adelaide suburbs Railway Locomotives, rolling stock, historic buildings and equipment National Trust Agricultural and Folk Museum Cleve Eyre Peninsula Agriculture website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia in the Cleve Old Council Chambers, open by appointment Old Government House, South Australia Belair National Park Adelaide Hills Historic house Former summer residence of the Governors of South Australia Old Timers Mine and Museum Coober Pedy Far North Mining website , opal mining Olivewood Renmark Riverland Historic house website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia , 1880s period house with a working orangery and olive trees Onkaparinga Woollen Mill Museum Lobethal Adelaide Hills Textile website Parndana Soldier Settlement Museum Parndana Kangaroo Island Local history information , history of the soldier settlement scheme on the island after World War II Penneshaw Maritime and Folk Museum Penneshaw Kangaroo Island Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Peterborough Motorcycle and Antique Museum Peterborough Mid North Transportation website , rare and interesting motorcycles and artefacts Polish Hill River Church Museum Sevenhill Mid North Ethnic website , contribution of Polish migrants to the development of the State Port Elliot National Trust Historic Railway and Seaport Centre Port Elliot Fleurieu Peninsula Railway website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Port Lincoln Railway Museum Port Lincoln Eyre Peninsula Railway website Port MacDonnell and District Museum Port MacDonnell Limestone Coast Local history website Port Milang Museum Milang Local history information Port Pirie Historic and Folk Museum Port Pirie Mid North Mining website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery Port Pirie Mid North Art website Port Pirie RSL & Military Museum Port Pirie Mid North Military website Port Victoria Maritime Museum Minlaton Yorke Peninsula Maritime Sailing ships, sailing crews, shipwrecks Prospect Hill Historical Museum Meadows Adelaide Hills Local history information Radium Hill Museum Olary Local history information , history of Radium Hill uranium mine Ray Robinson Memorial Military Museum Kadina Yorke Peninsula Military information Redruth Gaol Burra Mid North Prison website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia , mid 19th century prison Riddoch Art Gallery Mount Gambier Limestone Coast Art website River Dolls of Goolwa Goolwa Fleurieu Peninsula Toy website , dolls, bears and toys from 20th century R.M. Williams Outback Heritage Museum Prospect Adelaide suburbs Biographical website , life of R. M. Williams and products of his company Robe Customs House Robe Limestone Coast Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Roseworthy Agricultural Museum Roseworthy Adelaide suburbs Agriculture website , history and the development of agricultural machinery, much of which was invented in South Australia The Round House Murray Bridge Murraylands Local history Homestead museum documenting the early development of the town of Murray Bridge. Ruston's Classic Car Museum Renmark Riverland Automotive website , vintage and historic racing cars Samstag Museum of Art Adelaide Adelaide Art Part of the University of South Australia , contemporary art Sansouci Puppet Museum and Gallery Wilmington Flinders Ranges Puppetry information , puppets, marionettes and ventriloquist dolls Santos Museum of Economic Botany Adelaide Adelaide Natural history website , part of Adelaide Botanic Garden , botanical specimens and art Sheep's Back Museum Naracoorte Limestone Coast Farming website , sheep raising and the wool industry, operated by the National Trust of South Australia South Australian Aviation Museum Port Adelaide Adelaide suburbs Aerospace Displays aircraft and aircraft engines of relevance to South Australia South Australian Maritime Museum Port Adelaide Adelaide suburbs Maritime Immigration to South Australia, maritime history, fleet of historic ships South Australian Whale Centre Victor Harbor Fleurieu Peninsula Natural history website , whales and regional marine life South Australian Museum Adelaide Adelaide Natural history Natural history museum and research institution South Australia Police Historical Society Thebarton Adelaide suburbs Law enforcement History of South Australia Police and of law enforcement in South Australia South Coast Regional Arts Centre Goolwa Fleurieu Peninsula Art website Stangate House and Garden Aldgate Adelaide Hills Historic house Operated by the National Trust of South Australia , 1940s house with camellia gardens Stansbury Museum Stansbury Yorke Peninsula Local history website , 1910 period rooms, collections of clothing, gemstones, bottles, shells and dolls, farming, industry SteamRanger Adelaide Hills Adelaide Hills Railway Heritage railway using broad gauge steam locomotives Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre Peterborough Mid North Railway Strathalbyn and District Heritage Centre Strathalbyn Fleurieu Peninsula Local history website , 19th century police station and courthouse with Victorian period rooms Streaky Bay Museum Streaky Bay Eyre Peninsula Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia St John Ambulance Historical Society of South Australia Unley Adelaide suburbs Medical information Swan Reach Museum Swan Reach Local history information [ permanent dead link ] Tailem Rail Museum Tailem Bend Railway information Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum Tea Tree Gully Adelaide suburbs Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia, a member of National Trust of South Australia , lifestyles of residents in the Tea Tree Gully area from the 1850s to 1950s, (name change in 2015 from Old Highercombe Hotel Museum), Accredited museum in History Trust of SA's Museums and Collections (MaC) program. Tate Museum Adelaide Adelaide Geology and palaeontology Extensive university collection of geological and palaeontological samples collected since 1880. Named after Ralph Tate , including the Douglas Mawson Antarctic Collection. [ 3] Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Adelaide Adelaide Arts Specialises in Indigenous Australian art including visual art, music and storytelling Terowie Pioneer Gallery and Museums Terowie Mid North Local history information Tramway Museum, St Kilda St Kilda Adelaide suburbs Railway Large collection of trams, some of which are used to carry visitors to the St Kilda Adventure Playground. Tumby Bay Branch Museum Tumby Bay Eyre Peninsula Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Ukrainian Museum (Australia) Hindmarsh Adelaide suburbs Ethnic information , Ukrainian history and artisan traditions Uleybury School Museum One Tree Hill Adelaide suburbs Education information Umoona Opal Mine and Museum Coober Pedy Far North Mining website , opal mining, fossils, aboriginal heritage, dugout homes Unley Museum Unley Adelaide suburbs Local history website Urlwin Park Agricultural Museum Balaklava Mid North Agriculture information , farm tractors, equipment, tools, vehicles, buildings Urrbrae House Urrbrae Adelaide suburbs Historic house Operated by the University of Adelaide , late 19th century mansion Wallaroo Heritage and Nautical Museum Wallaroo Yorke Peninsula Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Willunga Courthouse Museum Willunga Adelaide suburbs Law enforcement website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia , courthouse complex including cells, stable and police residence Willunga Slate Museum Willunga Adelaide suburbs Mining website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia , located in the Courthouse Museum stables, area slate mining Winn's Bakehouse Coromandel Valley Adelaide suburbs Local history website , operated by the National Trust of South Australia Whyalla Maritime Museum Whyalla Eyre Peninsula Maritime website , includes the landlocked HMAS Whyalla (J153) , a Bathurst class corvette museum ship Yankalilla District Historical Museum Yankalilla Fleurieu Peninsula Local history information Wantok Place North Adelaide Adelaide Artefacts Papua New Guinea artefacts, owned by the Lutheran Church of Australia 