List of museums in Tasmania

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This list of museums in Tasmania , Australia, contains museums that are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.

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NameLocationRegionTypeNotes
Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts Hobart LibraryPart of the State Library of Tasmania, 19th century period rooms, changing exhibits of art and history from its collections
Australasian Golf Museum Bothwell Sport website
Avoca Museum Avoca LocalLocated in a historic school building [1]
Bark Mill Museum Swansea North WestHistory website, 19th century life
Bass & Flinders Centre George Town NorthMaritime website
Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre Beaconsfield NorthernMiningFormer gold mine with buildings and equipment
Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration Adventure Bay History website, located on Bruny Island, specialised collection relating to various explorations in the South Pacific
Burnie Regional Art Gallery Burnie North WestArt website,
Burnie Regional Museum Burnie North WestHistory website, Features a Federation Street (complete with a saddler and boot maker's shop, a blacksmith's forge, printer, photographer and even a dentist), an extensive photographic collection and temporary exhibitions.
Carnegie Gallery Hobart Art website, city art gallery
Cascades Female Factory Hobart PrisonFormer Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land
Channel Heritage Centre Margate Local website, local history, industries, community life about the D'Entrecasteaux Channel surrounds
Clarendon House (Evandale, Tasmania) Evandale NorthernHistoric house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia
Cygnet Living History Museum Cygnet Huon ValleyHistory Cygnet Living History Museum At Collections Australia
Deloraine and District Folk Museum Deloraine Local information, local pioneer history
Design Centre Tasmania Launceston NorthArt website, area contemporary craft and design in wood
Derwent Valley Railway New Norfolk RailwayHeritage railway, currently not operational
Devonport Maritime Museum and Historical Society Devonport North WestMaritime website
Devonport Regional Gallery Devonport North WestArt website
Don River Railway Don North WestRailwayHeritage railway and museum
Eaglehawk Neck Historic Site Eaglehawk Neck Military website, restored officer's quarters and remains of former fort for the Port Arthur penal settlement
Entally House Hadspen Historic houseEarly 19th century estate house with collection of Regency furniture and fine silver, gardens, a greenhouse, a chapel, a coach house and stables
Forest EcoCentre Scottsdale Natural history website, operated by Forestry Tasmania, forestry and natural history of forests
Franklin House (Launceston, Tasmania) Launceston NorthernHistoric house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia
Furneaux Museum Flinders Island Local website
Galley Museum Queenstown MiningPhotographs and relics of the mining communities of the past
Geeveston Forest & Heritage Center Geeveston ForestryPhotographs, relics and interactive displays about early settlement and forestry in Far South Tasmania
Grote Reber Museum Cambridge ScienceLife and work of astronomer Grote Reber, tour of the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory
Home Hill Devonport North WestHistoric house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, 20th century home of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons and Dame Enid Lyons
Huon Valley Apple and Heritage Museum Grove Agriculture website, Tasmania 's apple industry
Imaginarium Science Centre Devonport North WestScience website, hands-on science displays
John Elliott Classics Museum Hobart Archaeology website, operated by the University of Tasmania, art and culture of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greece, Etruria and Rome
Lady Franklin Gallery Lenah Valley Local website, Operated by The Art Society of Tasmania, which located to the premises in 1949. [2]
Latrobe Courthouse Museum Latrobe North WestLocal website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, local history displays
Launceston Tramway Museum Launceston NorthTransport website, historic trams
Low Head Pilot Station Maritime Museum Low Head Maritime website
Markree Museum Hobart Historic house website, operated by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, exhibitions of Tasmanian history and period rooms, changing exhibitions featuring art and decorative arts
Maritime Museum of Tasmania Hobart MaritimeTasmania's association with the sea, ships and shipbuilding
Mawson's Huts Replica Museum Hobart ArcticA replica hut museum about Douglas Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Military Museum of Tasmania Hobart MilitaryLocated within Anglesea Barracks
Museum of Old and New Art Hobart ArtIncludes antiquities, modern and contemporary art
Narryna Heritage Museum Hobart Historic house website, 19th century period wealthy merchant family's house
National Automobile Museum of Tasmania Launceston NorthernTransport website, automobiles, motorcycles, Tasmanian Motor Sport Hall of Fame
Norfolk Plains Heritage Centre Longford Local website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, local history displays, historic Masonic lodge
Oak Lodge (Richmond, Tasmania) Richmond Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, features 19th century surgeon's office
Old Hobart Town Richmond Historic house website, model village depicting life in Hobart as it was in the 1820s
Pearns Steam World Westbury NorthTechnology website, steam engines, tractors, equipment and memorabilia
Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site Hobart PrisonFormer maximum security prison for males and females with chapel and courts
Plimsoll Gallery Hobart Art website, operated by the University of Tasmania, innovative local, national and international contemporary art and design
Port Arthur Historic Sites Port Arthur Open airIncludes a penitentiary, dock, church, hospital, 19th century period houses
Richmond Gaol Richmond Prison
Runnymede (Hobart, Tasmania) Hobart Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century whaling family's house
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Launceston NorthMultipleIncludes colonial art, contemporary craft and design, Tasmanian history and natural history displays
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Inveresk NorthMultipleTasmania's social and natural history including dinosaurs, railway transport, geology, local history
Salamanca Arts Centre Hobart ArtIncludes several galleries
Salmon Ponds Plenty NorthNatural history website, trout hatchery, museum of trout fishing
Suzanne Charleston Gallery Ulverstone North WestArt GallerySmall exclusive Art Gallery overlooking Leven River, fine art, photography, glass & timber creations, fabric designs, exquisite jewellery website
Tasman Historical Museum and Cafe Taranna History Facebook site, café with local historical artefacts on display
Tasmanian Cricket Museum Hobart Sports website, located in Blundstone Arena
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart MultipleHistory of Tasmania through every era, geology, natural history, Tasmania's indigenous population, Antarctica, numismatic display, art gallery
Tasmanian Police Museum Hobart Tasmania Police History of the Tasmanian police force, run by the Tasmania Police Historical Group [3]
Tasmanian Transport Museum Glenorchy TransportRailway equipment, buses, road vehicles, steam engines
Tasmanian Wool Centre Ross History website, retail store, museum with local history exhibits and history of the Tasmanian wool industry
Tiagarra Aboriginal Culture Centre and Museum Devonport North WestCulture information, history, cultures and art of Tasmanian Aboriginal people
University of Tasmania Galleries Hobart, Launceston and Burnie Art information, works from the Fine Art Collection on exhibit in the Hobart's Plimsoll Gallery, the Academy Gallery in Launceston, and the Atrium Gallery at the Cradle Coast, and on each campus
Vintage Tractor Shed Museum Westbury NorthTechnology information, restored vintage tractors and machinery
Waddamana Power Stations Waddamana TechnologyEquipment and science behind the former power generating station
Watch House Museum George Town NorthPrison information, former prison and local history exhibits
Wooden Boat Centre Franklin Maritime website, history of boatbuilding and water transport
Woodsdale Museum Levendale NorthHistory website, includes 19th century period house and historic school
Woolmers Estate Longford Open air19th century farm estate including outbuildings, gardens
West Coast Heritage Centre Zeehan WestHistory website, dedicated to the history and pioneers of the West Coast of Tasmania.

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References

  1. ↑ "Avoca Museum and Information Centre". Discover Tasmania. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "History of the Lady Franklin Gallery". The Art Society of Tasmania. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Facebook site". Tasmania Police Historical Group. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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