This list of museums in the Australian Capital Territory, 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.
Name Location Type Summary ANCA Gallery Dickson Art website, gallery of the Australian National Capital Artists ANU School of Art Gallery Canberra Art website Australian National University Classics Museum Canberra Archaeology website, ancient art and artefacts from Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East Australian War Memorial Canberra Military Museum and national memorial Belconnen Arts Centre Belconnen Art website Blundell's Cottage Canberra Historic house 19th century farm cottage Calthorpes' House Red Hill Historic house 1920s period house Canberra Craft & Design Centre Canberra Art website, contemporary craft and design Canberra Fire Museum Canberra Firefighting website Canberra Glassworks Canberra Art Glass studio and gallery Canberra Museum and Gallery Canberra Multiple City's social history, visual arts Canberra Railway Museum Kingston Railway Historic locomotives, passenger cars, freight vehicles, track machinery and railway memorabilia Canberra Space Centre Tidbinbilla Aerospace website, space, astronomy and the work of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex CSIRO Discovery Centre Acton Science website, Australian scientific research and technology from CSIRO Drill Hall Gallery Acton Art Part of Australian National University Gallery of Australia Design Canberra Art website, Australian design and architecture Lanyon Homestead Canberra Historic house 1850s period homestead Mugga-Mugga Symonston Historic house website, early 20th century period cottage Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Parkes History Democracy and Australia's political history National Archives of Australia Canberra History Significant documents and other items National Capital Exhibition Canberra Local history website, city history and culture National Dinosaur Museum Gold Creek Village Natural history Evolution of all life with a particular focus on dinosaurs National Film and Sound Archive Acton Cinema National Gallery of Australia Canberra Art Includes Australian, Western, Eastern, Modern and Pacific arts, photography, crafts National Museum of Australia Acton History Australia's social history National Portrait Gallery Canberra Art Portraits of prominent Australians Royal Australian Mint Canberra Numismatic Mint tours, rare and historically significant coins from the National Coin Collection Questacon Canberra Science St John's Schoolhouse Museum Reid Education website, Canberra's first schoolhouse, located at St John the Baptist Church, Reid Tuggeranong Arts Centre Tuggeranong Art Performing and visual arts centre
See also List of museums in Australia