List of museums in Tasmania

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.

NameLocationRegionType Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts Hobart Library Part 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 Local Located in a historic school building Bark Mill Museum Swansea North West History website, 19th century life Bass & Flinders Centre George Town North Maritime website Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre Beaconsfield Northern Mining Former 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 West Art website, Burnie Regional Museum Burnie North West History 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 Prison Former 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 Northern Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia Cygnet Living History Museum Cygnet Huon Valley History Cygnet Living History Museum At Collections Australia Deloraine and District Folk Museum Deloraine Local , local pioneer history Design Centre Tasmania Launceston North Art website, area contemporary craft and design in wood Derwent Valley Railway New Norfolk Railway Heritage railway, currently not operational Devonport Maritime Museum and Historical Society Devonport North West Maritime website Devonport Regional Gallery Devonport North West Art website Don River Railway Don North West Railway Heritage 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 house Early 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 Northern Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia Furneaux Museum Flinders Island Local Galley Museum Queenstown Mining Photographs and relics of the mining communities of the past Geeveston Forest & Heritage Center Geeveston Forestry Photographs, relics and interactive displays about early settlement and forestry in Far South Tasmania Grote Reber Museum Cambridge Science Life and work of astronomer Grote Reber, tour of the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory Home Hill Devonport North West Historic 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 West Science 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. Latrobe Courthouse Museum Latrobe North West Local website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, local history displays Launceston Tramway Museum Launceston North Transport 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 Maritime Tasmania's association with the sea, ships and shipbuilding Mawson's Huts Replica Museum Hobart Arctic A replica hut museum about Douglas Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition Military Museum of Tasmania Hobart Military Located within Anglesea Barracks Museum of Old and New Art Hobart Art Includes 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 Northern Transport 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 North Technology website, steam engines, tractors, equipment and memorabilia Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site Hobart Prison Former 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 air Includes 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 North Multiple Includes colonial art, contemporary craft and design, Tasmanian history and natural history displays Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Inveresk North Multiple Tasmania's social and natural history including dinosaurs, railway transport, geology, local history Salamanca Arts Centre Hobart Art Includes several galleries Salmon Ponds Plenty North Natural history website, trout hatchery, museum of trout fishing Suzanne Charleston Gallery Ulverstone North West Art Gallery Small 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 , located in Bellerive Oval Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart Multiple History 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 Tasmanian Transport Museum Glenorchy Transport Railway 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 West Culture 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 North Technology information, restored vintage tractors and machinery Waddamana Power Stations Waddamana Technology Equipment and science behind the former power generating station Watch House Museum George Town North Prison information, former prison and local history exhibits Wooden Boat Centre Franklin Maritime website, history of boatbuilding and water transport Woodsdale Museum Levendale North History website, includes 19th century period house and historic school Woolmers Estate Longford Open air 19th century farm estate including outbuildings, gardens West Coast Heritage Centre Zeehan West History website, dedicated to the history and pioneers of the West Coast of Tasmania.

See also List of museums in Australia

References

Discover Tasmania: Museums and Art Galleries