Museums
Museums of Australia
451 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum77museums
Heritage railway31museums
Maritime museum18museums
Railway museum17museums
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Most visited museums
Visitors in the latest year on record, since 2015.
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1Art Gallery of Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Art museum · 1895
148k visitors1 famous works
2Art Gallery of South Australia
Adelaide, South Australia
Art museum · 1881
445k visitors12 famous works
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3Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, New South Wales
Art museum · 1880
429k visitors12 famous works
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4Heide Museum of Modern Art
Melbourne, Victoria
Sculpture garden · 1981
70k visitors
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5Australian Museum
Sydney, New South Wales
1845
1 famous works
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6Western Australian Museum
Perth, Western Australia
1891
972k visitors
12Queensland Maritime Museum
Brisbane, Queensland
Maritime museum · 1971
35k visitors
19Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Perth, Western Australia
Art museum · 1896
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20W D Moore & Co Warehouse
Perth, Western Australia
Art museum · 1899
21Museum of Applied Arts and Science
Sydney, New South Wales
Science museum · 1879
4 famous works
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23Don River Railway
Don, Tasmania
Heritage railway
24Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
Faulconbridge, New South Wales
Art museum
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26Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Launceston, Tasmania
Art museum · 1891
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28Susannah Place Museum
The Rocks, New South Wales
Historic house museum · 1990
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32Australiana Pioneer Village
Wilberforce, New South Wales
Living museum
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33Colonial Cottage Museum
Merriwa, New South Wales
Local museum
34Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum
Gladstone, Queensland
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35James Cook Historical Museum
Cooktown, Queensland
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40Post Office Gallery
Ballarat, Victoria
Art museum · 2002
43Illawarra Light Railway Museum
Shell Cove, New South Wales
Heritage railway · 1973
2 famous works
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44Art Gallery of Ballarat
Ballarat, Victoria
Art museum · 1884
3 famous works
45Australian National Aviation Museum
Elsternwick, Victoria
Aviation museum · 1962
1 famous works
46Lachlan Valley Railway
Cowra, New South Wales
Railway museum · 1974
1 famous works
49State Library of New South Wales
Sydney, New South Wales
1869
1 famous works
52Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Education Centre
Adelaide, South Australia
Jewish museum · 2020
53Army Museum of Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Military museum · 1977
54Asian Gallery New South Wales Art Gallery
Sydney, New South Wales
Art museum · 2003
55Australian Age of Dinosaurs
Winton, Queensland
Natural history museum · 2003
56Australian Armour and Artillery Museum
Kuranda, Queensland
Military museum
57Australian Aviation Museum
Len Waters Estate, New South Wales
Aviation museum
58Australian Centre for Photography
Sydney, New South Wales
Art museum · 1973
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Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum
Bathurst, New South Wales
2011
Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 77 |
| Heritage railway | 31 |
| Maritime museum | 18 |
| Railway museum | 17 |
| Military museum | 16 |
| Local museum | 16 |
| Aviation museum | 15 |
| Sculpture garden | 10 |
| Historic house museum | 9 |
| Open-air museum | 8 |
| Museum ship | 7 |
| Transport museum | 6 |
| Science museum | 5 |
| Sports museum | 4 |