Museums & Galleries

List of Museums in Australia

Australia is home to a diverse range of museums that showcase its rich history and culture. From art galleries to historical sites, these institutions offer visitors a glimpse into the nation's heritage.

175 itemsUpdated Mar 13, 2026

This list provides an overview of 174 museums and galleries located throughout Australia, showcasing the country's rich cultural, historical, and scientific heritage. It includes institutions ranging from art and archaeology museums to specialized collections across various states and territories.

#	Name
1	Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology Australian public museum
2	Albany Convict Gaol heritage listed former prison in Albany, Western Australia
3	Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts collection focused on early colonial life in Tasmania
4	Ardrossan Museum Local History Museum
5	Auburn Old Police Station and Courthouse Museum local history museum
6	Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum museum in Bathurst, Australia
8	Australian Museum museum in Sydney, Australia
9	Australian National Surfing Museum Surfing museum in Torquay, Australia
10	Australian National University Classics Museum museum in Australia
11	Australian Opal Centre museum
12	Australian Performing Arts Collection Australian museum collection
13	Australian Pinball Museum pinball museum in Nhill, Australia
14	Backwoods Gallery contemporary art gallery in Australia
15	Ballarat Tramway Museum museum operating old trams in Ballarat, Victoria
16	Bangalow Heritage House Museum museum in Bangalow, New South Wales
17	Belconnen Arts Centre arts facility in Canberra, Australia
18	Blundells Cottage cottage (now museum) in Canberra, Australia
19	Boorowa Historical Museum
20	Boulton and Watt steam engine one of the first rotative steam engines
21	Bounty Folk Museum Museum on Norfolk Island
22	Bradman’s Birthplace Museum museum in Cootamundra
23	Brett Whiteley Studio museum and gallery, housed in the artist's former studio and residence
24	Burnett House heritage building and museum
25	Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia
26	Cambrai Agricultural Museum local history museum
27	Channel Heritage Museum Museum in Tasmania, Australia
28	Charles Darwin University Nursing Museum museum in Northern Territory, Australia
29	Chau Chak Wing Museum Australian museum
30	Claremont Museum heritage listed building in Claremont, Western Australia
31	Cleve Agricultural and Folk Museum Museum in Cleve South Australia
32	Coal Creek Heritage Village open air museum in Victoria, Australia
33	Cobb & Co Museum history museum in Toowoomba
34	Commissariat Store, Brisbane historical building in Queensland
35	Cooma Monaro Railway tourist railway in New South Wales, Australia
36	Cossack Museum museum and former courthouse in Cossack, Western Australia
37	Creswick Town Hall heritage-listed former town hall in Creswick, Victoria, Australia
38	Customs House Museum historic site in Queensland, Australia
39	Dardanup Heritage Park museum in Western Australia
40	DownsSteam Tourist Railway & Museum railway museum in Drayton
41	Dromana Historical Museum history museum in Victoria, Australia
42	Eden Killer Whale Museum Australian museum
43	Esperance Museum and Historical Village museum and park in Western Australia
44	Eureka Centre museum in Ballrat, Victoria, Australia
45	Eyre Pensinsula Railway Preservation Society The Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society is a historical society located in Port Lincoln, South Australia
46	Fighter World military aviation museum in Williamtown New South Wales, Australia
47	Franklin Harbour Historical Museum local history museum
48	Fremantle Prison former prison in Fremantle, Western Australia
49	Galley Museum museum in Queenstown, Tasmania
50	Gippsland Armed Forces Museum history museum and research library in Fulham, Victoria
51	Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum historic site in Queensland, Australia
52	Golden Dragon Museum history museum in Victoria, Australia
53	Goulburn Pumping Station Australian heritage building and museum
54	Great Cobar Heritage Centre
55	Gundagai Historical Museum
56	Heidelberg Historical Society history museum in Heidelberg VIC , Australia
57	Hellenic Museum museum in Melbourne, Australia
58	Henry Lawson Centre Gulgong Museum dedicated to Australian writer Henry Lawson
59	Hindmarsh Fire and Folk Museum history museum housed in a former fire station in Hindmarsh, South Australia
60	Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales heritage organization in Australia
61	Historic Village Herberton open-air historic museum in Herberton, Queensland
62	History Hill Museum museum in NSW, Australia
63	Hunters Hill Historical Society Museum
64	Huntly Shire Council Chambers heritage-listed building in Huntly, Victoria, Australia
65	Hyde Park Barracks barracks in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
66	Indigenous Collection collection at Miles Historical Village and Museum in Miles, Queensland, Australia
67	Islamic Museum of Australia museum in Melbourne, Australia
68	J Ward former psychiatric prison, now museum, in Ararat, Victoria, Australia
69	James Cook Historical Museum historic site in Queensland, Australia
70	Kilmore Court House heritage-listed courthouse at Kilmore, Victoria, Australia
71	Koppio Smithy Museum museum in South Australia
72	Landsborough Shire Museum local history museum and social museum in Queensland, Australia
73	Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery art gallery within the University of Western Australia
74	Leschenault Estuary Eco Museum museum in Australind, Western Australia
75	Leuralla Leuralla Toy and Railroad Museum is home to a controversial collection of Nazi-era toys
76	Light Horse & Field Artillery Museum Australian military museum
77	Liverpool Regional Museum and Family History Centre
78	Lobethal Archives and Historical Museum museum in South Australia
79	Longreach Powerhouse historic site in Queensland, Australia
80	Luskintyre Airfield airport in New South Wales, Australia
81	Lyons Cottage museum in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
82	Manjimup Heritage Park park in Western Australia
83	Mbantua Gallery & Cultural Museum Australian museum
84	Melbourne Museum museum in Victoria, Australia
85	Melbourne's Living Museum of the West culture museum in Melbourne, Australia
86	Merredin Military Museum museum in Western Australia
87	Methodist Church and Hall (former) heritage listed building in Katanning, Western Australia
88	Migration Museum South Australian museum
89	Murchison Museum, Western Australia museum in Western Australia
90	Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University museum at the Macquarie university, Australia
91	Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences archive organization in Sydney, Australia
92	Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka former museum in Ballarat, Australia
93	Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House museum in Canberra, Australia
94	Museum of Brisbane history museum in Brisbane City Hall, King George Square
95	Museum of Discovery (MOD) Museum in Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
96	Museum of Geraldton museum in Geraldton, Western Australia
97	Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying museum in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
98	Museum of Modern Art Australia Australian Art gallery in Melbourne 1958-1966
99	Museum of Sydney museum in Sydney, Australia
100	Museum of the Goldfields museum in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
101	Museum of the Riverina local history museum in Wagga Wagga, Australia
102	Museums Victoria museum operator in Victoria, Australia
103	National Anzac Centre museum in Albany, Western Australia
104	National Capital Exhibition museum in Canberra, Australia
105	National Communication Museum Australian collection of telecommunication equipment
106	National Motor Racing Museum museum in Bathurst, New South Wales
107	National Museum of Australian Pottery ceramics museum in Australia
108	National Wool Museum historical museum in Geelong, Australia
109	Newcastle Art Gallery public art museum in New South Wales, Australia
110	Newcastle Museum regional museum in Newcastle, New South Wales
111	Newport Railway Museum railway museum in Newport, Victoria
112	Norfolk Island Museum Australian heritage organisation
113	OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon Earth station in Western Australia
114	Old Bank of New South Wales building, Kyneton heritage-listed building in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
115	Old Court House, Pingelly museum in Western Australia
116	Old Gaol & Police Quarters, Bridgetown heritage listed building in Bridgetown, Western Australia
117	Old Gaol Museum Newcastle Gaol Museum is located in Toodyay, Western Australia
118	Old Melbourne Gaol former jail in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and now a tourist attraction
119	Old Roads Board Office, Collie heritage listed building in Collie, Western Australia
120	Paynesville Maritime Museum
121	Penrith Museum of Printing museum in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
122	Port Douglas Court House Museum historic site in Queensland, Australia
123	Powerhouse Parramatta the largest museum in New South Wales
124	Princess Royal Fortress fortress on the northern shore of Atatürk entrance on Princess Royal Harbour, Albany, Western Australia
125	Pringle Cottage Museum
126	Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery museum and art gallery in Launceston, Tasmania
127	Queensland Museum state museum of Queensland, Australia
128	Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway railway museum
129	Reserve Bank of Australia Museum museum in Sydney
130	Residency Museum museum in Albany, Western Australia
131	Richmond Vale Railway Museum railway museum in New South Wales, Australia
132	Robert Menzies Institute Australian Prime-Ministerial Library
133	Robert Steele Steam Machinery Exhibition marine engine museum in Fremantle, Western Australia
134	Rockingham Museum heritage listed museum in Rockingham, Western Australia
135	Santos Museum of Economic Botany museum in Australia
136	Science Gallery Melbourne Gallery in Melbourne, Australia
137	Scitech science museum in Perth, Western Australia
138	Serpentine Vintage Tractor Museum Tractor Museum in Western Australia
139	Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum museum in Kurri Kurri
140	Sir Harry Gibbs Legal Heritage Centre legal heritage museum in Brisbane, Australia
141	Snowy Scheme Museum museum in Adaminaby, New South Wales, Australia
142	South Australia Police Historical Society
143	South Australian Maritime Museum Maritime museum in Port Adelaide
144	South Australian Museum natural history museum in Adelaide, South Australia
145	South Sea Islands Museum museum in Avondale Rd, Cooranbong
146	Springsure Hospital Museum historic site in Queensland, Australia
147	State Library of New South Wales central library for the state of New South Wales, Australia
148	Steamtown, Peterborough Railway Preservation Society Inc. railway museum in Peterborough
149	Sydney Mint building in Sydney
150	Sydney Observatory astronomical observatory in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
151	Synagogue of the Outback Museum museum and former synagogue in Broken Hill, Australia
152	Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum culture museum in Tea Tree Gully SA , Australia
153	The Age of Fishes Museum natural history museum in Canowindra, Australia
154	The Army Museum Bandiana military museum in Australia
155	The Johnston Collection museum in Melbourne, Australia
156	The Milang Railway Museum museum in South Australia
157	The Rocks Discovery Museum museum in The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
158	Tramway Museum, St Kilda railway museum in St Kilda, South Australia
159	Tressie's Museum & Caravan Park Caravan park and museum in Western Australia
160	Tuxworth Fullwood House historic building in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
161	University of Queensland Anthropology Museum anthropology museum in Brisbane, Australia
162	Unley Museum culture Museum in Edmund Ave, Unley
163	Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum railway museum in New South Wales, Australia
164	WA Museum Boola Bardip Western Australian Museum in Perth
165	Wagga Steam and Vintage Engine Museum specialized museum located within the Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens precinct in Turvey Park, New South Wales
166	West Coast Heritage Centre museum consisting of a group of historic buildings in Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia
167	Western Australian Museum state museum of Western Australia (statutory authority)
168	Wireless Hill Museum Heritage listed building and Museum in Western Australia
169	Women's Museum of Australia Australian museum dedicated to identifying and preserving the place of women in Australian history
170	Woodford Academy National Trust (NSW) museum in former Australian gentlemen's club; later academy school and private home; donated by last owner Gertrude McManamey
171	Workshops Rail Museum railway museum in North Ipswich Railway Workshops
172	Yanco Powerhouse Museum
174	York Motor Museum museum in Western Australia
175	National Gallery of Australia
176	Powerhouse Museum
177	Queensland Art Gallery

This list is compiled from verified public records and reference sources. Last verified: March 13, 2026.

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