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The Australian Museum in Sydney, NSW is the oldest museum in Australia. It was founded on 30 March 1845 by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Earl Bathurst. The NSW Governor provided £200 yearly towards its upkeep.
The museum was originally known as the Colonial Museum and renamed in June 1836 the Australian Museum. In 1849 the museum moved to its current location on the corner of College and Park Streets. It didn’t open to the public until May 1857. The museum’s collections feature zoology, mineralogy, palaeontology, and anthropology and is also involved in indigenous studies research and community programs.
The following are Australian museums
that have websites on the Internet.
Australian Capital Territory
- Australian War Memorial
- Canberra Bicycle Museum
- National Dinosaur Museum
- National Gallery of Australia
- National Museum of Australia
- Old Canberra Tram Company
- Questacon
New South Wales
- Australia’s Museum of Flight
- Australian Aviation Museum
- Australian Centre for Photography
- Australian Heritage Fleet
- Australian Museum Online
- Australian National Maritime Museum
- Fighter World
- Historic Houses Trust of NSW
- Hyde Park Barracks Museum (convicts)
- Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society
- Justice and Police Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Museum of Fire
- Museum of Sydney
- National Motorcycle Museum of Australia
- NSW Rail Transport Museum
- Powerhouse Museum
- Science Centre
- Sydney University Museums
- Sydney Tramway Museum
- Tennis Museum of Australia
- Temora Aviation Museum
Western Australia
- Aviation Heritage Museum of WA
- Berndt Museum of Anthropology
- RAAF Assoc Heritage Museum
- Western Australia Museums
Northern Territory
Queensland
- Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame
- Brisbane Tramway Museum
- Crystal Caves
- Physics Museum University of QLD
- Qantas Founders Outback Museum
- Queensland Museum
- Queensland Air Museum
- Queensland Maritime Museum
- Marks-Hirshfeld Museum of Medical History
Tasmania
- Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
- Australian Antarctic Display
- Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration
- City Park Radio Museum
- Port Arthur Historic Site
- Tasmanian Museum
- Tasmanian Transport Museum
- Ulverstone Local History Museum
Victoria
- Australia4 National Aviation Museum
Oldest volunteer aviation museum in Australia and one of the largest. - Australian Racing Museum – horse racing
- Ballarat Gold Museum
- Ballarat Tramway Museum
- Bellarine Historical Society Museum
- Golden Dragon Museum
- Cohuna Historical Society Museum
- Fire Services Museum of Victoria
- Geelong Naval and Maritime Museum
- Immigration Museum Victoria
- Maffra Sugarbeet Museum
- Medical History Museum
- Melbourne Living Museum of the West
- Moorabin Air Museum
- Museum of Chinese Australian History
- Museum of Victoria
- Organ Historical Trust of Australia
- RAAF Museum – Point Cook
- Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement
use the Settlement link on their side navigation to find it - Tramway Museum Society of Victoria
- Vietnam Veterans Museum
South Australia
- Classic Jets Fighter Museum.
- Investigator Science & Technology
Centre - Maritime Museum
- Migration Museum
- National Motor Museum
- National Railway Museum Port Adelaide
- Performing Arts Collection of SA
- Rodney Fox Shark Museum
- South Australian Aviation Museum
- South Australian Museum
- Waite Arboretum
Other
- Health & Medical Museums Australia
- Museums Australia
national organisation for museums - Australian Archaeological Association