List of museums in Queensland

This list of museums in Queensland, Australia contains museums which 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. These also include non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.

For museums in the city and suburbs of Brisbane, see List of museums in Brisbane.

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Museums

Name	Location	Area	Type	Summary
5th Light Horse Museum	Gympie	Wide Bay–Burnett	Military
A.A. Cassimatis Store and Cottage	Muttaburra	Central West	History	Period general store and cottage [1]
Agnes Water Museum	Agnes Water	Capricorn Coast	Local history	operated by the Discovery Coast Historical Society
Aramac Tramway Museum	Aramac	Central West	Railway	[2]
Archer Park Rail Museum	Rockhampton	Capricorn Coast	Railway	Historic rail station, features working steam rail tram
Army Museum of North Queensland	Townsville	Townsville	Military	History of the Australian Army in North Queensland, located in Kissing Point Fortification
Artspace Mackay	Mackay	Capricorn Coast	Art
Australian Age of Dinosaurs	Winton	Central West	Natural history	Dinosaur fossils
The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum	Cairns	Cairns Region	Military	Tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery from the Second World War period and post war
Australian Rodeo Heritage Centre	Warwick	Darling Downs	History	history of rodeo and the cowboy
Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame	Longreach	Central West	History	Pioneers of the Australian outback, Australian stockmen and Aborigines, history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Australian Sugar Heritage Centre	Mourilyan	Tropical North	Agriculture	sugar farming and processing
Australian Workers Heritage Centre	Barcaldine	Central West	History	exhibits about Australia's working men and women, teachers, power workers, railway workers and others
Bakers Military Memorabilia Museum	Childers	Wide Bay–Burnett	Military	Private collection of military items, photos and memorabilia[3]
Barcaldine Museum	Barcaldine	Central West	Local history
Barcoo Shire Museum	Jundah	Central West	Local history
Bauple Museum	Bauple	Queensland	Local history Bauple and Tiaro
Beaudesert Museum	Beaudesert	South East	Local history	operated by the Historical Society of Beaudesert, features agricultural machinery and tools, horse-drawn farm vehicles
Beenleigh Historical Village and Museum	Beenleigh	South East	Open air	Features twenty heritage buildings with original items used by those who lived in the 1860s and onward
Blackwater International Coal Centre	Blackwater	Capricorn Coast	Mining	coal mining in Australia
Bollon Heritage Centre	Bollon	South West	Local history
Boondooma Homestead	Proston	Wide Bay–Burnett	Historic house	mid 19th century homestead
Brennan & Geraghtys Store	Maryborough	Wide Bay–Burnett	History	Operated by the National Trust of Queensland, includes the late 19th century store, stables, a cottage and an early 20th-century residence
Bribie Island Seaside Museum	Bongaree	Moreton Bay Region	Local	Local history, island life
Bundaberg Railway Museum	Bundaberg	Wide Bay–Burnett	Railway	Located in North Bundaberg Railway Station, includes photos, uniforms, tools, a signal cabin, railway cars and equipment
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery	Bundaberg	Wide Bay–Burnett	Art
Burnett War Museum	Kingaroy	Wide Bay–Burnett	Military
Butter Factory Arts Centre	Cooroy	Sunshine Coast	Art	art and local history
Cairns Museum	Cairns	Far North	Local history	operated by the Cairns Historical Society
Cairns Regional Gallery	Cairns	Far North	Art	Exhibitions of historical and contemporary art by leading regional, national and international artists, and from its collections of the cultural heritage of Far North Queensland
Calliope River Historical Village	River Ranch	Capricorn Coast	Open air	Operated by the Port Curtis Historical Society, relocated historic buildings including houses, a school, church, train station, Masonic Lodge hall and a police cell
Caloundra Regional Gallery	Caloundra	Sunshine Coast	Art
Cambridge Downs Heritage Display Centre	Richmond	North West Queensland	Local history
Capella Pioneer Village	Capella	Capricorn Coast	Open air
Cardwell Bush Telegraph	Cardwell	Far North	History	Historic post office & telegraph station, old shire hall, courthouse & lock-up
Central Queensland Military Museum	Rockhampton	Capricorn Coast	Military
Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns	Cairns	Far North	Art
Childers Pharmaceutical Museum	Childers	Wide Bay–Burnett	Pharmacy	Turn-of-the 20th century pharmacy
Chinchilla Historical Museum	Chinchilla	Darling Downs	Local history
Clermont Museum	Clermont	Capricorn Coast	Local history
Clifton Historical Museum	Clifton	Darling Downs	Local history
Cobb & Co Museum	Toowoomba	Darling Downs	Transportation	Operated by the Queensland Museum, horse-drawn vehicles
Cooktown History Centre	Cooktown	Far North	Local history	operated by the Cooktown and District Historical Society
Cosmos Centre	Charleville	South West	Science	observatory, meteorites
Crows Nest Folk Museum & Village	Crows Nest	Darling Downs	Open air
Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery	Crows Nest	Darling Downs	Art
Cultural Centre Townsville	Townsville	Townsville	Ethnic	Aboriginal history, culture, art
Customs House Museum	Goondiwindi	Darling Downs	Duties & taxes period home
Daintree Discovery Centre	Daintree	Far North	Natural history	ecology of the Daintree Rainforest
Dairy and Heritage Museum	Murgon	Wide Bay–Burnett	Farming	dairying equipment, pioneer homestead
Dalby Pioneer Park Museum	Dalby	Darling Downs	Open air	features many historic buildings, social history collections, operating tractors and agricultural machinery, geology collection
Das Neumann Haus Museum	Laidley	South East	Historic house	1930s period home
Diamantina Health Care Museum	Woolloongabba	Brisbane	Health care	History of the Princess Alexandra Hospital and predecessor institutions
Dogwood Crossing, Miles	Miles	Darling Downs	Art	cultural centre that includes art gallery, library, IT centre and social history displays
Dr Arratta Memorial Museum	Muttaburra	Central West	Local history	features medical artefacts from the former hospital
Emu Park Museum	Emu Park	Capricorn Coast	Local history	includes railway collection
Eumundi Museum	Eumundi	Sunshine Coast	Local history	local, social and natural history
Fairymead House Sugar Museum	Bundaberg	Wide Bay–Burnett	Agriculture	area sugar industry
Flinders Discovery Centre	Hughenden	North West Queensland	Natural history	dinosaur fossils
Gab Titui Cultural Centre	Thursday Island	Far North	Ethnic	Aboriginal culture, history and art
Gatakers Artspace	Maryborough	Wide Bay–Burnett	Art
Gatton Museum	Gatton	South East	Local history
Gayndah Museum	Gayndah	Wide Bay–Burnett	Historic house, local history
Gladstone Maritime History Museum	Gladstone	Capricorn Coast	Maritime
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum	Gladstone	Capricorn Coast	Multiple	Art, local culture and history
Glengallan Homestead and Heritage Centre	Warwick	Darling Downs	Historic house	19th-century country house
Gold Coast City Art Gallery	Surfers Paradise	South East	Art
Greycliffe Homestead	Biloela	Central	Historic house	operated by the Banana Shire Historical Society, late 19th century pioneer homestead
Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum	Gympie	Wide Bay–Burnett	Multiple	operated by the Gympie Historical Society, gold mining and local history, industry, agriculture, social history
Gympie Regional Art Gallery	Gympie	Wide Bay–Burnett	Art
Herberton Mining Museum	Herberton	Far North	Mining	tin mining
Herberton Spy & Camera Museum	Herberton	Far North	Multiple	history of espionage and photography
Heritage Centre Toowoomba	Toowoomba	Darling Downs	Transportation	road history in Queensland
Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum	Hervey Bay	Wide Bay - Burnet	Historical Village	local history in a village like setting with working displays.
Hervey Bay Regional Gallery	Pialba	Wide Bay–Burnett	Art
Highfields Pioneer Village	Highfields	Darling Downs	Open air
Historic Village Herberton	Herberton	Far North	Open air	Features over 50 restored period buildings dating back to the 1860s, set out like a tin mining town
Hinkler Hall of Aviation	Bundaberg	Wide Bay–Burnett	Aerospace	life of aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler
Historic House Museum	Charleville	South West	Historic house	operated by the Charleville and District Historical Society
Hou Wang Temple	Atherton	Far North	Ethnic	Early 20th-century Chinese temple with an art gallery and interpretation centre, operated by the National Trust of Queensland
Ilfracombe Machinery and Heritage Museum	Ilfracombe	Central West	Agriculture	open air display of agriculture machinery
Ipswich Art Gallery	Ipswich	South East	Art
Jackson Collections	Ilfracombe	Central West	Commodity	lifetime collections of Hilton and Ike Jackson including bottles, hubcaps, buttons, drill bits, rabbit traps and scissors
James Cook Historical Museum	Cooktown	Far North	Local history	Operated by the National Trust of Queensland, includes artefacts Captain James Cook left behind, history of area education and the former convent
John Flynn Place	Cloncurry	North West Queensland	Multiple	life of John Flynn (minister) and the development of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, School of the Air, art gallery
Jondaryan Woolshed	Oakey	Darling Downs	Open air	Rural life of pioneering Australia and sheep raising
Kilcoy Hall of History	Kilcoy	South- East	Local history	Operated by the Kilcoy District Historical Society in a former union church building from Hazeldean[4]
Kilkivan Shire Museum	Kilkivan	Wide Bay–Burnett	Local history
Kingaroy Art Gallery	Kingaroy	Wide Bay–Burnett	Art	Hosts monthly exhibitions by local and visiting artists in three gallery spaces
Kingaroy Heritage Museum	Kingaroy	Wide Bay–Burnett	Local history
Kronosaurus Korner	Richmond	North West Queensland	Natural history	marine fossils
Kumbia Federation Heritage Centre	Kumbia	Wide Bay–Burnett	Local history	operated by the Kumbia and District Historical Society
Laidley Pioneer Village	Laidley	South East	Open air	operated by the Laidley Historical Society
Landsborough Shire Museum	Landsborough	Sunshine Coast	Local history	Local and social history
Langenbaker House	Ilfracombe	Central West	Historic house
Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways	Winton	Central West	Natural history	Guided tours of the protected dinosaur trackways and cretaceous fossils
Leahy House	Thargomindah	South West	Local history
Logan Art Gallery	Kingston	South East	Art
Logan City Historical Museum	Kingston	South East	Local history
Longreach Powerhouse Museum	Longreach	Central West	Technology	rural generating station with engines, local history displays
Loudoun House Museum	Irvinebank	Tablelands	Local history
Magnetic Island Museum	Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island	Townsville	Local history	[5]
Mareeba Heritage Museum and Visitor Information Centre	Mareeba	Mareeba	Historical
Maritime Museum of Townsville	Townsville	Townsville	Maritime
Marlborough Historical Museum	Marlborough	Capricorn Coast	Local history
Mary Kathleen Memorial Park/ Museum & Information Centre	Cloncurry	North West Queensland	Local history	outdoor displays of steam engines, a traction engine, farm and mining machinery
Mayes Cottage	Kingston	South East	Historic house	Late 19th century colonial house
Miles Historical Village and Museum	Miles	Darling Downs	Open air	1920s period village
Milne Bay Military Museum	Toowoomba	Darling Downs	Military	artefacts and history of the 25th Battalion (Darling Downs Regiment)
Miner's Cottage	Charters Towers	Townsville	Historic house	late 1800s worker's cottage
Miner's Heritage	Mount Morgan	Capricorn Coast	Mining
Montys Garage Vintage Car Museum	Glenmorgan	Darling Downs	Automotive	1940s style auto garage with restored vintage cars and trucks
Morven Museum	Morven	South West	Local history
Mount Morgan Historical Museum	Mount Morgan	Capricorn Coast	Local	local history
Mount Morgan Railway Museum	Mount Morgan	Capricorn Coast	Railway
Museum of Australian Military Intelligence	Canungra	South East	Military
Museum of Australian Army Flying	Oakey	Darling Downs	Aerospace	Historical aircraft tracing the history of the Australian Army Aviation and back to the Australian Flying Corps during World War I
Museum of Tropical Queensland	Townsville	Townsville	Multiple	Operated by the Queensland Museum, natural history, marine archaeology and history
National Trust Heritage Centre	Townsville	Townsville	Historic house	operated by the National Trust of Queensland, lifestyle of families prominent in the history of north Queensland
Nebo Museum	Nebo	Capricorn Coast	Local history
Nobby Forge & Vintage Museum	Nobby	Darling Downs	History	clothes, accessories and furniture from the 1900s to the 1960s
Noosa Shire Museum	Pomona	Sunshine Coast	Local History	The Noosa Museum is in the old Noosa Shire Hall built in 1911. The Cooroora Historical Society took over the building as a museum in 1985, when the Noosa Shire Council decided their headquarters should be in Tewantin.[6]
Noosa Regional Gallery	Tewantin	Sunshine Coast	Art
North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum	Dunwich	South East	Local history
Old Rainworth Fort	Springsure	Central	History	Mid 19th-century community storehouse built in case of conflict in the Australian frontier wars, contains historic artifacts
Ormiston House	Ormiston	South East	Historic house	Mid 19th-century plantation house and gardens
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery	Townsville	Townsville	Art
Pine Rivers Heritage Museum	Petrie	Moreton Bay Region	Local history
Pinnacles Gallery	Thuringowa Central	Townsville	Art	Located in the Riverway Arts Centre
Pittsworth Pioneer Historical Village	Pittsworth	Darling Downs	Open air
Port Douglas Court House Museum	Port Douglas	Far North	Local history	operated by the Douglas Shire Historical Society
Pringle Cottage Museum	Warwick	Darling Downs	Open air	Includes two cottages with period furniture, a church and printing museum
Proserpine Museum	Proserpine	Whitsundays	Local history
Qantas Founders Outback Museum	Longreach	Central West	Aerospace
Quarantine Museum	Pallarenda	Townsville	Medical	[7]
Queensland Ambulance Museum, Barcaldine	Barcaldine		Medical	historic ambulances and equipment, operates within the Australian Workers Heritage Centre
Queensland Ambulance Museum, Charters Towers	Charters Towers	Townsville	Medical	historic ambulances and equipment, open by appointment
Queensland Heritage Park	Biloela	Central	Open air	agriculture, rural life
Queensland Motorsport Museum	Sumner	Brisbane	Automotive	Boutique Motorsport Museum, Cars & Bikes, memorabilia and over 800 die-cast models
Quilpie Museum	Quilpie	South West	Local history	local history and art gallery
Quinkan and Regional Cultural Centre	Laura	Far North	Multiple	Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal heritage, area natural environment
RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre	Amberley	South East	Military	historic military aircraft and Australian military memorabilia
Raspberry Creek Homestead	Byfield	Capricorn Coast	Local history	Operated by the Byfield and District Historical Society[8]
Rathdowney Historical Museum	Rathdowney	South East	Local history
Ration Shed Museum	Cherbourg	Wide Bay–Burnett	Ethnic	Aboriginal culture and what life was like them living under the Aboriginal Protection Act during the first half of the 20th century
Ravenswood Court House Museum	Ravenswood	Townsville	Local history
Redcliffe Museum	Redcliffe	Moreton Bay Region	Local history
Redland Art Gallery	Cleveland	South East	Art	also a location in Capalaba
Redland Museum	Cleveland	South East	Local history	Redlands' social history from 1842 to the present, includes textiles, dolls and toys
Ringsfield House	Nanango	Wide Bay–Burnett	Historic house	operated by the Nanango Historical Society, early 20th century period house and gardens
Ripley's Believe It or Not!	Surfers Paradise	South East	Amusement
Riversleigh Fossil Centre	Mount Isa	North West Queensland	Natural history	fossils from the Riversleigh fossil site
RM Williams Australian Bush Learning Centre	Eidsvold	Wide Bay–Burnett	Local history	bush culture and history, influence of bushman R. M. Williams on that culture
Rockhampton Art Gallery	Rockhampton	Capricorn Coast	Art
Rockhampton Heritage Village	Parkhurst	Capricorn Coast	Open air	buildings from 1850–1950
Rosewood Railway Museum	Rosewood	South East	Railway	operated by the Australian Railway Historical Society
Royal Bull's Head Inn	Drayton	Darling Downs	Historic site	Operated by the National Trust of Queensland, mid 19th century inn, dairy and stables
Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitor Centre	Charleville	South West	Medical	history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Samford Museum	Samford	Moreton Bay Region	Local history	area rural, domestic, educational, railway, timber, transport and village history
Samurai Gallery Australia	Cairns	Far North Queensland	Museum/Gallery	arts, armor and weaponry of the Japanese samurai warriors
Sarina "Field of Dreams" Historical Centre	Sarina	Capricorn Coast	Local history
Shell World Yeppoon	Yeppoon	Capricorn Coast	Natural history	over 20,000 shells including marine, land and fossil molluscs
South Burnett Energy Centre	Nanango	Wide Bay–Burnett	Science
South Burnett Regional Timber Museum	Wondai	Wide Bay–Burnett	Forestry	area timber industry
Springsure Hospital Museum	Springsure	Central	Medical history	Old hospital equipment including beds, linen, and medical.
St George Heritage Centre	St George	South West	Local history
Stanthorpe Heritage Museum	Stanthorpe	Darling Downs	Local history
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery	Stanthorpe	Darling Downs	Art	Exhibitions of regional and national art, both contemporary and traditional[9]
Stonehouse Museum	Currumbin	Central West	Sports	includes area marine fossils, Aboriginal artefacts, agriculture equipment
Surf World Gold Coast	Surfers Paradise	South East	Sports	surfing champions and memorabilia
Tambo Post & Telegraph Museum	Tambo	Central Western	Post & telegraph	operated by the Totally Tambo Heritage Group
Tanks Arts Centre	Cairns	Far North	Art	Performing and visual arts centre, located in a former WWII fuel depot
Templin Historical Village	Templin	South East	Open air
TerrEstrial	Georgetown	Far North	Natural history	includes large collection of rocks, minerals, former gold mine structures and equipment
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery	Toowoomba	Darling Downs	Art
Townsville Museum	Townsville	Townsville	Local history
TYTO Regional Art Gallery	Ingham	North Queensland	Art
Underground Hospital and Beth Anderson Museum	Mount Isa	Gulf Country	Medical	World War II-era hospital under the ground
University of Southern Queensland Artsworx	Toowoomba	Darling Downs	Art	part of University of Southern Queensland
University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery	Sippy Downs	Sunshine Coast	Art	part of the University of the Sunshine Coast
Venus Gold Battery	Charters Towers	Townsville	Mining
Waltzing Matilda Centre	Winton	Central West	Multiple	includes the Outback Regional Gallery, Qantilda Museum
Warwick Art Gallery	Warwick	Darling Downs	Art
The Wax Museum	Surfers Paradise	South East	Wax	includes movie stars, scientists, explorers, villains and world leaders
Wellshot Centre	Ilfracombe	Central West	Local history
Whitula Museum	Windorah	Central West	Local history
Winton's Diamantina Heritage Truck & Machinery Museum	Winton	Central West	Transportation
Wondai Heritage Centre	Wondai	Wide Bay–Burnett	Local history
Wondai Regional Art Gallery	Wondai	Wide Bay–Burnett	Art
Woodworks Museum & Interpretive Centre	Gympie	Wide Bay–Burnett	Forestry	timber and forestry industries up to the 1950s
Workshops Rail Museum	Ipswich	South East	Railway	Operated by the Queensland Museum, impact of rail travel in Queensland, includes model railway
Yarraman Heritage Centre	Yarraman	Wide Bay–Burnett	Local history
Yugambeh Museum	Beenleigh	South East	Ethnic	Aboriginal heritage and culture
Zara Clark Museum	Charters Towers	Townsville	Local history	includes transport and local artefacts, mining, medical items and photographs
Maroochydore RSL Museum	Maroochydore	Sunshine Coast	Military Museum

Defunct museums

• Australian Motorcycle Museum, Haigslea, closed in 2014[10]
• North Queensland Military Museum[11]

See also

• List of museums in Australia
• List of museums in Brisbane

References

1. "Tourism:Muttaburra". Barcaldine Regional Council. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
2. "Tourism: Aramac". Barcaldine Regional Council. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
3. "Childers Military Museum". 2/6 Cavalry Commando Regiment Association. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
4. Sign outside the Kilcoy Hall of History, 5 July 2020
5. "Magnetic Island Museum". www.whatsonmagneticisland.com.au. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
6. "Pomona". Noosa Museum. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
7. "Pallarenda Park, Beach and Quarantine Museum". www.weekendnotes.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
8. "Byfield and District Historical Society Museum. - People and organisations - Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
9. "Official site". Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
10. "Chance to own rare museum bikes". Motorbike Writer. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2016. A rare two-wheel-drive motorcycle is one of several rare motorcycles being sold after the Australian Motorcycle Museum at Haigslea closed about three months ago.
11. "North Queensland Military Museum, Jezzine Barracks, Kissing Point, Townsville". Home.st.net.au. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

External links

• Museums and Galleries Services Queensland has a search facility for Queensland museums and galleries