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Allport Library & Museum of Fine Arts
The Allport Library & Museum of Fine Arts is inside the State Library. It has a collection of rare books on Australasia and the Pacific region, as well as colonial paintings, antiques, and a collection of artworks that it displays several times a year.
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Carnegie Gallery
The city-council-run Carnegie Gallery exhibits mainly contemporary Tasmanian art, craft, design and photography. It is located upstairs from the Maritime Museum of Tasmania.
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Hunter Street
Hunter St has a row of fine Georgian warehouses (including the old IXL jam factory) that have recently been restored and now house the super-swish Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart's new hotspot, plus affiliated restaurants and a couple of art galleries. While this development has remained true to the heritage of the area and retains much of its original façade, not all of the hotel's neighbours can make the same claim.
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Lady Franklin Gallery
The Lady Franklin Gallery, in a colonnaded 1842 sandstone building called Ancanthe (Greek for 'Vale of Flowers'), displays works by Tasmanian artists.
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Maritime Museum of Tasmania
Celebrating Hobart's unbreakable bond with the sea, the excellent Maritime Museum of Tasmania has a fascinating, salt-encrusted collection of photos, paintings, models and relics (try to resist ringing the huge brass bell from the Rhexenor ). Upstairs is the Carnegie Gallery, exhibiting contemporary Tasmanian art, craft, design and photography.
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Military Museum of Tasmania
The Anglesea Barracks were built in Battery Point in 1811. Still used by the army, this is the oldest military establishment in Australia. They house the volunteer-staffed Military Museum of Tasmania.
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Narryna Heritage Museum
Narryna Heritage Museum (is a stately Georgian sandstone-fronted mansion (pronounced 'Narinna') built in 1836, set in beautiful grounds and containing a treasure-trove of domestic colonial artefacts.
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State Library
This branch of the State Library houses one of its heritage collections, which seek to include everything published in Tasmania in virtually any medium. It also offers an impressive schedule of kids' programming.
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Tasmanian Cricket Museum
Fans of Boonie and Ricky Ponting might want to head out to Bellerive, east over the Derwent, for the Tasmanian Cricket Museum at the Bellerive Oval. You can also take a tour of the oval itself, including the players' rooms.
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Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
The rewarding Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery incorporates Hobart's oldest building, the Commissariat Store (1808). The museum features Aboriginal displays and colonial relics; the gallery curates a collection of Tasmanian colonial art. There are free guided tours at from Wednesday to Sunday (hordes of school kids might be a little less interested in proceedings than you are). There's a cool cafe here, too.
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Tasmanian Transport Museum
Train rides are available on the first and third Sundays of each month at the Tasmanian Transport Museum. The museum is a short walk from Glenorchy bus station.
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