Museum sights in Tasmania
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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).
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Imaginarium Science Centre
This unexpected find in Devonport is a hit with kids. The Imaginarium Science Centre has all sorts of hands-on scientific displays: you won't be able to tear the young ones away from the tower puzzles, echo tube and air-message contraption. There are magnetic trains in the area for kids aged three to seven, and a dressing-up wardrobe that will transform your little darling into anything from police officer to pirate.
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Tiagarra
The absorbing displays here tell the story of Aboriginal culture in Tasmania from the time humans first crossed over the land bridge that's now under Bass Strait. There's a soberingly frank assessment of the decimation of Aboriginal society and culture at the time of European invasion. Outside, you can follow a trail around the headland to see Aboriginal rock carvings (petroglyphs); some are more than 10,000 years old.
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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 2.30pm from Wednesday to Sunday. There's a cool cafe here, too.
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Don River Railway
This railway is 4km west of town, just off the Bass Hwy. The entry price includes a half-hour ride in a diesel train (between 10am and 4pm), and you can hop on the puffing steam train on Sundays and public holidays.
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Devonport Maritime Museum
This museum is in the former harbour-master's residence (c 1920) and pilot station near the foreshore. It has model boats from the ages of sail through steam to the present seagoing passenger ferries.
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National Automobile Museum of Tasmania
Rev-heads get all revved up over the display here, one of Australia's best presentations of classic and historic cars and motorbikes. The '69 Corvette Stingray will burn tyre tracks into your retinas.
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Furneaux Museum
Nearby at Emita is the engrossing Furneaux Museum, housing a variety of Aboriginal artefacts (including beautiful shell necklaces), sealing and shipwreck relics, and a display on the seasonal mutton-birding industry.
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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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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
This stately Georgian sandstone-fronted mansion (pronounced 'Narinna'), built in 1836, is set in established grounds and contains a treasure trove of domestic colonial artefacts.
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Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration
The curiosity-arousing Bligh museum details the local exploits of explorers Bligh, Cook, Furneaux and, of course, Bruny D'Entrecasteaux.
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Eric Thomas Galley Museum
This museum started life as the Imperial Hotel in 1898. Inside are diverting displays of old photographs with idiosyncratic captions. It doubles as the Queenstown visitor information centre.
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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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Heritage Centre
This centre was a school in the 1860s, but now features local history exhibits and an ancient billiard table.
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Bark Mill Museum Swansea
This excellent museum features working models of black-wattle bark processing equipment used in tanning leather, and displays on Swansea's early history, from French exploration to agriculture and industry.
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