Torres Strait Heritage Museum

Top choice in Thursday Island & Horn Island


Fascinating educational tours revealing the island's significant and all-but-forgotten military history, including fixed gun sites and aircraft wrecks, are run by the friendly folk at this wonderful local history museum on Horn Island. Book ahead from June to September.


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