Experts' Choice Award Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
3 expert reviews
Fodor's "The gallery presents fascinating insights into the city's history, including the rich Aboriginal and colonial past. There's also a large natural-history collection of stuffed birds and animals" Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"QVMAG has the usual assembly of dinosaurs and stuffed animals...and a section devoted to the Tasmanian tiger. Kids will love the interactive gadgetry of the Phenomena Factory, and the planetarium" Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Colonial paintings, including works by John Glover, are the pride of the collection at this art gallery in a meticulously restored 19th-century building on the edge of Royal Park" Full review
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Be sure to check out the ground-level First Tasmanians Gallery, featuring stone tools, Indigenous history, a basket weaved by the famous Truganini and a map of Tasmania's Aboriginal nations to get your ancient bearings on the island.
