Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory is the Northern Territory’s premier cultural organization. Located on Larrakia Land at Bullocky Point in Darwin, since 1981, the museum is set in a scenic location overlooking the Arafura Sea. MAGNT is home to internationally renowned artistic, cultural, and scientific collections and research programs.

Each year MAGNT presents a dynamic program of internally-developed exhibitions, carefully curated from the collection, and the best traveling exhibitions from around Australia. It is also the home of the annual Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards – the most significant celebration of its kind in Australia.

MAGNT also operates the historic Fannie Bay Gaol in Darwin, the Museum of Central Australia incorporating the Strehlow Research Center in Alice Springs, and the Alcoota Fossil Bed site northeast of Alice Springs. We manage the historic Lyons Cottage on Darwin’s Esplanade and the Defence of Darwin Experience at East Point in Darwin.

Among the many Historical Objects & Exhibits of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, the following are some highlights:

• Photographs of Aboriginal Rock Art
• Sacred Aboriginal Objects
• Cat-o-nine-tails from Fannie Bay Gaol
• Timor Sea Banjofish
• Sweetheart
• Cyclone Tracy

 Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

• Name:         Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
• Established: 1981
• Type:            Art, Culture  & History Museum
• Location:      19 Conacher St, Darwin City NT 0820
• City:              Darwin

A Tour of Museums  in Australia

• Museums in Sydney
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Australian Museum
  • Australian National Maritime Museum
  • Museum of Sydney
  • Powerhouse Museum
  • Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
  • Nicholson Museum
  • Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
  • Museum of Fire

• Museums in Melbourne
  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Shrine of Remembrance
  • Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
  • State Library of Victoria
  • National Sports Museum
  • Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
  • Old Melbourne Gaol
  • Chinese Museum, Melbourne
  • Jewish Museum of Australia

• Museums in Canberra
  • National Museum of Australia
  • National Gallery of Australia
  • Australian War Memorial
  • National Portrait Gallery

• Museums in Brisbane
  • Queensland Art Gallery
  • Queensland Museum & Science Center
  • MacArthur Museum Brisbane
  • RD Milns Antiquities Museum
  • Queensland Maritime Museum
  • Commissariat Store, Brisbane
  • Queensland Police Museum

• Museums in Perth
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • WA Shipwrecks Museum
  • Perth Mint
  • WA Maritime Museum
  • Fremantle Prison

• Museums in Adelaide
  • Art Gallery of South Australia
  • South Australian Museum
  • Migration Museum, Adelaide

• Museums in Hobart
  • Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

• Museums in Darwin
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
  • Darwin Military Museum
  • Australian Aviation Heritage Center

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“A museum is a place where one should lose one’s head.”
– Renzo Piano

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