Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery was established in 1846, by the Royal Society of Tasmania, the oldest Royal Society outside England. The museum is a combined museum, art gallery and herbarium which houses the State Collection of Tasmania.
Among the many masterpieces and historical objects in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the following are some highlights:
- ‘The Baily flag’, 1914
- Hamilton Inn couch c. 1820
- The Thylacine
- Colonial Arts
- Tasmanian Fauna
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
- Name: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
- Established: 1843
- Type: Historical Museum, Art Gallery and Herbarium
- Location: Dunn Place, Hobart, Tasmania
- City: Hobart
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“A museum is a place where one should lose one’s head.”
– Renzo Piano
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