The Australian Museum

The Australian Museum is a natural history and anthropology museum. The museum was conceived and developed along with the contemporary European models of a comprehensive warehouse of cultural and natural history. It features collections of vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as mineralogy, paleontology, and anthropology.

The Historical Objects and Exhibits of the Australian Museum include:

• Australian Aboriginal Shields
• Aboriginal Message Stick
• Coolamons and Aboriginal Carrying Vessels

The Australian Museum

• Museums:         The Australian Museum
• City:                  Sydney
• Country:           Australia
• Established:     1827
• Location:          1 William Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Type:                Natural history and anthropology museum

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 truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.”
– Anon

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Photo Credit: GM