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Day 6: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Tasmania 2023

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Day 6: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

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Sunday 2 April 2023 at 3:00:00 pm AEST
Australia's second oldest museum and featuring the collections of Australia's oldest scientific society.

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is Tasmania’s leading natural and cultural heritage organisation. It is a combined museum, art gallery and herbarium which safeguards the physical evidence of Tasmania’s natural and cultural heritage, and the cultural identity of Tasmanians.

TMAG is Australia’s second-oldest museum and has its origins in the collections of Australia’s oldest scientific society, the Royal Society of Tasmania, established in 1843. The first permanent home of the museum opened on the corner of Argyle and Macquarie streets in 1863 and the museum has gradually expanded from this corner to occupy the entire city block.

The TMAG precinct is one of Australia’s most historically significant sites. Included in the precinct is Tasmania’s oldest surviving public building, the 1808-10 Commissariat Store; the Private Secretary’s Cottage, built prior to 1815 and originally adjacent to old Government House; and Tasmania’s first federal building, the 1902 Custom House.

We did not have much time to visit the museum - as it was close to closing time, so we did a quick blitz through and mainly admired the artwork of old Hobart Town.

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