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Australian Museum

The Australian Museum, originally known as the Colonial Museum and Sydney Museum, is a state public museum in , New South Wales, Australia. It is operated and funded as a cultural institution by the state government of .
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Sydney, Australia
  • Also known as: “Colonial Museum”, “Sydney Museum”, and “The Australian Museum”
  • Address: 6-8
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Sydney Tower.

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is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central . It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.

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, also known as the Eye, Westfield Tower and formerly albeit still commonly as Centrepoint Tower, is an observation and that is the tallest structure in , , , as well as the second-tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere. is situated 580 metres northwest of Australian Museum.

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The is a heritage-listed , museum and monument located in Hyde Park South near Liverpool Street in the , . is situated 260 metres southwest of Australian Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woolloomooloo and Thai Town.

Suburb
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is a harbourside, inner-city suburb of , New South Wales, Australia, 1.5 kilometres east of the , in the local government area of the .

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in in Australia with a high concentration of retail outlets. It is located in on Campbell Street, to the east of , close to .

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Immediately to the east of the City Centre and also adjacent to is an area of laneways, nightlife, cafes, pubs, bars and entertainment and sometimes referred to as the "Inner East". it is an area where many choose to stay, and many more visit.

Australian Museum

Latitude
-33.87435° or 33° 52′ 28″ south
Longitude
151.21326° or 151° 12′ 48″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Levels
3
Open location code
4RRH46G7+78
Open­Street­Map ID
way 16748926
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6695211
Wiki­data ID
Q769416
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Australian Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الأسترالي”
  • Aragonese: “Museu Australiano”
  • Armenian: “Ավստրալիական թանգարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avstraliya muzeyi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avstraliya Muzeyi”
  • Catalan: “Museu Australià”
  • Chinese: “澳洲博物館”
  • Chinese: “澳洲博物馆”
  • Danish: “Australian Museum”
  • Dutch: “Australian Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭstralia Muzeo”
  • French: “Australian Museum”
  • German: “Australian Museum”
  • Hausa: “Australian Museum”
  • Hebrew: “Australian Museum”
  • Hebrew: “Colonial Museum”
  • Hebrew: “Sydney Museum”
  • Hebrew: “The Australian Museum”
  • Hebrew: “המוזאון האוסטרלי”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון האוסטרלי”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון של אוסטרליה”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון אוסטרליה”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Australia”
  • Japanese: “オーストラリア博物館”
  • Javanese: “Australian Museum”
  • Javanese: “Museum Australia”
  • Latin: “Museum Australiense”
  • Mongolian: “Австралийн музей”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Australian Museum”
  • Norwegian: “Australian Museum”
  • Persian: “موزه استرالیا”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Australijskie”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Australiano”
  • Russian: “Австралийский музей”
  • Slovenian: “Avstralski muzej”
  • Spanish: “Museo Australiano”
  • Turkish: “Australian Museum”
  • Turkish: “Avustralya Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Австралійський музей”
  • Urdu: “آسٹریلین میوزیم”
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