Australia
South Australia
Adelaide Region

South Australian Museum

The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in , , founded in 1856 and owned by the Government of South Australia.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    public holidays: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: natural history museum in Adelaide, South Australia
  • Also known as: “Adelaide Museum”, “SA Museum”, “SAMA”, and “South Australian Museum, Adelaide”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Art Gallery of South Australia and State Library of South Australia.

Art gallery
Photo: Kajinoz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , established as the National Gallery of South Australia in 1881, is located in . It is the most significant visual arts museum in the Australian state of .

Library
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The , or SLSA, formerly known as the Public Library of South Australia, located on North Terrace, Adelaide, is the official library of the Australian state of .

Museum
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The is a social history located in , . It is one of the three museums operated by the History Trust of South Australia. is situated 150 metres northwest of South Australian Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adelaide and Chinatown.

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is the capital of the state of . It lies on the eastern shores of Gulf St Vincent in the central, southern part of the Australian continent.

Locality
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in , , , also called Adelaide or Moonta Street , is located on Moonta Street, within the large Adelaide Central Markets precinct between Grote and Gouger streets in the .

Suburb
is an inner-eastern suburb of , , in the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. It is adjacent to the , the and .

South Australian Museum

Latitude
-34.92071° or 34° 55′ 15″ south
Longitude
138.60324° or 138° 36′ 12″ east
Open location code
4QQW3JH3+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 185409279
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2546445
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“South Australian Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Ավստրալիա նահանգի թանգարան”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Austràlia Meridional”
  • Chinese: “南澳大利亞博物館”
  • Dutch: “South Australian Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Sudaŭstralia Muzeo”
  • French: “Musée d’Australie-Méridionale”
  • French: “Museum d’Australie-Méridionale”
  • French: “South Australian Museum”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთავსტრალიური მუზეუმი”
  • German: “South Australian Museum”
  • Hausa: “Gidan Tarihi na Kudancin Australia”
  • Japanese: “南オーストラリア博物館”
  • Polish: “South Australian Museum”
  • Russian: “Южно-Австралийский музей”
  • Swedish: “South Australian Museum”
  • “SAMA”

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