Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery

The Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The museum was established in 1846, by the Royal Society of Tasmania, the oldest Royal Society outside England. The TMAG receives 400,000 visitors annually.

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Type: Museum
Description: art and history museum in Hobart, Australia
Also known as: “Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery” and “TMAG”
Address: 40 Macquarie Street, Hobart, TAS 7000

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maritime Museum Tasmania and Hobart Town Hall.

Maritime Museum Tasmania

Museum

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Maritime Museum Tasmania is a volunteer-run maritime museum dedicated to the history of Tasmania's association with the sea, ships, and ship-building, and is located at the Carnegie Building in Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania.

Hobart Town Hall

Town hall

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Hobart Town Hall is a landmark sandstone building which serves as seat of the City of Hobart local government area, hosting council meetings as well as acting as public auditorium that can be hired from the council. Hobart Town Hall is situated 100 metres southwest of Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery.

Hobart City Hall

Government building

Photo: Chuq, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hobart City Hall is a public auditorium and concert venue in Hobart, Tasmania, which together with the Derwent Entertainment Centre forms one of the two major public venues in the city. Hobart City Hall is situated 140 metres north of Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hobart and Battery Point.

Hobart

Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.

Hobart is the capital city of Tasmania and is Australia's second oldest city, after Sydney. Hobart sits along the Derwent River and began humbly as a penal colony.

Battery Point

Suburb

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Battery Point is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately south of the Hobart central business district. It is in the local government area of City of Hobart.

Glebe

Suburb

Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Glebe is a suburb in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The suburb is a very small area adjacent to the city on the same part of land as the Queens Domain, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens and the Hobart Aquatic Centre.

Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery

Categories: art museum, history museum, organization, building, tourism, public building, and tourist attraction
Location: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-42.88199° or 42° 52′ 55″ south

Longitude

147.33201° or 147° 19′ 55″ east

Levels

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

4R99489J+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 187550737

OpenStreetMap feature

building=civic

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7687474

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovenian—“Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery” goes by many names.

Chinese: “塔斯馬尼亞博物和藝術館”
Egyptian Arabic: “متحف تسمانيا ومعرض الفنون”
French: “Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery”
German: “Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery”
Hausa: “Gidan Tarihi na Tasmania da Gidan Tarihin”
Japanese: “タスマニア博物館・美術館”
Javanese: “Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery”
Portuguese: “Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery”
Slovenian: “Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hope and Anchor Tavern and Constitution Dock.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Boxwood Cafe and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery & Maritime Museum.

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