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This list of museums in Queensland, Australia contains museums that are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. These also include non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.

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Name Location Area Coords Type Summary
5th Light Horse Museum Gympie Wide Bay–Burnett Military
A.A. Cassimatis Store and Cottage Muttaburra Central West 22°35′35″S 144°32′47″E / 22.5930°S 144.5464°E / -22.5930; 144.5464 (Cassimatis Store) History Period general store and cottage[1][2]
Agnes Water Museum Agnes Water Capricorn Coast 24°12′44″S 151°54′36″E / 24.2123°S 151.9101°E / -24.2123; 151.9101 (Agnes Water Museum) Local history operated by the Discovery Coast Historical Society[3]
Aramac Tramway Museum Aramac Central West 22°58′31″S 145°14′46″E / 22.9752°S 145.2462°E / -22.9752; 145.2462 (Aramac Tramway Museum) Railway [4]
Archer Park Rail Museum Rockhampton Capricorn Coast 23°22′33″S 150°30′25″E / 23.3758°S 150.5069°E / -23.3758; 150.5069 (Archer Park Rail Museum) Railway Historic rail station, features working steam rail tram
Army Museum of North Queensland Townsville Townsville 19°14′24″S 146°48′15″E / 19.2399°S 146.8043°E / -19.2399; 146.8043 (Army Museum of North Queensland) Military History of the Australian Army in North Queensland, located in Kissing Point Fortification
Artspace Mackay Mackay Capricorn Coast 21°08′35″S 149°10′57″E / 21.1431°S 149.1825°E / -21.1431; 149.1825 (Artspace Mackay) Art [5]
Australian Age of Dinosaurs Winton Central West 22°28′45″S 143°10′58″E / 22.4791°S 143.1827°E / -22.4791; 143.1827 (Australian Age of Dinosaurs) Natural history Australian natural history
The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum Cairns Cairns Region 16°51′01″S 145°41′42″E / 16.8503°S 145.6951°E / -16.8503; 145.6951 (Australian Armour and Artillery Museum) Military Tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery from the Second World War period and post war
Australian Rodeo Heritage Centre Warwick Darling Downs 28°12′33″S 152°02′02″E / 28.2091°S 152.0340°E / -28.2091; 152.0340 (Australian Rodeo Heritage Centre) History history of rodeo and the cowboy[6]
Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame Longreach Central West 23°26′39″S 144°16′29″E / 23.4441°S 144.2747°E / -23.4441; 144.2747 (Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame) History Pioneers of the Australian outback, Australian stockmen and Aborigines, history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Australian Sugar Heritage Centre Mourilyan Tropical North 17°34′54″S 146°02′28″E / 17.5817°S 146.0412°E / -17.5817; 146.0412 (Australian Sugar Heritage Centre) Agriculture sugar farming and processing
Australian Workers Heritage Centre Barcaldine Central West 23°33′13″S 145°17′14″E / 23.5535°S 145.2871°E / -23.5535; 145.2871 (Australian Workers Heritage Centre) History exhibits about Australia's working men and women, teachers, power workers, railway workers and others[7]
Bakers Military Memorabilia Museum Childers Wide Bay–Burnett 25°14′12″S 152°16′47″E / 25.2366°S 152.2798°E / -25.2366; 152.2798 (Bakers Military Memorabilia Museum) Military Private collection of military items, photos and memorabilia[8]
Barcaldine Museum Barcaldine Central West Local history
Barcoo Shire Museum Jundah Central West Local history
Bauple Museum Bauple Queensland 25°48′48″S 152°37′03″E / 25.8133°S 152.6176°E / -25.8133; 152.6176 (Bauple Museum) Local history Bauple and Tiaro [9]
Beaudesert Museum Beaudesert South East 27°59′30″S 152°59′45″E / 27.9916°S 152.9958°E / -27.9916; 152.9958 (Beaudeseert Museum) Local history operated by the Historical Society of Beaudesert, features agricultural machinery and tools, horse-drawn farm vehicles
Beenleigh Historical Village and Museum Beenleigh South East Open air Features twenty heritage buildings with original items used by those who lived in the 1860s and onward
Blackwater International Coal Centre Blackwater Capricorn Coast Mining coal mining in Australia
Bollon Heritage Centre Bollon South West 28°01′54″S 147°28′50″E / 28.0316°S 147.4806°E / -28.0316; 147.4806 (Bollon Heritage Centre) Local history [10]
Boondooma Homestead Proston Wide Bay–Burnett Historic house mid 19th century homestead
Brennan & Geraghtys Store Maryborough Wide Bay–Burnett 25°32′31″S 152°41′48″E / 25.542°S 152.6966°E / -25.542; 152.6966 (Brennan & Geraghtys Store) History Operated by the National Trust of Queensland, includes the late 19th century store, stables, a cottage and an early 20th-century residence[11]
Bribie Island Seaside Museum Bongaree Moreton Bay Region Local Local history, island life
Bundaberg Railway Museum Bundaberg Wide Bay–Burnett Railway Located in North Bundaberg Railway Station, includes photos, uniforms, tools, a signal cabin, railway cars and equipment
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery Bundaberg Wide Bay–Burnett Art
Burnett War Museum Kingaroy Wide Bay–Burnett 26°34′37″S 151°50′30″E / 26.5770°S 151.8418°E / -26.5770; 151.8418 (Burnett War Museum) Military Located at Kingaroy Airport[12]
Butter Factory Arts Centre Cooroy Sunshine Coast Art art and local history
Cairns Museum Cairns Far North 16°55′19″S 145°46′31″E / 16.922°S 145.7753°E / -16.922; 145.7753 (Cairns Museum) Local history operated by the Cairns Historical Society
Cairns Regional Gallery Cairns Far North Art Exhibitions of historical and contemporary art by leading regional, national and international artists, and from its collections of the cultural heritage of Far North Queensland
Calliope River Historical Village River Ranch Capricorn Coast Open air Operated by the Port Curtis Historical Society, relocated historic buildings including houses, a school, church, train station, Masonic Lodge hall and a police cell
Caloundra Regional Gallery Caloundra Sunshine Coast 26°48′14″S 153°07′51″E / 26.8038°S 153.1308°E / -26.8038; 153.1308 (Caloundra Regional Gallery) Art [13]
Cambridge Downs Heritage Display Centre Richmond North West Queensland Local history
Capella Pioneer Village Capella Capricorn Coast 23°04′45″S 148°01′10″E / 23.0791°S 148.0194°E / -23.0791; 148.0194 (Capella Pioneer Village) Open air [14]
Cardwell Bush Telegraph Cardwell Far North History Historic post office & telegraph station, old shire hall, courthouse & lock-up
Central Queensland Military Museum Rockhampton Capricorn Coast Military
Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns Cairns Far North Art
Childers Pharmaceutical Museum Childers Wide Bay–Burnett Pharmacy Turn-of-the 20th century pharmacy
Chinchilla Historical Museum Chinchilla Darling Downs Local history
Clermont Museum Clermont Capricorn Coast 22°47′54″S 147°38′17″E / 22.7983°S 147.6380°E / -22.7983; 147.6380 (Clermont Museum) Local history [15]
Clifton Historical Museum Clifton Darling Downs Local history
Cobb & Co Museum Toowoomba Darling Downs Transportation Operated by the Queensland Museum, horse-drawn vehicles
Cooktown History Centre Cooktown Far North Local history operated by the Cooktown and District Historical Society
Cosmos Centre Charleville South West Science observatory, meteorites
Crows Nest Folk Museum & Village Crows Nest Darling Downs 27°15′28″S 152°03′01″E / 27.2577°S 152.0503°E / -27.2577; 152.0503 (Crows Nest Folk Museum & Village) Open air [16]
Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery Crows Nest Darling Downs Art
Customs House Museum Goondiwindi Darling Downs Duties & taxes period home
Daintree Discovery Centre Daintree Far North 16°14′15″S 145°25′40″E / 16.2376°S 145.4278°E / -16.2376; 145.4278 (Daintree Discovery Centre) Natural history ecology of the Daintree Rainforest[17]
Dairy and Heritage Museum Murgon Wide Bay–Burnett 26°13′51″S 151°55′45″E / 26.2307°S 151.9291°E / -26.2307; 151.9291 (Queensland Dairy & Heritage Museum) Farming dairying equipment, pioneer homestead[18]
Dalby Pioneer Park Museum Dalby Darling Downs Open air features many historic buildings, social history collections, operating tractors and agricultural machinery, geology collection
Das Neumann Haus Museum Laidley South East 27°37′54″S 152°23′39″E / 27.6317°S 152.3941°E / -27.6317; 152.3941 (Das Neumann Haus Museum) Historic house 1930s period home[19]
Diamantina Health Care Museum Woolloongabba Brisbane Health care History of the Princess Alexandra Hospital and predecessor institutions
Dogwood Crossing, Miles Miles Darling Downs Art cultural centre that includes art gallery, library, IT centre and social history displays
Dr Arratta Memorial Museum Muttaburra Central West Local history features medical artefacts from the former hospital
Drover's Camp Camooweal Gulf Country 19°55′18″S 138°08′00″E / 19.9216°S 138.1332°E / -19.9216; 138.1332 (Drover's Camp) Agriculture, transportation droving and drovers
Emu Park Museum Emu Park Capricorn Coast 23°15′26″S 150°49′33″E / 23.2573°S 150.8258°E / -23.2573; 150.8258 (Emu Park Museum) Local history includes railway collection[20]
Eumundi Museum Eumundi Sunshine Coast Local history local, social and natural history
Fairymead House Sugar Museum Bundaberg Wide Bay–Burnett 24°51′21″S 152°20′10″E / 24.8557°S 152.3361°E / -24.8557; 152.3361 (Fairymead House Sugar Museum) Agriculture area sugar industry
Flinders Discovery Centre Hughenden North West Queensland Natural history dinosaur fossils
Gab Titui Cultural Centre Thursday Island Far North 10°35′05″S 142°13′06″E / 10.5847°S 142.2183°E / -10.5847; 142.2183 (Gab Titui Cultural Centre) Ethnic Aboriginal culture, history and art
Gatakers Artspace Maryborough Wide Bay–Burnett Art
Gatton Museum Gatton South East 27°34′21″S 152°15′59″E / 27.5724°S 152.2664°E / -27.5724; 152.2664 (Gatton Museum) Local history [21]
Gayndah Museum Gayndah Wide Bay–Burnett Historic house, local history
Gladstone Maritime History Museum Gladstone Capricorn Coast Maritime
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum Gladstone Capricorn Coast 23°50′42″S 151°15′27″E / 23.8451°S 151.2575°E / -23.8451; 151.2575 (Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum) Multiple Art, local culture and history
Glengallan Homestead and Heritage Centre Warwick Darling Downs 28°06′09″S 152°03′28″E / 28.1024°S 152.0579°E / -28.1024; 152.0579 (Glengallan Homestead) Historic house 19-century country house
Gold Coast City Art Gallery Surfers Paradise South East 28°00′04.6″S 153°24′58.93″E / 28.001278°S 153.4163694°E / -28.001278; 153.4163694 (Gold Coast City Art Gallery) Art
Greycliffe Homestead Biloela Central 24°23′47″S 150°31′11″E / 24.3963°S 150.5198°E / -24.3963; 150.5198 (Greycliffe Homestead) Historic house operated by the Banana Shire Historical Society, late 19th century pioneer homestead
Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum Gympie Wide Bay–Burnett Multiple operated by the Gympie Historical Society, gold mining and local history, industry, agriculture, social history
Gympie Regional Art Gallery Gympie Wide Bay–Burnett Art
Herberton Mining Museum Herberton Far North 17°23′02″S 145°23′15″E / 17.3839°S 145.3874°E / -17.3839; 145.3874 (Herberton Mining Museum) Mining tin mining[22]
Herberton Spy & Camera Museum Herberton Far North 17°23′01″S 145°23′07″E / 17.3835°S 145.3853°E / -17.3835; 145.3853 (Herberton Spy & Camera Museum) Multiple history of espionage and photography[23]
Heritage Centre Toowoomba Toowoomba Darling Downs Transportation road history in Queensland
Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum Hervey Bay Wide Bay – Burnet 25°17′00″S 152°50′55″E / 25.2833°S 152.8485°E / -25.2833; 152.8485 (Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum) Historical Village local history in a village like setting with working displays[24]
Hervey Bay Regional Gallery Pialba Wide Bay–Burnett Art
Highfields Pioneer Village Highfields Darling Downs Open air
Historic Village Herberton Herberton Far North Open air Features over 50 restored period buildings dating back to the 1860s, set out like a tin mining town
Hinkler Hall of Aviation Bundaberg Wide Bay–Burnett 24°51′06″S 152°20′11″E / 24.8518°S 152.3363°E / -24.8518; 152.3363 (Hinkler Hall of Aviation) Aerospace life of aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler[25]
Historic House Museum Charleville South West Historic house operated by the Charleville and District Historical Society
Hou Wang Temple Atherton Far North Ethnic Early 20th-century Chinese temple with an art gallery and interpretation centre, operated by the National Trust of Queensland
Ilfracombe Machinery and Heritage Museum Ilfracombe Central West 23°29′17″S 144°30′12″E / 23.4881°S 144.5034°E / -23.4881; 144.5034 (Ilfracombe Machine and Heritage Museum) Agriculture open air display of agriculture machinery[26]
Ipswich Art Gallery Ipswich South East Art
Jackson Collections Ilfracombe Central West Commodity lifetime collections of Hilton and Ike Jackson including bottles, hubcaps, buttons, drill bits, rabbit traps and scissors[27]
James Cook Historical Museum Cooktown Far North Local history Operated by the National Trust of Queensland, includes artefacts Captain James Cook left behind, history of area education and the former convent
John Flynn Place Cloncurry North West Queensland 20°42′15″S 140°30′31″E / 20.7042°S 140.5087°E / -20.7042; 140.5087 (John Flynn Place) Multiple life of John Flynn (minister) and the development of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, School of the Air, art gallery[28]
Jondaryan Woolshed Oakey Darling Downs Open air Rural life of pioneering Australia and sheep raising
Kilcoy Hall of History Kilcoy South-East 26°56′51″S 152°33′49″E / 26.9475°S 152.5637°E / -26.9475; 152.5637 (Kilcoy Hall of History) Local history Operated by the Kilcoy District Historical Society in a former union church building from Hazeldean[29][30]
Kilkivan Shire Museum Kilkivan Wide Bay–Burnett Local history
Kingaroy Art Gallery Kingaroy Wide Bay–Burnett Art Hosts monthly exhibitions by local and visiting artists in three gallery spaces
Kingaroy Heritage Museum Kingaroy Wide Bay–Burnett Local history
Kronosaurus Korner Richmond North West Queensland 20°43′54″S 143°08′37″E / 20.7317°S 143.1437°E / -20.7317; 143.1437 (Kronosaurus Korner) Natural history marine fossils[31]
Kumbia Federation Heritage Centre Kumbia Wide Bay–Burnett Local history operated by the Kumbia and District Historical Society
Laidley Pioneer Village Laidley South East 27°39′00″S 152°23′29″E / 27.6500°S 152.3914°E / -27.6500; 152.3914 (Laidley Pioneer Village) Open air operated by the Laidley Historical Society[32]
Landsborough Shire Museum Landsborough Sunshine Coast Local history Local and social history
Langenbaker House Ilfracombe Central West Historic house
Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways Winton Central West Natural history Guided tours of the protected dinosaur trackways and cretaceous fossils
Leahy House Thargomindah South West 27°59′50″S 143°49′19″E / 27.9971°S 143.8219°E / -27.9971; 143.8219 (Leahy House) Local history historical house museum
Logan Art Gallery Kingston South East Art
Logan City Historical Museum Kingston South East Local history
Longreach Powerhouse Museum Longreach Central West Technology rural generating station with engines, local history displays
Loudoun House Museum Irvinebank Tablelands Local history
Magnetic Island Museum Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island Townsville 19°10′37″S 146°50′22″E / 19.177°S 146.8395°E / -19.177; 146.8395 (Magnetic Island Museum) Local history [33]
Mareeba Heritage Museum and Visitor Information Centre Mareeba Mareeba Historical
Maritime Museum of Townsville Townsville Townsville Maritime
Marlborough Historical Museum Marlborough Capricorn Coast Local history
Maroochydore RSL Museum Maroochydore Sunshine Coast 26°39′20″S 153°05′39″E / 26.6555°S 153.0941°E / -26.6555; 153.0941 (Maroochydore RSL Museum) Military Museum [34]
Mary Kathleen Memorial Park/ Museum & Information Centre Cloncurry North West Queensland Local history outdoor displays of steam engines, a traction engine, farm and mining machinery
Mayes Cottage Kingston South East Historic house Late 19th century colonial house
Miles Historical Village and Museum Miles Darling Downs Open air 1920s period village
Milne Bay Military Museum Toowoomba Darling Downs 27°34′04″S 151°55′45″E / 27.5678°S 151.9292°E / -27.5678; 151.9292 (Milne Bay Military Museum) Military artefacts and history of the 25th Battalion (Darling Downs Regiment)[35]
Miner's Cottage Charters Towers Townsville Historic house late 1800s worker's cottage
Miner's Heritage Mount Morgan Capricorn Coast Mining
Montys Garage Vintage Car Museum Glenmorgan Darling Downs Automotive 1940s style auto garage with restored vintage cars and trucks
Morven Museum Morven South West 26°24′55″S 147°06′42″E / 26.4153°S 147.1116°E / -26.4153; 147.1116 (Morven Museum) Local history [36]
Mount Morgan Historical Museum Mount Morgan Capricorn Coast 23°38′42″S 150°23′21″E / 23.6449°S 150.3892°E / -23.6449; 150.3892 (Mount Morgan Historical Museum) Local local history[37]
Mount Morgan Railway Museum Mount Morgan Capricorn Coast 23°38′21″S 150°23′12″E / 23.6393°S 150.3867°E / -23.6393; 150.3867 (Mount Morgan Railway Museum) Railway [38]
Museum of Australian Military Intelligence Canungra South East 28°01′58″S 153°10′56″E / 28.0328°S 153.1821°E / -28.0328; 153.1821 (Museum of Australian Military Intelligence) Military at Kokoda Barracks[39]
Museum of Australian Army Flying Oakey Darling Downs Aerospace Historical aircraft tracing the history of the Australian Army Aviation and back to the Australian Flying Corps during World War I
Museum of Tropical Queensland Townsville Townsville Multiple Operated by the Queensland Museum, natural history, marine archaeology and history
Nebo Museum Nebo Capricorn Coast 21°41′21″S 148°41′21″E / 21.6893°S 148.6891°E / -21.6893; 148.6891 (Nebo Museum) Local history Originally established as Nebo Shire Museum to celebrate the centenary of the shire in 1983. It is housed in the old Nebo Police Station.[40]
Nobby Forge & Vintage Museum Nobby Darling Downs History clothes, accessories and furniture from the 1900s to the 1960s
Noosa Shire Museum Pomona Sunshine Coast 26°21′48″S 152°51′22″E / 26.3633°S 152.8562°E / -26.3633; 152.8562 (Noosa Shire Museum) Local History The Noosa Museum is in the old Noosa Shire Hall built in 1911. The Cooroora Historical Society took over the building as a museum in 1985, when the Noosa Shire Council decided their headquarters should be in Tewantin.[41][42]
Noosa Regional Gallery Tewantin Sunshine Coast Art
North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum Dunwich South East Local history
Old Rainworth Fort Springsure Central 24°11′46″S 148°04′20″E / 24.1962°S 148.0722°E / -24.1962; 148.0722 (Old Rainworth Fort) History Mid 19th-century community storehouse built in case of conflict in the Australian frontier wars, contains historic artifacts[43]
Ormiston House Ormiston South East Historic house Mid 19th-century plantation house and gardens
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville Townsville 19°15′29″S 146°49′05″E / 19.2581°S 146.8181°E / -19.2581; 146.8181 (Perc Tucker Regional Gallery) Art [44]
Pine Rivers Heritage Museum Petrie Moreton Bay Region Local history
Pinnacles Gallery Thuringowa Central Townsville Art Located in the Riverway Arts Centre
Pittsworth Pioneer Historical Village Pittsworth Darling Downs 27°42′33″S 151°37′57″E / 27.7093°S 151.6324°E / -27.7093; 151.6324 (Pittsworth Pioneer Historical Village) Open air [45]
Port Douglas Court House Museum Port Douglas Far North Local history operated by the Douglas Shire Historical Society
Pringle Cottage Museum Warwick Darling Downs Open air Includes two cottages with period furniture, a church and printing museum
Proserpine Museum Proserpine Whitsundays 20°24′19″S 148°35′33″E / 20.4054°S 148.5926°E / -20.4054; 148.5926 (Proserpine Museum) Local history [46]
Qantas Founders Outback Museum Longreach Central West Aerospace
Quarantine Museum Pallarenda Townsville 19°11′30″S 146°46′13″E / 19.1917°S 146.7703°E / -19.1917; 146.7703 (Quarantine Museum) Medical [47][48]
Queensland Ambulance Museum, Barcaldine Barcaldine Central West 23°33′13″S 145°17′14″E / 23.5535°S 145.2872°E / -23.5535; 145.2872 (Queensland Ambulance Museum, Barcaldine) Medical historic ambulances and equipment, operates within the Australian Workers Heritage Centre[49]
Queensland Ambulance Museum, Charters Towers Charters Towers Townsville 20°04′36″S 146°15′58″E / 20.0768°S 146.2662°E / -20.0768; 146.2662 (Queensland Ambulance Museum, Charters Towers) Medical historic ambulances and equipment, open by appointment[49][50]
Queensland Heritage Park Biloela Central Open air agriculture, rural life
Queensland Motorsport Museum Sumner Brisbane Automotive Boutique Motorsport Museum, Cars & Bikes, memorabilia and over 800 die-cast models
Quilpie Museum Quilpie South West Local history local history and art gallery
Quinkan and Regional Cultural Centre Laura Far North 15°33′54″S 144°26′54″E / 15.5649°S 144.4482°E / -15.5649; 144.4482 (Quinlan and Regional Cultural Centre) Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal heritage, area natural environment[51]
RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre Amberley South East 27°38′31″S 152°42′26″E / 27.6419°S 152.7071°E / -27.6419; 152.7071 (RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre) Military historic military aircraft and Australian military memorabilia
Raspberry Creek Homestead Byfield Capricorn Coast Local history Operated by the Byfield and District Historical Society[52]
Rathdowney Historical Museum Rathdowney South East 28°12′43″S 152°51′48″E / 28.2120°S 152.8634°E / -28.2120; 152.8634 (Rathdowney Information Centre and Historical Museum) Local history
Ration Shed Museum Cherbourg Wide Bay–Burnett Ethnic Aboriginal culture and what life was like them living under the Aboriginal Protection Act during the first half of the 20th century
Ravenswood Court House Museum Ravenswood Townsville Local history
Redcliffe Museum Redcliffe Moreton Bay Region 27°13′51″S 153°06′40″E / 27.2307°S 153.1110°E / -27.2307; 153.1110 (Redcliffe Museum) Local history [53]
Redland Art Gallery Cleveland South East Art also a location in Capalaba
Redland Museum Cleveland South East Local history Redlands' social history from 1842 to the present, includes textiles, dolls and toys
Ringsfield House Nanango Wide Bay–Burnett 26°40′22″S 151°59′38″E / 26.6729°S 151.9939°E / -26.6729; 151.9939 (Ringsfield House) Historic house operated by the Nanango Historical Society, early 20th century period house and gardens[54]
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Surfers Paradise South East Amusement
Riversleigh Fossil Centre Mount Isa North West Queensland Natural history fossils from the Riversleigh fossil site
RM Williams Australian Bush Learning Centre Eidsvold Wide Bay–Burnett 25°22′18″S 151°07′41″E / 25.3718°S 151.1281°E / -25.3718; 151.1281 (RM Williams Australian Bush Learning Centre) Local history bush culture and history, influence of bushman R. M. Williams on that culture[55]
Rockhampton Art Gallery Rockhampton Capricorn Coast Art
Rockhampton Heritage Village Parkhurst Capricorn Coast Open air buildings from 1850 to 1950
Rosewood Railway Museum Rosewood South East Railway operated by the Australian Railway Historical Society
Roy Emerson Museum Blackbutt Wide Bay-Burnett 26°53′01″S 152°06′05″E / 26.8835°S 152.1013°E / -26.8835; 152.1013 (Roy Emerson Museum) Sports The former Nukku school building was relocated to [[Blackbutt, Queensland|Blackbutt] to house the museum for tennis player Roy Emerson.[56][57][58]
Royal Bull's Head Inn Drayton Darling Downs Historic site Operated by the National Trust of Queensland, mid 19th century inn, dairy and stables
Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitor Centre Charleville South West Medical history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Samford Museum Samford Moreton Bay Region 27°22′09″S 152°53′08″E / 27.3691°S 152.8855°E / -27.3691; 152.8855 (Samford Museum) Local history area rural, domestic, educational, railway, timber, transport and village history[59]
Samurai Gallery Australia Cairns Far North Queensland Museum/Gallery arts, armor and weaponry of the Japanese samurai warriors
Sarina "Field of Dreams" Historical Centre Sarina Capricorn Coast Local history
Shell World Yeppoon Yeppoon Capricorn Coast Natural history over 20,000 shells including marine, land and fossil molluscs
South Burnett Energy Centre Nanango Wide Bay–Burnett 26°40′14″S 152°00′05″E / 26.6705°S 152.0014°E / -26.6705; 152.0014 (South Burnett Energy Centre) Science [60]
South Burnett Regional Timber Museum Wondai Wide Bay–Burnett Forestry area timber industry
Springsure Hospital Museum Springsure Central Medical history Old hospital equipment including beds, linen, and medical.
St George Heritage Centre St George South West 28°02′40″S 148°34′12″E / 28.0444°S 148.5699°E / -28.0444; 148.5699 (St George Heritage Centre) Local history [61]
Stanthorpe Heritage Museum Stanthorpe Darling Downs Local history
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery Stanthorpe Darling Downs Art Exhibitions of regional and national art, both contemporary and traditional[62]
Stonehouse Museum Currumbin Central West Sports includes area marine fossils, Aboriginal artefacts, agriculture equipment
Surf World Gold Coast Surfers Paradise South East Sports surfing champions and memorabilia
Tambo Post & Telegraph Museum Tambo Central Western 24°52′59″S 146°15′24″E / 24.883°S 146.2566°E / -24.883; 146.2566 (Tambo Post & Telegraph Museum) Post & telegraph operated by the Totally Tambo Heritage Group[63]
Tanks Arts Centre Cairns Far North Art Performing and visual arts centre, located in a former WWII fuel depot
Templin Historical Village Templin South East Open air
Terrestrial Georgetown Far North Natural history includes large collection of rocks, minerals, former gold mine structures and equipment
Texas Heritage Centre & Tobacco Museum Texas Darling Downs 28°51′23″S 151°10′22″E / 28.8564°S 151.1727°E / -28.8564; 151.1727 (Texas Heritage Centre & Tobacco Museum) Local history, open air [64]
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Toowoomba Darling Downs Art
Townsville Heritage Centre Townsville Townsville 19°16′15″S 146°48′09″E / 19.2707°S 146.8024°E / -19.2707; 146.8024 (Townsville Heritage Centre) Historic house operated by the National Trust of Queensland, lifestyle of families prominent in the history of north Queensland[65]
Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Centre Townsville Townsville closed Ethnic Aboriginal history, culture, art[66][67]
Townsville Museum Townsville Townsville Local history
TYTO Regional Art Gallery Ingham North Queensland Art
Underground Hospital and Beth Anderson Museum Mount Isa Gulf Country 20°43′52″S 139°29′41″E / 20.7310°S 139.4946°E / -20.7310; 139.4946 (Underground Hospital and Beth Anderson Museum) Medical World War II-era hospital under the ground[68]
University of Southern Queensland Artsworx Toowoomba Darling Downs Art part of University of Southern Queensland
University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery Sippy Downs Sunshine Coast Art part of the University of the Sunshine Coast
Venus Gold Battery Charters Towers Townsville 20°05′11″S 146°17′36″E / 20.0864°S 146.2932°E / -20.0864; 146.2932 (Venus Gold Battery) Mining Gold mining[69]
Waltzing Matilda Centre Winton Central West 22°23′27″S 143°02′24″E / 22.3908°S 143.0400°E / -22.3908; 143.0400 (Waltzing Matilda Centre) Multiple includes the Outback Regional Gallery, Qantilda Museum[70]
Warwick Art Gallery Warwick Darling Downs Art
The Wax Museum Surfers Paradise South East Wax includes movie stars, scientists, explorers, villains and world leaders
Wellshot Centre Ilfracombe Central West Local history
Whitula Museum Windorah Central West 25°25′20″S 142°39′23″E / 25.4221°S 142.6563°E / -25.4221; 142.6563 (Whitula Museum) Local history [71]
Winton's Diamantina Heritage Truck & Machinery Museum Winton Central West 22°22′40″S 143°02′34″E / 22.3778°S 143.0429°E / -22.3778; 143.0429 (Winton's Diamantina Heritage Truck & Machinery Museum) Transportation [72]
Wondai Heritage Centre Wondai Wide Bay–Burnett 26°19′08″S 151°52′23″E / 26.3190°S 151.8730°E / -26.3190; 151.8730 (Wondai Heritage Centre) Local history [73]
Wondai Regional Art Gallery Wondai Wide Bay–Burnett 26°19′04″S 151°52′24″E / 26.3178°S 151.8732°E / -26.3178; 151.8732 (Wondai Regional Art Gallery) Art [74]
Woodworks Museum & Interpretive Centre Gympie Wide Bay–Burnett 26°09′48″S 152°38′29″E / 26.1633°S 152.6413°E / -26.1633; 152.6413 (Woodworks Museum & Interpretive Centre) Forestry timber and forestry industries up to the 1950s[75]
Workshops Rail Museum Ipswich South East 27°35′54″S 152°45′33″E / 27.5982°S 152.7593°E / -27.5982; 152.7593 (Workshops Rail Museum) Railway Operated by the Queensland Museum, impact of rail travel in Queensland, includes model railway
Yarraman Heritage Centre Yarraman Wide Bay–Burnett 26°50′29″S 151°59′08″E / 26.8413°S 151.9855°E / -26.8413; 151.9855 (Yarraman Heritage Centre) Local history
Yugambeh Museum Beenleigh South East 27°43′29″S 153°12′59″E / 27.7247°S 153.2164°E / -27.7247; 153.2164 (Yugambeh Museum) Ethnic Aboriginal heritage and culture
Zara Clark Museum Charters Towers Townsville 20°04′26″S 146°15′27″E / 20.0738°S 146.2575°E / -20.0738; 146.2575 (Zara Clark Museum) Local history includes transport and local artefacts, mining, medical items and photographs

Defunct museums

  • Australian Motorcycle Museum, Haigslea, closed in 2014[76]
  • North Queensland Military Museum[77]

See also

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