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Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

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.

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Dunn Place Hobart

03 6165 7000

www.tmag.tas.gov.au

Opening hours: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm daily (26 December - 31 March).
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Tuesday - Sunday (1 April - 24 December).
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Tasmanian public holiday Mondays year-round.
Closed Good Friday, Anzac Day (25 April) and Christmas Day.

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

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