The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is one of the best places to go when visiting Tasmania with exceptional collections and wonderful exhibitions. It is housed in some of the oldest buildings in the state and is the second oldest museum in Australia. It has a rare and unique collection with some objects originating from the country’s oldest scientific society, the Royal Society of Tasmania, which was established in 1843.
TMAG, as locals affectionately know it, is a well-loved state museum that visitors of all ages and interests will enjoy. It has extensive collections and displays including natural history, social history, geology, zoology and maritime history. It is also responsible for the development, maintenance and management of the botanical collections of Tasmania through the Tasmanian Herbarium. The museum is also unique in that it houses an extensive collection of Tasmanian colonial and contemporary art as well as a decorative arts, photography and design.
Our land: parrawa, parrawa! Go away! is a permanent exhibition on level 2 of the Bond Store Galleries and is a powerful and immersive journey telling the story of the Aboriginal people and the colonists following the invasion of lutruwita, now called Tasmania, focusing on the Black War. During your visit, be sure to visit the newly-refreshed ningina tunapri Tasmanian Aboriginal gallery which explores the journey of Tasmanian Aboriginal people and is a celebration of all Tasmanian Aboriginal generations.
The museum also invites you to journey south from Hobart across the oceans to the frozen continent of Antarctica through its Islands to Ice permanent exhibition. Moreover, you can gain a better perspective on the history of The Thylacine: Skinned, Stuffed, Pickled and Persecuted and be reminded how easily a species like the Tasmanian Tiger can be lost.
Families are at the heart of the museum with visitor experiences and exhibitions created to offer inspiration to children and adults. The new gallery mapiya lumi | around here has been specially designed for children aged 0-7 years, and takes them on a wonderful interactive journey around lutruwita/Tasmania. There are also a range of hands-on programs and resources to allow families to explore the museum and art galleries at their own pace and in a way that best suits their group. Best of all, the museum is free to all so you can visit as many times as you like.
TMAG offers free wifi and an award-winning Museum Shop offering a range of books, gifts and artisan objects, which highlight the museum’s collections and heritage.
Click on the ‘What’s on’ tab above to find out more about exhibitions and events currently on at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
Philip Wolfhagen
Visual artists
Pat Brassington
Visual artists
Patrick Hall
Designers, Visual artists
Lindsay Broughton
Visual artists
Wayne Brookes
Visual artists
Lisa Garland
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Megan Walch
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Tom Samek
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Dispossessions and Possessions
Exhibitions
Ongoing
Dunn Place, Hobart
Our living land
Exhibitions
Ongoing
Dunn Place, Hobart
Our changing land: Creating Tasmania
Exhibitions
Ongoing
Dunn Place, Hobart
Our land: parrawa, parrawa! Go away!
Exhibitions
Ongoing
Dunn Place, Hobart
ningina tunapri
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Ongoing
Dunn Place, Hobart
Islands to Ice
Exhibitions
Ongoing
Dunn Place, Hobart
mapiya lumi | around here
Exhibitions
30 Apr 2021 - ongoing
Dunn Place, Hobart
Gay Hawkes: The House of Longing
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18 Mar - 28 Aug 2022
Dunn Place, Hobart
Past events
Made/Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Paradise Lost: Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Geoff Dyer | Portraits | at TMAG
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Julie Gough: Tense Past
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Dunn Place, Hobart
TMAG Children’s Festival 2019
Workshops + seminars
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Dirty Paper
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Cultural Jewels
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Dunn Place, Hobart
10 Objects (Hobart)
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Balnhdhurr – A Lasting Impression
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Dunn Place, Hobart
The Remarkable Tasmanian Devil
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Inscription and Place
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Winnie-the-Pooh and friends
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Dunn Place, Hobart
TMAG Children’s Festival 2017
Workshops + seminars
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Dunn Place, Hobart
The Art of Science: Baudin’s Voyagers 1800 – 1804
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Dunn Place, Hobart
kanalaritja: An Unbroken String
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Full Void
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Dunn Place, Hobart
The Tempest
Theatre + dance
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Mariele Neudecker in conversation
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Storm Chasers
Theatre + dance
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Floor talk with Juliana Engberg
Workshops + seminars
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Opening night at the museum
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Tempest
Exhibitions
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Dunn Place, Hobart
2017 Design Tasmania Award launch – Hobart
Workshops + seminars
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Make Your Mark: Death
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Snapshot Photography and Migrant Women: A Tasmanian Experience
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Where Science Meets Art: The Botanical Illustrations of Rod Seppelt
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Pattern Play
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Panoramic Views
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Dunn Place, Hobart
City of Hobart Art Prize 2015
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Dunn Place, Hobart
The Suspense is Awful: Tasmania and the Great War
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Beyond Woop Woop
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Things I once knew
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Dunn Place, Hobart
21UP
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Jorg Schmeisser: Antarctic Prints
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Dunn Place, Hobart
George Davis: Master Draughtsman
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Dunn Place, Hobart
WITHOUT BORDERS
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Dunn Place, Hobart
The Power of Change
Exhibitions
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Modern Age
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Progress and Politics
Heritage
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Narratives of New
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Transplantation: a Sense of Place and Culture
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery – TMAG
Dunn Place, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Dispossessions and Possessions
Dunn Place, Hobart
Our living land
Dunn Place, Hobart
Our changing land: Creating Tasmania
Dunn Place, Hobart
Our land: parrawa, parrawa! Go away!
Dunn Place, Hobart
ningina tunapri
Dunn Place, Hobart
Tricky Walsh and Mish Meijers – The Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
Dunn Place, Hobart
Islands to Ice
Dunn Place, Hobart
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