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Museums in Australia
Australia has 495 museums on the map — most commonly general collections. Each is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), a snapshot taken 2026-06-23. This is a count of where museums are recorded, not a ranking.
By theme
How Australia’s museums split across the six broad themes. Museums catalogued simply as “a museum”, with no narrower type recorded, fall under General.
A sample of museums
A selection of 60 of Australia’s 495 museums, alphabetically. Open the map to explore them all by location.
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art · Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology · ACMI · Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Education Centre · Adelaide House · Albany Convict Gaol · Alexandra Timber Tramway and Museum · Allansford Cheese World Museum · Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts · ANZ Banking Museum · Anzac Cottage · Anzac Memorial · Araluen Cultural Precinct · Aramac Tramway Museum · Ararat Gallery TAMA · Archer Park Rail Museum · Ardrossan Museum · Army Museum of Western Australia · Art Gallery of Ballarat · Art Gallery of New South Wales · Art Gallery of South Australia · Art Gallery of Western Australia · Asian Gallery New South Wales Art Gallery · Auburn Old Police Station and Courthouse Museum · Australasian Golf Museum · Australian Age of Dinosaurs · Australian Armour and Artillery Museum · Australian Army Artillery Museum · Australian Aviation Museum · Australian Centre for Photography · Australian Cinémathèque · Australian Computer Museum Society · Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum · Australian Girls Own Gallery · Australian Jazz Museum · Australian Museum · Australian Music Vault · Australian National Aviation Museum · Australian National Maritime Museum · Australian National Surfing Museum · Australian National University Classics Museum · Australian Opal Centre · Australian Performing Arts Collection · Australian Pinball Museum · Australian Racing Museum · Australian Sailing Museum · Australian Sikh Heritage Trail · Australian Sports Museum · Australian War Memorial · Australiana Pioneer Village · Aviation Heritage Museum · Backwoods Gallery · Ballarat Aviation Museum · Ballarat Tramway Museum · Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum · Ballyhooley Steam Railway · Barossa International Sculpture Symposium · Bathurst Rail Museum · Bathurst Regional Art Gallery · Battery Hill Gold Mining and Heritage Centre
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