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Brisbane's Best Little Museums

Here are 13 fascinating little Brisbane museums you may not have heard of, from a vintage motor museum and a tiny antiquities museum to the police museum here you try solving a murder and the wartime museum with General Macarthur's office just as he left it: 

Brisbane Motor Museum
Brisbane Motor Museum
A fantastic trip back in time and must-visit for motoring enthusiasts, located in a massive converted warehouse
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Queensland Police Museum
Queensland Police Museum, Brisbane
The Queensland Police Museum is a fascinating secret trove that contains the history of crime, law and order
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Redland Museum
Old machines, motorbike and horse carriage inside Redlands Museum in Cleveland.
Behind the plain brick façade of Redland Museum lies a wonderland of memorabilia from the past.
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Macarthur Museum
General Macarthur's office in the Macarthur Museum in Brisbane.
Few who pass the glass doors of MacArthur Chambers Hotel would know that it was from this building that General Douglas MacArthur directed the Allies in holding back the Japanese invasion.
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Redcliffe Museum
Exhibit inside Redcliffe Museum
Visitors to this museum will be happily surprised to find a modern well laid out display of the Redcliffe peninsula's 200+ years of European history
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Pine Rivers Heritage Museum
Museum building adn entrance.
There’s nothing dusty or musty about this slick little timber building on the edge of the Old Petrie Town car park.
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Samford District Historical Museum
Samford District Historical Museum, Queensland, History, Rail Trail
Resembling a mini historical village, the Samford Museum holds one of the most extraordinary collections of heirlooms, memorabilia and building styles of late 19th and early 20th century Queensland life to be found
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Antiquities Museum
Egyptian mask inside Antiquities Museum in Brisbane.
This fascinating little trove of ancient artefacts belonging to UQ and dating back 4000 years is one of the best kept secrets around.
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Brisbane Tramway Museum
Brisbane Tramway Museum
This fascinating outdoor museum is where you can ride restored Brisbane trams
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Logan Village Museum
Logan Village Museum
Home to thousands of artefacts, the Logan Village Museum is a must-visit destination for all history buffs
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Museum of Brisbane
This impressive Brisbane City Council owned museum offers an insight into the social history and visual arts of Brisbane.
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The Commissariat Store Museum
Commissariat Store

This fascinating museum in one of Brisbane's only 2 remaining convict buildings, showcases Queensland's colonial history, including convict relics

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Queensland Telecommunications Museum

The largest collection of Queensland telecommunications equipment throughout the ages, from the 1880's can be found at this Clayfield museum

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