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A Guide to Brisbane's Museums

Brisbane and surrounding regions are home to a sizable collection of fascinating museums, from the well-known like Queensland Museum and Museum of Brisbane to medieval, tiny wartime, convict, police and antiquities, as well as maritime, train and tram museums. Here are 20 that are worth visiting:

Queensland Museum Kurilpa

Queensland Museum Kurilpa

Queensland Museum, founded in 1862, is the keeper of the state's historical collections dating back to colonial times

Museum Of Brisbane

This impressive Brisbane City Council owned museum offers an insight into the social history and visual arts of Brisbane.

Queensland Maritime Museum

Ship in dry dock in the Queensland Maritime Museum

You don’t have to be a ship enthusiast to visit this homey museum, which is well laid out and staffed by mostly ex-naval and maritime workers.

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.

Commissariat Store Museum

Commissariat Stores building in Brisbane.

Tucked away from the city’s thoroughfares, the convict-built Commissariat Stores are one of only two buildings that survived from the penal settlement.

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

Brisbane Tramway Museum

Brisbane Tramway Museum

This fascinating outdoor museum is where you can ride restored Brisbane trams

SparkLab, Queensland Museum, Brisbane

Unleash your inner scientist at SparkLab, Queensland Museum, with 40 interactive exhibits across 3 fun-filled zones

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.

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

Fort Lytton Military Museum

People outside ruins at Fort lytton

Housed within the grounds of the 19th century Fort Lytton ruins is the Fort Lytton Military Museum

Tele Museum

Tucked away in Clayfield, this interesting little museum houses the largest display of historical telecommunications items in Queensland

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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.

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.

The Workshops Rail Museum

Vintage train inside The Workshops Rail Museum

Whether you have the slightest interest in things that run on tracks or not, this national treasure of a museum is must-visit.

Logan Village Museum

Logan Village Museum

Home to thousands of artefacts, the Logan Village Museum is a must-visit destination for all history buffs

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

Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology provides a unique opportunity to be fully immersed in history for a day

Beenleigh Historical Village

Beenleigh Historical Village & Museum

Leave the 21st century behind and time travel back to another century at Beenleigh Historical Village, a well-kept secret that which would have to rate as

Cobb + Co Museum

Cobb + Co Museum, a must visit if in Toowoomba, is home to Australia’s finest collection of horse-drawn vehicles

Image credit: Tele Museum courtesy of Tele Museum Facebook page.

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