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Queen Victoria Art Gallery at Royal Park
4.6
615 reviewsAbout
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG) is Northern Tasmania's home of art, history, and natural science.
The QVMAG collection shares stories of local Aboriginal cultures, colonial history, and modern diversity, alongside extensive history archives and natural science research.
Located across two sites, you can experience the QVMAG collection through the 1890's heritage Art Gallery at Royal Park (2 Wellington Street, Launceston) and the Museum at Inveresk (2 Invermay Road, Invermay), set within 1870s-era industrial railway workshops.
The Museum at Inveresk is home to natural sciences displays, transport and railway memorabilia, blacksmith workshops, and the iconic Launceston Planetarium. See dinosaurs, trains, animal species (including the Tasmanian thylacine), artefacts from Australia's oldest merchant shipwreck, and BUGS; QVMAG's blockBUGster exhibition providing hands-on education for kids of all ages.
Over at the Art Gallery at Royal Park, you'll explore the history and culture of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people through the long-term exhibition First Tasmanians: our story, experience history collections such as the Guan Di Temple, and uncover galleries showcasing contemporary art as well as the QVMAG art collection; which bring the histories, identities and stories of Northern Tasmania into a fresh context.
Two sites, free entry. Open daily. Please visit the website for further information.
Hours
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Daily: 10:00–16:00
Facilities and visitor features
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Reviews & Ratings
Timeshare Chinchilla
Google review
I visited the Queen Victoeia Art Gallery at Royal Park on my way back from the Cataract Gorge. It was free entry and the friendly staff member gave me a key to put my backpack in a free locker which was great. The highlight here for me was the First Nations palawa exhibition about the traditional owners of Tasmania. I had studied this in a course I did at Uni of Tas. It provided history on the previous land bridge between the mainland, traditional cultural rituals, food, weaponry, weaving and shell necklaces. I spent at least 45 mins in this gallery reading all the display signage. Another gallery had contemporary works of art. One gallery was empty. There was a small exhibit on a Chinese temple at Chinese history in the area including the Gold Rush era which I found interesting too. Upstairs was a video multimedia contemporary art exhibit which doesn't particularly interest me. Small giftshop on site.
Linda Krosch
Google review
I was particularly interested in reading about First Nations history. We had spent 2 weeks in northwestern Tasmania and had found no mention of our Aboriginal culture. It's absence spoke volumes. We were impressed with the information and presentation of housing, the manufacture of tools and many other aspects of life before white pepple arrived. The necklaces are truly stunning!
A D
Google review
Nice location beside royal park, close to cbd, great looking colonial style building. Contemporary & modern art on display mostly. Loved the displays in the indigenous section.
CHONG BOON KIONG
Google review
It is a free admission and i drop by and it happens to be a great gallery to visit in Launceston. Even though it is not too big but there are some interesting things to see..
Jade Keil
Google review
The best display of Tasmanian Aboriginal history; well presented with easy to read and informative stories and interesting artefacts. I thoroughly enjoyed this section. The rest of the gallery was great too, with an amazing exhibition upstairs when I visited. I was quite impressed with this gallery. A small shop with art, jewellery and a wide selection of unique books is also located inside. Entry is free and they also provide free lockers for your convenience. Well worth a look.
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Where you'll be
2 Wellington Street
Launceston TAS 7250