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This is list of museums in New South Wales, Australia. Museums are defined for this context as institutions that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Non-profit art galleries, university art galleries, other non-profit organisations, government entities, and private businesses are included.

According to the 2013 NSW Museum and Gallery Sector Census and Survey conducted by Museums & Galleries of NSW, a state funded support agency, there were 495 operational museums and galleries located in NSW in that year. They include 293 community-run and -managed museums, 57 public and regional galleries, 51 public and regional museums, 37 community-run and -managed galleries and artist run initiatives and 23 Aboriginal cultural centres. The balance of the identified organisations were state or national galleries or museums located in NSW. It does not include private museums or commercial galleries.

Museums & Galleries of NSW provides a complete list and profiles for these institutions on their website.

For a list of publicly-funded regional galleries, refer to Regional and Public Galleries Association of New South Wales.

Museums

For museums in Sydney, see List of museums in Sydney.

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Name Location Area Type Summary
12th/16th Hunter River Lancers Memorial Museum Muswellbrook Hunter Valley Military information, history of the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers May be closed. See for further information.
Abercrombie House Bathurst Central Tablelands Historic house 50-room Scottish-baronial mansion of the 1870s
ACU McGlade Gallery at Strathfield Strathfield Inner West Art Part of Australian Catholic University
Age of Fishes Museum Canowindra Central West Natural history Devonian fish fossils and a live aquarium
Albert Kersten Mining & Minerals Museum Broken Hill Western Plains Geology website, rocks, minerals, area's geology, earth sciences of mineralogy and metallurgy
Albury Art Gallery Albury Riverina Art website
Albury Library Museum Albury Riverina Local history Combined library and museum of local history and art
Alison Homestead Wyong Central Coast Local history website, operated by the Wyong District Museum & Historical Society, pioneer homestead displays
Armidale and Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place Armidale Northern Tablelands Ethnic website, includes an art gallery, exhibits about history and culture
Armidale Bicentennial Railway Museum Armidale Northern Tablelands Railway website
Armidale Folk Museum Armidale Northern Tablelands Local history website
Australian Army Infantry Museum Singleton Hunter Valley Military website, history of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Australian Country Music Hall of Fame Tamworth New England Music website
Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum Bathurst Central Tablelands Geology Fossils, minerals
Australian Motorlife Museum Wollongong Illawarra Automotive website, vintage cars and memorabilia
Australian Museum of Clothing and Textiles East Maitland Hunter Valley Textile information Located in the Maitland Gaol
Australian Pen Museum Wagga Wagga Riverina Literary information, writing implements, documents and associated items
Australian Road Transport Heritage Centre Gundagai Cootamunda-Gundagai Transport website
Ballina Naval & Maritime Museum Ballina Northern Rivers Maritime website, features original Las Balsas raft, ship models, steam and diesel engines, maritime communication, uniforms, shipbuilding, life on a ship
Bathurst District Historical Society Museum Bathurst Central Tablelands Local history website
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Bathurst Central Tablelands Art website, municipal art gallery
Bedervale Braidwood Southern Tablelands Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century homestead, open by appointment
Berry Museum (Australia) Berry South Coast Local history website, operated by the Berry & District Historical Society
Bega Valley Regional Gallery Bega South Coast Art Showcases contemporary Australian visual culture with up to ten exhibitions annually
Big Fish Fossil Hut Peak Hill Central West Natural history website, fossils including trilobites, ammonites, fish, amphibians and dinosaurs
Bishop's Lodge Hay Riverina Historic house website, 1888 iron house and rose garden
Blacktown Arts Centre Blacktown Western Sydney Art website
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Katoomba Blue Mountains Art website
Braidwood Museum Braidwood Southern Tablelands Local history website
Breakwater Battery Military Museum Port Kembla Illawarra Military WW2 battery and observation post
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Broken Hill Western Plains Art website
Bundanon Nowra South Coast Art Historic homestead and studio of painter Arthur Boyd
Bunker Cartoon Gallery Coffs Harbour Mid North Coast Art website, works by Australian cartoonists and caricaturists
Camden Haven Historical Museum Laurieton Mid North Coast local history [1] operated by the Camden Haven Historical Society, in 1911 School of Arts building, historic exhibitions and artefacts, family history and research
Campbelltown Arts Centre Campbelltown South Western Sydney Art Regional art centre for multidisciplinary contemporary art
Canowindra Motors Holden Museum Canowindra Central West Automotive information, large collection of vintage Holden cars, including a 1948 FX Holden
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Casula South Western Sydney Art Performing and visual arts centre, includes 6 galleries with a year-round exhibition program of changing exhibitions and a theatre
Centenary Cottage Museum Tenterfield Northern Tablelands Local history information, information, operated by the Tenterfield and District Historical Society
Cessnock Regional Art Gallery Cessnock Hunter Valley Art information, Facebook site
Chifley Home Bathurst Central Tablelands Historic house website, home of Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley and his wife, Elizabeth
Chrystie's Museum Tocumwal Riverina Automotive website, private collection of cars, trucks, tractors, caravans
City of Canada Bay Museum Concord Inner West Local history Collections include toys, material from the WW1 and WW2, household, sports memorabilia, local industry items
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery Coffs Harbour Mid North Coast Art website
Coffs Harbour Regional Museum Coffs Harbour Mid North Coast Local history website
Coolamon Fire Museum Coolamon Riverina Firefighting website, private collection of firefighting memorabilia
Cooma Cottage Yass Southern Tablelands Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century homestead and stables
Cowra and District Historical Museum Cowra Central West Multiple information, WWI and WWII military camp displays and armoury, working oil and steam engines, agriculture equipment
Cowra Regional Art Gallery Cowra Central West Art website
Day Dream Mine Silverton Mining website, underground and surface mine tours
Dobell House Wangi Wangi Hunter Region Art website, home and studio of Sir William Dobell
Don Bank Museum North Sydney North Shore Local history information
Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Museum Dorrigo Mid North Coast Local history information, operated by the Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Historical Society
Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum Dorrigo Mid North Coast Railway Collection of railway vehicles and equipment from the railways of New South Wales, not yet open to the public
Dundullimal Homestead Dubbo Orana Historic house 1840s slab hut house, operated by the National Trust of Australia
Dunera Museum Hay Riverina Military website, history of the local prisoner of war and internment camps in World War II
Eden Killer Whale Museum Eden South Coast Maritime Australian whaling industry, maritime and fishing artifacts, timber industry and local social history
Elizabeth Farm Parramatta Greater Western Sydney Historic house Operated by the Sydney Living Museums, homestead dating back to 1793
Energy Expo at Mount Piper Power Station Portland Central Tablelands Science website, how electricity is produced and tours of the Mount Piper Power Station
Eryldene Gordon North Shore Historic house Early 20th-century house and garden with original furnishings
Esbank House Lithgow Blue Mountains Historic house website, 19th-century house with exhibits of local history, Lithgow pottery
Eugowra Historical Society Museum Eugowra Central West Local history information
Experiment Farm Cottage Parramatta Greater Western Sydney Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, Australia's first European farmstead dating back to the 1790s
Fairfield City Museum and Gallery Smithfield South Western Sydney Art website
Fighter World Williamtown Hunter Region Aerospace website, Australian Fighter and aircraft related history, located at RAAF Base Williamtown
Fleet Air Arm Museum Nowra South Coast Aerospace Located on Naval Air Station Nowra, Australia's naval aviation history including aircraft and helicopters
Forbes Historical Museum Forbes Central West Local history website, operated by the Forbes and District Historical Society
Fort Scratchley Newcastle East Hunter Region Military Late 19th century coastal defence installation
Futureworld (New South Wales) Warrawong Illawarra Science website, hands-on exhibits about solutions to environmental challenges
Gallery Blackheath Blackheath Blue Mountains Art website, artist-owned and managed non-profit gallery showcasing a selection of fine paintings, drawings, printworks and photographs by prize-winning Blue Mountains artists
Garroorigang Goulburn Southern Tablelands Historic house website
Gill Bennet Gem and Mineral Collection Tamworth New England Geology information
Glasshouse Regional Gallery Port Macquarie Mid North Coast Art website
Glen Museum Portland Blue Mountains Local history website, formerly the Charlie Pinch Museum
Glenreagh Memorial Museum Glenreagh Northern Rivers Local history information
Glenreagh Mountain Railway Glenreagh Northern Rivers Railway Heritage railway
Golden Memories Museum Millthorpe Central West Local history information
Gosford Regional Gallery Gosford Central Art website
Goulburn Historic Waterworks Museum Goulburn Southern Tablelands Technology website, steam operated pumping facility with working engines
Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre Goulburn Southern Tablelands Railway Railroad roundhouse, includes rolling stock, locomotives, carriages, railroad artifacts
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery Goulburn Southern Tablelands Art website
Goulburn War Memorial & Museum Goulburn Southern Tablelands Military information, memorial tower and artefacts about WW1
Grafton Regional Gallery Grafton Northern Rivers Art website
Greater Cobar Heritage Centre Cobar Central West Local history website
Griffith Pioneer Park Griffith Riverina Open air website, relocated historic buildings, machinery and artefacts
Griffith Regional Art Gallery Griffith Riverina Art website
Grossman House Maitland Hunter Region Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, displays 19th century costumes and textiles
Gulgong Holtermann Museum Gulgong Central Tablelands Local history Community's history during the 1870s gold rush era
Hambledon Cottage Parramatta Greater Western Sydney Historic house website, operated by the Parramatta & District Historical Society, mid 19th century period cottage
Harper's Mansion Berrima Southern Highlands Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century homestead
Harry Daly Museum Edgecliff Eastern Suburbs Medical website, history of anaesthetic practice, part of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists
Hartley Historic Site Hartley Central West Open air Historic village administered by NSW Parks & Wildlife Service
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery Windsor Art website
Hawkesbury Regional Museum Windsor Local history website
Hay Gaol Museum Hay Riverina Local history Former prison with exhibits of local history
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre Gymea Southern Sydney Art Arts centre that includes two art galleries, a theatrette, art studios, meeting rooms
Henry Kendall Cottage Gosford Central Historic house website, home of Henry Kendall (poet)
Henry Parks Centre Parkes Central West Multiple website, includes the King's Castle with a collection of Elvis Presley artefacts, Parkes Motor Museum, Henry Parkes Museum about local history, and antique machinery collection
Hillgrove Rural Life and Industry Museum Armidale Northern Tablelands Local history information, website, artifacts of everyday life in old Hillgrove
History Hill Hill End Central Tablelands Mining website, gold rush collection, mining equipment, underground mine
Hunter Valley Railway Trust North Rothbury Hunter Region Railway Includes rolling stock and locomotives
Hurstville Library Museum Gallery Hurstville Southern Sydney website
Illawarra Museum Wollongong Illawarra Local history website, operated by the Illawarra Historical Society
Illawarra Light Railway Museum Albion Park Illawarra Railway Includes mainline 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge light railway, a miniature 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge railway, and a museum
International Cricket Hall of Fame Bowral Southern Highlands Sports History of cricket, cricketing career of Australian batsman Sir Donald Bradman
Inverell Art Gallery Inverell Northern Tablelands Art website, community art gallery, operated by the Inverell Art Society
Inverell Pioneer Village Inverell Northern Tablelands Open air website, 19th-century pioneer village buildings
Junee Broadway Museum Junee Riverina Local history website, operated by the Junee & District Historical Society in the former Broadway Hotel
Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum Junee Riverina Railway Only working roundhouse railway station in the Riverina
Kangaroo Valley Pioneer Museum Park Kangaroo Valley South Coast Open air website, late 19th and early 20th century buildings, farm machinery, house and personal items
Lachlan Valley Railway Cowra Central West Railway Heritage railway and Cowra Roundhouse Depot and Museum
Lady Denman Heritage Complex Huskisson South Coast Maritime website, includes the 1911 Lady Denman ferry, surveying instruments, naval and maritime objects, local history displays, marine environment gallery
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Lake Macquarie Hunter Region Art website
Lambing Flat Folk Museum Young Central West Local history website
Lancer Barracks and Museum Parramatta Western Sydney Military website, located in Lancer Barracks
Lawrence Museum Lawrence Northern Rivers Region Telecommunications History of telecommunications and radio broadcasting in Australia
Leuralla Toy & Railway Museum Leura Blue Mountains Toy Toys, model trains and memorabilia
Lismore Regional Gallery Lismore Northern Rivers Art website
Lismore Regional Museum Lismore Northern Rivers Local history website, operated by the Richmond River Historical Society
Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum Lithgow Blue Mountains Technology website, Lithgow Small Arms Factory history and collection of machine guns, rifles, pistols and related items from around the world
Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park & Railway Lithgow Blue Mountains Mining Coal mine buildings and equipment, railroad cars, equipment and track
Lock-Up Cultural Centre Newcastle East Hunter Region Multiple website, former police station with tours of the prison cells, a contemporary art gallery and artist residency
Luskintyre Aviation Flying Museum Luskintyre Hunter Region Aerospace Vintage aircraft, particularly de Havilland Tiger Moths
Mad Max Museum Silverton Media website, memorabilia related to the film Mad Max 2
Maitland Gaol East Maitland Hunter Region Prison 19th century prison, also features the Australian Museum of Clothing and Textiles
Maitland Regional Art Gallery Maitland Hunter Region Art website
Manly Art Gallery and Museum Manly Northern Beaches Art Focuses on Australian ceramics, and extensive holdings of paintings by Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo, local history
Manning Regional Art Gallery Taree Mid North Coast Art website
Manning Valley Historical Museum Wingham Mid North Coast Local history information, operated by the Manning Valley Historical Society
Mary MacKillop Place North Sydney North Shore Religious website, shrine and museum about Mary MacKillop, also known as Saint Mary of the Cross
May Gibbs’ Nutcote Neutral Bay North Shore Historic house website, home of children's author and illustrator May Gibbs
McCrossin's Mill Museum Uralla Northern Tablelands Art website, operated by the Uralla Historical Society, art, local history and culture
McFeeters Motor Museum Forbes Central West Automotive website, veteran, vintage, classic and custom cars
Melvie Chick Historical Museum Cundletown Mid North Coast Local history website, operated by the Cundletown & Lower Manning Historical Society
Memorial Walk Museum Bathurst Central Tablelands Military website, military art and artifacts
Meroogal Nowra South Coast Historic house website, operated by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
Mid North Coast Maritime Museum Port Macquarie Mid North Coast Maritime website
Miss Porter's House Newcastle Hunter Region Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, Edwardian terrace house with 100 years of collectables, 1909–1940 furnishings
Miss Traill's House Bathurst Central Tablelands Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, features owner's mementos including family items, furniture, horse-racing memorabilia, and artefacts linked to the early history of Bathurst
Molong Museum Molong Central West Local history website
Monte Cristo Homestead Junee Riverina Historic house Late 19th century Victorian manor
Moree Plains Gallery Moree North West Slopes Art website
Moruya Museum Moruya South Coast Historic house website, 19th century period house, operated by the Moruya and District Historical Society
Mosman Art Gallery Mosman North Shore (Sydney) Art website
Mount Victoria Museum Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Local history website
Murray Art Museum Albury Albury Riverina Art website
Museum of Antiquities at UNE Armidale Northern Tablelands Archaeology website, part of the University of New England, antiquities from the ancient Mediterranean, Near East, objects and ethnographic material from Australia, South East Asia, New Guinea, the Pacific region, Mesoamerica and Africa
Museum of Education at UNE Armidale Northern Tablelands Education website, part of the University of New England, features two original 1880s school buildings, open by appointment
Museum of Fire Penrith Greater Western Sydney Firefighting website, features large collection of hand drawn, horse drawn and motorised vehicles from the late 18th century up to the 1980s
Museum of Printing at NERAM Armidale Northern Tablelands Media website, historical printing processes and products, part of the New England Regional Art Museum
Museum of the Riverina Wagga Wagga Riverina Local history Local history, culture across two sites
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre Muswellbrook Hunter Region Art website
MV Cape Don Waverton North Shore Maritime Lighthouse tender museum ship
Narooma Lighthouse Museum Narooma South Coast Maritime website, original light and optical apparatus from the Montague Island Lightstation
National Art Glass Gallery Wagga Wagga Riverina Art Features changing selections from the National Art Glass Collection and exhibits of Australian glass artists
National Motor Racing Museum Bathurst Central Tablelands Automotive Adjacent to the Mount Panorama Circuit, Australia's motor racing history including famous cars, motorcycles and memorabilia
National Museum of Australian Pottery Holbrook Riverina Art 19th- and early 20th-century Australian pottery
National Transport Museum Inverell Northern Tablelands Transportation website, vintage, veteran, and classic cars, motorcycles, trucks and buses, also dolls and wedding dresses
New England Regional Art Museum – NERAM Armidale Northern Tablelands Art website, Australian art in many media, includes six gallery spaces and the Museum of Printing
Newcastle Art Gallery Newcastle East Hunter Region Art
Newcastle Maritime Centre Newcastle East Hunter Region Maritime website
Newcastle Museum Newcastle East Hunter Region Multiple Local history, culture, industry, science
Norah Head Light Norah Head Central Maritime Tours of the active lighthouse
Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum Faulconbridge Blue Mountains Art Operated by the National Trust of Australia, late 19th century home with works of artist and writer Norman Lindsay
Nowra Museum Nowra South Coast Local history website, operated by the Shoalhaven Historical Society
NSW Rail Museum Thirlmere Macarthur Railway Includes locomotives and passenger and freight rolling stock
Old Courthouse Museum Batemans Bay South Coast Local history website, operated by the Clyde River and Batemans Bay Historical Society
Old Dubbo Gaol Dubbo Orana Prison 19th century prison
Old Government House Parramatta Greater Western Sydney Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, former "country" residence of 10 early governors of New South Wales
Old School Museum Merimbula South Coast Local history Operated by the Merimbula-Imlay Historical Society
Orange Regional Gallery Orange Central West Art website
Oxley Museum Wellington Orana Local history information
Parkes Observatory Parkes Central West Science Astronomy and space science, history of the radio telescope observatory
Penrith Museum of Printing Penrith Greater Western Sydney Print technology website
Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest Emu Plains Greater Western Sydney Art website
Pioneer Cottage Museum Urbenville Northern Tablelands Local history information, period displays of a settler's home
Pioneer Women's Hut Tumbarumba Riverina Women's website, ingenuity of women in finding solutions to the challenges of looking after a family in early rural Australia
Port Macquarie Courthouse Museum Port Macquarie Mid North Coast History website, mid 19th century courthouse
Port Macquarie Historical Museum Port Macquarie Mid North Coast Local history website, operated by the Port Macquarie Historical Society Inc
Powerhouse Motorcycle Museum Tamworth New England Transportation website, motorcycles from the 1950s to 1980s
Queanbeyan Historical Museum Queanbeyan Southern Tablelands Local history website, also information
Queanbeyan Printing Museum Queanbeyan Southern Tablelands Media website, working printing presses and memorabilia
RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre Forest Hill Riverina Aerospace Indoor and outdoor displays of aircraft, memorabilia and photographs relating to RAAF Base Wagga
Rail Motor Society Paterson Hunter Region Railway Preserved self-propelled railway vehicles and equipment
Richmond Vale Railway Museum Wollombi Hunter Region Railway Heritage railway and museum about the former coal mine
Riversdale Goulburn Southern Tablelands Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century homestead
Rockley Mill Rockley Central Tablelands Local history information, also historic mill machinery
Rose Seidler House Wahroonga North Shore Historic house Operated by Sydney Living Museums, mid 20th century modern house
Roto House Port Macquarie Mid North Coast Historic house website, located in Macquarie Nature Reserve
Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitors' Centre Broken Hill Western Plains Geology information, history and work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Museum Sydney Inner West Medical Website, History of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Sacred Spaces Singleton Hunter Region Religious website, convent and museum of the Sisters of Mercy
Saumarez Homestead Armidale Northern Tablelands Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, Edwardian mansion with original furnishings
Schaeffer House (Grafton, New South Wales) Grafton Northern Rivers Historic house website, Victorian period house, operated by the Clarence River Historical Society
Shear Outback Hay Riverina Industry website, shearing history and future technologies
Shoalhaven City Arts Centre Nowra South Coast Art website
Silverton Gaol Museum Silverton Western Plains Prison website, also local history exhibits, operated by the Broken Hill Historical Society
Silverton School Museum Silverton Western Plains Education website, late 19th century school used until 1970
Singleton Museum Singleton Hunter Region Local history website, operated by the Singleton Historical Society
St Clair Local History Museum & Archives Goulburn Southern Tablelands Local history information
Stoke Stable Museum Carcoar Central West Local history information
Sturt Australia Mittagong Southern Highlands Art website, education center for Australian craft and design with exhibit gallery
Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum Broken Hill Western Plains Railway information, steam trains, railway machinery and a mineral collection
Sunnyside Historic Home & South Sea Island Museum Cooranbong Hunter Region Historic house information
S.H.P Memorial School of Arts Tenterfield New England Biographical Operated by the National Trust of Australia, features memorabilia owned by Sir Henry Parkes
Snowy Scheme Museum Adaminaby Monaro Technology Exhibits relating to the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme
Tomago House Tomago Hunter Region Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia
Tamworth Powerstation Museum Tamworth New England Technology website, history of electricity and the impact of the development of electricity on modern society
Tamworth Regional Gallery Tamworth New England Art website, features textile and silver collections
Tarella Cottage Museum Wentworth Falls Blue Mountains Local history website, operated by the Blue Mountains Historical Society
Temora Aviation Museum Temora Riverina Aerospace Historic military and civilian aircraft that range from World War II to the Vietnam War era
Temora Rural Museum Temora Riverina Local History Historic village museum showing the life of the area
Tenterfield Railway Station Museum Tenterfield Northern Tablelands Railway website, Victorian railway station, exhibits of heritage rolling stock, model railway
Timbertown Wauchope Mid North Coast Open air 19th century sawmiller's village with working full-size narrow gauge steam train
Tinonee Historical Museum Tinonee Mid North Coast Local history website, operated by the Tinonee Historical Society
Tomago House Tomago Hunter Region Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century homestead
Trial Bay Gaol Laggers Point Mid North Coast Prison Remains of a late 19th century prison and internment camp in World War I, located in Arakoon National Park
Turkish Bath Museum Mount Wilson Blue Mountains Local history website, operated by the Mt Wilson/Mt Irvine Historical Society
Turon Technology Museum Sofala Central West Technology website, development of steam and internal engines, the transition to the internal combustion engine
Tweed River Art Gallery Murwillumbah Northern Rivers Art Regional art gallery
Tweed River Regional Museum Murwillumbah Northern Rivers Local history website, also branches in Tweed Heads and Uki
University of New South Wales Galleries Paddington Eastern Suburbs Art website, part of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of New South Wales
Valley Heights Rail Museum Valley Heights Blue Mountains Railway Heritage railway, depot, equipment and museum
Vaucluse House Vaucluse Eastern Suburbs Historic house Operated by Sydney Living Museums, 19th century estate
Vienna Cottage Hunters Hill Northern Suburbs Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, late 19th century home
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Wagga Wagga Riverina Art website, exhibits of Riverina artists and visiting exhibitions from Australia and overseas, includes the National Art Glass Gallery and Margaret Carnegie Print Collection
Wagga Wagga Rail Heritage Museum Wagga Wagga Riverina Railway information, located in the Wagga Wagga railway station
Walcha Pioneer Cottage Museum Walcha Northern Tablelands Local history website
Warren Museum & Art Gallery Warren NSW Orana Local & Indigenous history https://thewam.com.au Modern-style museum, featuring local history. Open Wednesday to Sunday. Art gallery featuring mostly local artists. Free entry to art gallery.
West Darling Machinery Preservation Society Broken Hill Western Plains Technology website, heritage farm and mining machinery
Western Plains Cultural Centre Dubbo Orana Art website
White's Mineral Art Gallery & Living Mining Museum Broken Hill Western Plains Art website, paintings made with local minerals, exhibits of the architectural and mining history of the city, mining artifacts
Wing Hing Long Museum Tingha Northern Tablelands Local history website, history of Tingha's Chinese heritage and great tin boom, period general store display
Wivenhoe Narellan Macarthur Historic house 1830s home of Sir Charles Cowper, a Premier of New South Wales
Wollongong City Gallery Wollongong Illawarra Art website
Wollongong Science Centre and Planetarium Port Kembla Illawarra Science website, part of the University of Wollongong
Wollombi Endeavour Museum Wollombi Hunter Region Local history information, information
Woodford Academy Woodford Blue Mountains Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, 1830s building
Yamba Museum Yamba Northern Rivers, NSW Local History, Maritime heritage website operated by the Port of Yamba Historical Society
Yanco Powerhouse Museum Yanco Riverina Agriculture Displays of farm equipment, local history
Yass and District Museum Yass Southern Tablelands Local history information
Yeoval Historical Museum Yeoval Central West Local history information
Zoology Museum at the University of New England Armidale Northern Tablelands Natural history website, teaching museum open to the public

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