List of museums in Queensland facts for kids
This list of museums in Queensland, Australia contains museums that are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. These also include non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. It covers museums in all local government areas in Queensland apart from those in the City of Brisbane.
Museums
| Name | Location | Area | Coords | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Light Horse Museum | Gympie | Wide Bay–Burnett | Military | ||
| A.A. Cassimatis Store and Cottage | Muttaburra | Central West | 22°35′35″S 144°32′47″E / 22.5930°S 144.5464°E | History | Period general store and cottage |
| Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology | Caboolture | South East | 27°04′15″S 153°01′22″E / 27.0709°S 153.0228°E | Archaeology | Archaeology and art of Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, prehistoric era, Medieval and Renaissance periods |
| Agnes Water Museum | Agnes Water | Capricorn Coast | 24°12′44″S 151°54′36″E / 24.2123°S 151.9101°E | Local history | operated by the Discovery Coast Historical Society |
| Aramac Tramway Museum | Aramac | Central West | 22°58′31″S 145°14′46″E / 22.9752°S 145.2462°E | Railway | |
| Archer Park Rail Museum | Rockhampton | Capricorn Coast | 23°22′33″S 150°30′25″E / 23.3758°S 150.5069°E | Railway | Historic rail station, features working steam rail tram |
| Army Museum of North Queensland | Townsville | Townsville | 19°14′24″S 146°48′15″E / 19.2399°S 146.8043°E | Military | History of the Australian Army in North Queensland, located in Kissing Point Fortification |
| Artspace Mackay | Mackay | Capricorn Coast | 21°08′35″S 149°10′57″E / 21.1431°S 149.1825°E | Art | |
| Australian Age of Dinosaurs | Winton | Central West | 22°28′45″S 143°10′58″E / 22.4791°S 143.1827°E | Natural history | Australian natural history of dinosaurs |
| The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum | Cairns | Cairns Region | 16°51′01″S 145°41′42″E / 16.8503°S 145.6951°E | Military | Tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery from the Second World War period and post war |
| Australian Rodeo Heritage Centre | Warwick | Darling Downs | 28°12′33″S 152°02′02″E / 28.2091°S 152.0340°E | History | history of rodeo and the cowboy |
| Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame | Longreach | Central West | 23°26′39″S 144°16′29″E / 23.4441°S 144.2747°E | History | Pioneers of the Australian outback, Australian stockmen and Aborigines, history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia |
| Australian Sugar Heritage Centre | Mourilyan | Tropical North | 17°34′54″S 146°02′28″E / 17.5817°S 146.0412°E | Agriculture | sugar farming and processing |
| Australian Workers Heritage Centre | Barcaldine | Central West | 23°33′13″S 145°17′14″E / 23.5535°S 145.2871°E | History | exhibits about Australia's working men and women, teachers, power workers, railway workers and others |
| Bakers Military Memorabilia Museum | Childers | Wide Bay–Burnett | 25°14′12″S 152°16′47″E / 25.2366°S 152.2798°E | Military | Private collection of military items, photos and memorabilia |
| Barcaldine Museum | Barcaldine | Central West | Local history | ||
| Barcoo Shire Museum | Jundah | Central West | 24°49′47″S 143°03′38″E / 24.8297°S 143.0606°E | Local history | The museum is in the former administration centre of the Baroo Shire Council, which was relocated to the corner of Macrossan and Miles Streets. |
| Bauple Museum | Bauple | Queensland | 25°48′48″S 152°37′03″E / 25.8133°S 152.6176°E | Local history Bauple and Tiaro | |
| Beaudesert Museum | Beaudesert | South East | 27°59′30″S 152°59′45″E / 27.9916°S 152.9958°E | Local history | operated by the Historical Society of Beaudesert, features agricultural machinery and tools, horse-drawn farm vehicles |
| Beenleigh Historical Village and Museum | Beenleigh | South East | Open air | Features twenty heritage buildings with original items used by those who lived in the 1860s and onward | |
| Blackwater International Coal Centre | Blackwater | Capricorn Coast | Mining | coal mining in Australia | |
| Bollon Heritage Centre | Bollon | South West | 28°01′54″S 147°28′50″E / 28.0316°S 147.4806°E | Local history | |
| Boondooma Homestead | Proston | Wide Bay–Burnett | Historic house | mid 19th century homestead | |
| Brennan & Geraghtys Store | Maryborough | Wide Bay–Burnett | 25°32′31″S 152°41′48″E / 25.542°S 152.6966°E | History | Operated by the National Trust of Queensland, includes the late 19th century store, stables, a cottage and an early 20th-century residence |
| Bribie Island Seaside Museum | Bongaree | South East | 27°05′10″S 153°09′34″E / 27.0860°S 153.1594°E | Local | Local history and island life at 1 South Esplanade, Bongaree. |
| Bundaberg Railway Museum | Bundaberg | Wide Bay–Burnett | 24°51′32″S 152°20′09″E / 24.8590°S 152.3358°E | Railway | Located in North Bundaberg Railway Station at 28 Station Street, Bundaberg North, includes photos, uniforms, tools, a signal cabin, railway cars and equipment. |
| Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery | Bundaberg | Wide Bay–Burnett | Art | ||
| Burnett War Museum | Kingaroy | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°34′37″S 151°50′30″E / 26.5770°S 151.8418°E | Military | Located at Kingaroy Airport |
| Butter Factory Arts Centre | Cooroy | Sunshine Coast | Art | art and local history | |
| Caboolture Historical Village | Caboolture | South East | 27°03′36″S 152°56′53″E / 27.0600°S 152.9480°E | Open air | Includes over 70 historic buildings |
| Caboolture Regional Art Gallery | Caboolture | South East | Art | website, features four exhibition spaces | |
| Caboolture Warplane Museum | Caboolture | South East | Aviation | website, wartime aircraft, memorabilia, engine displays | |
| Cairns Museum | Cairns | Far North | 16°55′19″S 145°46′31″E / 16.922°S 145.7753°E | Local history | operated by the Cairns Historical Society |
| Cairns Regional Gallery | Cairns | Far North | Art | Exhibitions of historical and contemporary art by leading regional, national and international artists, and from its collections of the cultural heritage of Far North Queensland | |
| Calliope River Historical Village | River Ranch | Capricorn Coast | 23°57′33″S 151°09′21″E / 23.9591°S 151.1557°E | Open air | Operated by the Port Curtis Historical Society at 50951 Bruce Highway, featuring relocated historic buildings including houses, a school, church, train station, Masonic Lodge hall and a police cell. |
| Caloundra Regional Gallery | Caloundra | Sunshine Coast | 26°48′14″S 153°07′51″E / 26.8038°S 153.1308°E | Art | |
| Cambridge Downs Heritage Display Centre | Richmond | North West Queensland | Local history | ||
| Capella Pioneer Village | Capella | Capricorn Coast | 23°04′45″S 148°01′10″E / 23.0791°S 148.0194°E | Open air | |
| Cardwell Bush Telegraph | Cardwell | Far North | History | Historic post office & telegraph station, old shire hall, courthouse & lock-up | |
| Central Queensland Military Museum | Rockhampton | Capricorn Coast | Military | ||
| Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns | Cairns | Far North | Art | ||
| Childers Pharmaceutical Museum | Childers | Wide Bay–Burnett | 25°14′13″S 152°16′41″E / 25.237°S 152.2781°E | Pharmacy | Turn-of-the 20th century pharmacy |
| Chinchilla Historical Museum | Chinchilla | Darling Downs | Local history | ||
| Clermont Museum | Clermont | Capricorn Coast | 22°47′54″S 147°38′17″E / 22.7983°S 147.6380°E | Local history | |
| Clifton Historical Museum | Clifton | Darling Downs | Local history | ||
| Cobb & Co Museum | Toowoomba | Darling Downs | 27°33′19″S 151°57′53″E / 27.5554°S 151.9646°E | Transportation | Operated by the Queensland Museum, horse-drawn vehicles |
| Cooktown History Centre | Cooktown | Far North | Local history | operated by the Cooktown and District Historical Society | |
| Cosmos Centre | Charleville | South West | Science | observatory, meteorites | |
| Crows Nest Folk Museum & Village | Crows Nest | Darling Downs | 27°15′28″S 152°03′01″E / 27.2577°S 152.0503°E | Open air | |
| Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery | Crows Nest | Darling Downs | Art | Located on the corner of the New England Highway and Thallon Street | |
| Croydon Heritage Precinct | Croydon | North West Queensland | 18°12′12″S 142°14′38″E / 18.2034°S 142.2438°E | Local history and heritage | Police Sergeant’s Residence c. 1898, Police Station and Gaol c. 1896, Court House c.1887 and Croydon Town Hall c.1890. |
| Customs House Museum | Goondiwindi | Darling Downs | 28°32′56″S 150°18′24″E / 28.5489°S 150.3068°E | Duties & taxes period home | Located at 1 McLean Street |
| Daintree Discovery Centre | Daintree | Far North | 16°14′15″S 145°25′40″E / 16.2376°S 145.4278°E | Natural history | ecology of the Daintree Rainforest |
| Dairy and Heritage Museum | Murgon | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°13′51″S 151°55′45″E / 26.2307°S 151.9291°E | Farming | dairying equipment, pioneer homestead |
| Dalby Pioneer Park Museum | Dalby | Darling Downs | Open air | features many historic buildings, social history collections, operating tractors and agricultural machinery, geology collection | |
| Das Neumann Haus Museum | Laidley | South East | 27°37′54″S 152°23′39″E / 27.6317°S 152.3941°E | Historic house | 1930s period home |
| Diamantina Health Care Museum | Woolloongabba | Brisbane | 27°30′02″S 153°02′00″E / 27.5005°S 153.0332°E | Health care | History of the Princess Alexandra Hospital and predecessor institutions |
| Dogwood Crossing, Miles | Miles | Darling Downs | Art | cultural centre that includes art gallery, library, IT centre and social history displays | |
| Dr Arratta Memorial Museum | Muttaburra | Central West | Local history | features medical artefacts from the former hospital | |
| Drover's Camp | Camooweal | Gulf Country | 19°55′18″S 138°08′00″E / 19.9216°S 138.1332°E | Agriculture, transportation | droving and drovers |
| Emu Park Museum | Emu Park | Capricorn Coast | 23°15′26″S 150°49′33″E / 23.2573°S 150.8258°E | Local history | includes railway collection |
| Eumundi Museum | Eumundi | Sunshine Coast | Local history & History | www.eumundimuseum.org/ FREE ENTRY
Local history & temporary exhibitions about all sorts of subjects |
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| Fairymead House Sugar Museum | Bundaberg | Wide Bay–Burnett | 24°51′21″S 152°20′10″E / 24.8557°S 152.3361°E | Agriculture | area sugar industry |
| Flinders Discovery Centre | Hughenden | North West Queensland | Natural history | dinosaur fossils | |
| Gab Titui Cultural Centre | Thursday Island | Far North | 10°35′05″S 142°13′06″E / 10.5847°S 142.2183°E | Ethnic | Aboriginal culture, history and art |
| Gatakers Artspace | Maryborough | Wide Bay–Burnett | Art | ||
| Gatton Historical Village | Gatton | South East | 27°34′21″S 152°15′59″E / 27.5724°S 152.2664°E | Open air | Gatton Historical Village is on Freemans Road It is operated by the Gatton & District Historical Society. |
| Gayndah Museum | Gayndah | Wide Bay–Burnett | 25°37′33″S 151°36′44″E / 25.6258°S 151.6123°E | Historic house, local history | Located at 8 Simon Street |
| Gladstone Maritime History Museum | Gladstone | Capricorn Coast | Maritime | ||
| Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum | Gladstone | Capricorn Coast | 23°50′42″S 151°15′27″E / 23.8451°S 151.2575°E | Multiple | Art, local culture and history |
| Glengallan Homestead and Heritage Centre | Warwick | Darling Downs | 28°06′09″S 152°03′28″E / 28.1024°S 152.0579°E | Historic house | 19-century country house |
| Gold Coast City Art Gallery | Surfers Paradise | South East | 28°00′04.6″S 153°24′58.93″E / 28.001278°S 153.4163694°E | Art | |
| Greycliffe Homestead | Biloela | Central | 24°23′47″S 150°31′11″E / 24.3963°S 150.5198°E | Historic house | operated by the Banana Shire Historical Society, late 19th century pioneer homestead |
| Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum | Gympie | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°12′48″S 152°41′05″E / 26.2134°S 152.6848°E | Multiple | Located at 215 Brisbane Road, operated by the Gympie Historical Society, gold mining and local history, industry, agriculture, social history |
| Gympie Regional Art Gallery | Gympie | Wide Bay–Burnett | Art | ||
| Herberton Mining Museum | Herberton | Far North | 17°23′02″S 145°23′15″E / 17.3839°S 145.3874°E | Mining | tin mining |
| Herberton Spy & Camera Museum | Herberton | Far North | 17°23′01″S 145°23′07″E / 17.3835°S 145.3853°E | Multiple | history of espionage and photography |
| Heritage Centre Toowoomba | Toowoomba | Darling Downs | Transportation | road history in Queensland | |
| Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum | Hervey Bay | Wide Bay – Burnet | 25°17′00″S 152°50′55″E / 25.2833°S 152.8485°E | Historical Village | local history in a village like setting with working displays |
| Hervey Bay Regional Gallery | Pialba | Wide Bay–Burnett | Art | ||
| Highfields Pioneer Village | Highfields | Darling Downs | 27°26′29″S 151°57′26″E / 27.4414°S 151.9572°E | Open air | Features over 60 restored authentic buildings |
| Historic Village Herberton | Herberton | Far North | Open air | Features over 50 restored period buildings dating back to the 1860s, set out like a tin mining town | |
| Hinkler Hall of Aviation | Bundaberg | Wide Bay–Burnett | 24°51′06″S 152°20′11″E / 24.8518°S 152.3363°E | Aerospace | life of aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler |
| Historic House Museum | Charleville | South West | Historic house | operated by the Charleville and District Historical Society | |
| Hou Wang Temple | Atherton | Far North | Ethnic | Early 20th-century Chinese temple with an art gallery and interpretation centre, operated by the National Trust of Queensland | |
| Ilfracombe Machinery and Heritage Museum | Ilfracombe | Central West | 23°29′17″S 144°30′12″E / 23.4881°S 144.5034°E | Agriculture | open air display of agriculture machinery |
| Ipswich Art Gallery | Ipswich | South East | Art | ||
| Jackson Collections | Ilfracombe | Central West | Commodity | lifetime collections of Hilton and Ike Jackson including bottles, hubcaps, buttons, drill bits, rabbit traps and scissors | |
| Cooktown Museum (formerly known as James Cook Historical Museum) | Cooktown | Far North | 15°28′08″S 145°15′02″E / 15.4689°S 145.2506°E | Local history | Located on the corner of Furneaux and Helen Street. Operated by the National Trust of Queensland, includes artefacts Captain James Cook left behind, history of area education and the former convent. |
| John Flynn Place | Cloncurry | North West Queensland | 20°42′15″S 140°30′31″E / 20.7042°S 140.5087°E | Multiple | life of John Flynn (minister) and the development of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, School of the Air, art gallery |
| Jondaryan Woolshed | Oakey | Darling Downs | Open air | Rural life of pioneering Australia and sheep raising | |
| Kilcoy Hall of History | Kilcoy | South-East | 26°56′51″S 152°33′49″E / 26.9475°S 152.5637°E | Local history | Operated by the Kilcoy District Historical Society in a former union church building from Hazeldean |
| Kilkivan Shire Museum | Kilkivan | Wide Bay–Burnett | Local history | ||
| Kingaroy Art Gallery | Kingaroy | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°32′21″S 151°50′29″E / 26.5393°S 151.8413°E | Art | Hosts monthly exhibitions by local and visiting artists in three gallery spaces |
| Kingaroy Heritage Museum | Kingaroy | Wide Bay–Burnett | Local history | ||
| Kronosaurus Korner | Richmond | North West Queensland | 20°43′54″S 143°08′37″E / 20.7317°S 143.1437°E | Natural history | marine fossils |
| Kumbia Federation Heritage Centre | Kumbia | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°41′29″S 151°39′08″E / 26.6913°S 151.6522°E | Local history | operated by the Kumbia and District Historical Society |
| Laidley Pioneer Village | Laidley | South East | 27°39′00″S 152°23′29″E / 27.6500°S 152.3914°E | Open air | Operated by the Laidley Historical Society at 92 Drayton Street. |
| Landsborough Shire Museum | Landsborough | Sunshine Coast | Local history | Local and social history | |
| Langenbaker House | Ilfracombe | Central West | Historic house | ||
| Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways | Winton | Central West | Natural history | Guided tours of the protected dinosaur trackways and cretaceous fossils | |
| Leahy House | Thargomindah | South West | 27°59′50″S 143°49′19″E / 27.9971°S 143.8219°E | Local history | historical house museum |
| Logan Art Gallery | Logan Central | South East | Art | ||
| Logan City Historical Museum | Kingston | South East | Local history | ||
| Longreach Powerhouse Museum | Longreach | Central West | 23°26′25″S 144°14′44″E / 23.4404°S 144.2455°E | Technology | Rural generating station with engines, local history displays at 12 Swan Street |
| Loudoun House Museum | Irvinebank | Far North | Local history | ||
| Maclagan Memories Museum | Maclagan | Darling Downs | 27°05′00″S 151°38′00″E / 27.0834°S 151.6333°E | Open-air | Located at 25 Bunya Mountains Maclagan Road. |
| Magnetic Island Museum | Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island | Townsville | 19°10′37″S 146°50′22″E / 19.177°S 146.8395°E | Local history | |
| Mareeba Heritage Museum and Visitor Information Centre | Mareeba | Mareeba | 17°00′40″S 145°25′32″E / 17.0112°S 145.4255°E | Historical | Located at 345 Byrnes Street |
| Maritime Museum of Townsville | Townsville | Townsville | 19°15′34″S 146°49′24″E / 19.2594°S 146.8232°E | Maritime | Located at 42-68 Palmer Street |
| Marlborough Historical Museum | Marlborough | Capricorn Coast | 22°48′46″S 149°53′29″E / 22.8128°S 149.8915°E | Local history | Located at 15 Milman Street, it presents the natural and social heritage of Marlborough. |
| Maroochydore RSL Museum | Maroochydore | Sunshine Coast | 26°39′20″S 153°05′39″E / 26.6555°S 153.0941°E | Military Museum | |
| Mary Kathleen Memorial Park/ Museum & Information Centre | Cloncurry | North West Queensland | Local history | outdoor displays of steam engines, a traction engine, farm and mining machinery | |
| Mayes Cottage | Kingston | South East | 27°39′09″S 153°06′59″E / 27.6524°S 153.1165°E | Historic house | Late 19th century colonial house |
| Meandarra ANZAC Memorial Museum | Meandarra | Darling Downs | 27°19′22″S 149°52′58″E / 27.3229°S 149.8827°E | Military | Located in Sara Street, it contains a large collection of ANZAC memorabilia including a Canberra bomber and a German U-boat engine. |
| Miles Historical Village and Museum | Miles | Darling Downs | 26°39′32″S 150°11′49″E / 26.659°S 150.197°E | Open air | 1920s period village |
| Milne Bay Military Museum | Toowoomba | Darling Downs | 27°34′04″S 151°55′45″E / 27.5678°S 151.9292°E | Military | artefacts and history of the 25th Battalion (Darling Downs Regiment) |
| Min Min Encounter | Boulia | Central West | 22°54′42″S 139°54′40″E / 22.9116°S 139.9112°E | Natural phenomenon | Stories of the Min Min light |
| Miner's Cottage | Charters Towers | Townsville | Historic house | late 1800s worker's cottage | |
| Miner's Heritage | Mount Morgan | Capricorn Coast | Mining | ||
| Montys Garage Vintage Car Museum | Glenmorgan | Darling Downs | 27°14′58″S 149°40′40″E / 27.2495°S 149.6779°E | Automotive | 1940s style auto garage with restored vintage cars and trucks |
| Morven Museum | Morven | South West | 26°24′55″S 147°06′42″E / 26.4153°S 147.1116°E | Local history | |
| Mount Morgan Historical Museum | Mount Morgan | Capricorn Coast | 23°38′42″S 150°23′21″E / 23.6449°S 150.3892°E | Local | local history |
| Mount Morgan Railway Museum | Mount Morgan | Capricorn Coast | 23°38′21″S 150°23′12″E / 23.6393°S 150.3867°E | Railway | |
| Museum of Australian Military Intelligence | Canungra | South East | 28°01′58″S 153°10′56″E / 28.0328°S 153.1821°E | Military | at Kokoda Barracks |
| Museum of Australian Army Flying | Oakey | Darling Downs | Aerospace | Historical aircraft tracing the history of the Australian Army Aviation and back to the Australian Flying Corps during World War I | |
| Museum of Tropical Queensland | Townsville | Townsville | 19°15′27″S 146°49′20″E / 19.2574°S 146.8221°E | Multiple | Operated by the Queensland Museum, natural history, marine archaeology and history |
| Museum of Underwater Art | John Brewer Reef, Townsville | Townsville | Underwater | a series of underwater art installations | |
| Nebo Museum | Nebo | Capricorn Coast | 21°41′21″S 148°41′21″E / 21.6893°S 148.6891°E | Local history | Originally established as Nebo Shire Museum to celebrate the centenary of the shire in 1983. It is housed in the old Nebo Police Station. |
| Nobby Forge & Vintage Museum | Nobby | Darling Downs | History | clothes, accessories and furniture from the 1900s to the 1960s | |
| Noosa Shire Museum | Pomona | Sunshine Coast | 26°21′48″S 152°51′22″E / 26.3633°S 152.8562°E | Local History | The Noosa Museum is in the old Noosa Shire Hall built in 1911. The Cooroora Historical Society took over the building as a museum in 1985, when the Noosa Shire Council decided their headquarters should be in Tewantin. |
| Noosa Regional Gallery | Tewantin | Sunshine Coast | Art | ||
| North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum | Dunwich | South East | 27°29′52″S 153°24′14″E / 27.4977°S 153.4040°E | Local history | |
| Old Rainworth Fort | Springsure | Central | 24°11′46″S 148°04′20″E / 24.1962°S 148.0722°E | History | Mid 19th-century community storehouse built in case of conflict in the Australian frontier wars, contains historic artifacts |
| Ormiston House | Ormiston | South East | 27°29′48″S 153°15′28″E / 27.4966°S 153.2579°E | Historic house | Mid 19th-century plantation house and gardens |
| Perc Tucker Regional Gallery | Townsville | Townsville | 19°15′29″S 146°49′05″E / 19.2581°S 146.8181°E | Art | |
| Pine Rivers Heritage Museum | Petrie | South East | 27°15′35″S 152°57′12″E / 27.2597°S 152.9532°E | Local history | |
| Pinnacles Gallery | Thuringowa Central | Townsville | Art | Located in the Riverway Arts Centre | |
| Pittsworth Pioneer Historical Village | Pittsworth | Darling Downs | 27°42′33″S 151°37′57″E / 27.7093°S 151.6324°E | Open air | |
| Port Douglas Court House Museum | Port Douglas | Far North | Local history | operated by the Douglas Shire Historical Society | |
| Pringle Cottage Museum | Warwick | Darling Downs | 28°13′13″S 152°01′36″E / 28.2203°S 152.0268°E | Open air | Includes two cottages with period furniture, a church and printing museum |
| Proserpine Historical Museum | Proserpine | Whitsundays | 20°24′19″S 148°35′33″E / 20.4054°S 148.5926°E | Local history | Located at 192-198 Main Street. The museum collects, preserves and presents the history of the Whitsunday region. |
| Qantas Founders Outback Museum | Longreach | Central West | Aerospace | ||
| Quarantine Museum | Pallarenda | Townsville | 19°11′30″S 146°46′13″E / 19.1917°S 146.7703°E | Medical | |
| Queensland Air Museum | Caloundra West | Sunshine Coast | 26°47′52″S 153°06′33″E / 26.7979°S 153.1093°E | Aviation | Located at Caloundra Airport with over 94 aircraft on display. |
| Queensland Ambulance Museum, Barcaldine | Barcaldine | Central West | 23°33′13″S 145°17′14″E / 23.5535°S 145.2872°E | Medical | historic ambulances and equipment, operates within the Australian Workers Heritage Centre |
| Queensland Ambulance Museum, Charters Towers | Charters Towers | Townsville | 20°04′36″S 146°15′58″E / 20.0768°S 146.2662°E | Medical | historic ambulances and equipment, open by appointment |
| Queensland Heritage Park | Biloela | Central | Open air | agriculture, rural life | |
| Queensland Motorsport Museum | Sumner | Brisbane | Automotive | Boutique Motorsport Museum, Cars & Bikes, memorabilia and over 800 die-cast models | |
| Queensland Transport Museum | Gatton | South East | 27°34′11″S 152°16′11″E / 27.5696°S 152.2696°E | Transport | Located within the Lockyer Valley Cultural Centre at 34 Apex Park Drive. It has vintage vehicles and models on display. |
| Quilpie Museum | Quilpie | South West | Local history | local history and art gallery | |
| Quinkan and Regional Cultural Centre | Laura | Far North | 15°33′54″S 144°26′54″E / 15.5649°S 144.4482°E | Multiple | Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal heritage, area natural environment |
| RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre | Amberley | South East | 27°38′31″S 152°42′26″E / 27.6419°S 152.7071°E | Military | historic military aircraft and Australian military memorabilia |
| RAAF Townsville Aviation Heritage Centre | Garbutt | North Queensland | 19°15′47″S 146°46′00″E / 19.2630°S 146.7668°E | Military | Military aviation heritage of North Queensland. |
| Raspberry Creek Homestead | Byfield | Capricorn Coast | Local history | Operated by the Byfield and District Historical Society | |
| Rathdowney Historical Museum | Rathdowney | South East | 28°12′43″S 152°51′48″E / 28.2120°S 152.8634°E | Local history | |
| Ration Shed Museum | Cherbourg | Wide Bay–Burnett | Ethnic | Aboriginal culture and what life was like them living under the Aboriginal Protection Act during the first half of the 20th century | |
| Ravenswood Court House Museum | Ravenswood | Townsville | 20°05′56″S 146°53′20″E / 20.0989°S 146.8889°E | Local history | |
| Redcliffe Museum | Redcliffe | South East | 27°13′51″S 153°06′40″E / 27.2307°S 153.1110°E | Local history | |
| Redland Art Gallery | Cleveland | South East | Art | also a location in Capalaba | |
| Redland Museum | Cleveland | South East | Local history | Redlands' social history from 1842 to the present, includes textiles, dolls and toys | |
| Ringsfield House | Nanango | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°40′22″S 151°59′38″E / 26.6729°S 151.9939°E | Historic house | operated by the Nanango Historical Society, early 20th century period house and gardens |
| Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Surfers Paradise | South East | Amusement | ||
| Riversleigh Fossil Centre | Mount Isa | North West Queensland | Natural history | fossils from the Riversleigh fossil site | |
| RM Williams Australian Bush Learning Centre | Eidsvold | Wide Bay–Burnett | 25°22′18″S 151°07′41″E / 25.3718°S 151.1281°E | Local history | bush culture and history, influence of bushman R. M. Williams on that culture |
| Rockhampton Heritage Village | Parkhurst | Capricorn Coast | Open air | buildings from 1850 to 1950 | |
| Rockhampton Museum of Art | Rockhampton | Capricorn Coast | Art | ||
| Rosewood Railway Museum | Rosewood | South East | Railway | operated by the Australian Railway Historical Society | |
| Roy Emerson Museum | Blackbutt | Wide Bay-Burnett | 26°53′01″S 152°06′05″E / 26.8835°S 152.1013°E | Sports | The former Nukku school building was relocated to Blackbutt to house the museum for tennis player Roy Emerson. |
| Royal Bull's Head Inn | Drayton | Darling Downs | Historic site | Operated by the National Trust of Queensland, mid 19th century inn, dairy and stables | |
| Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitor Centre | Charleville | South West | 26°25′06″S 146°15′26″E / 26.4182°S 146.2572°E | Medical | history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. |
| Samford Museum | Samford | South East | 27°22′09″S 152°53′08″E / 27.3691°S 152.8855°E | Local history | area rural, domestic, educational, railway, timber, transport and village history |
| Samurai Gallery Australia | Cairns | Far North Queensland | Museum/Gallery | arts, armor and weaponry of the Japanese samurai warriors | |
| Sarina "Field of Dreams" Historical Centre | Sarina | Capricorn Coast | 21°25′36″S 149°13′03″E / 21.4267°S 149.2174°E | Local history | |
| Shell World Yeppoon | Yeppoon | Capricorn Coast | Natural history | over 20,000 shells including marine, land and fossil molluscs | |
| South Burnett Energy Centre | Nanango | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°40′14″S 152°00′05″E / 26.6705°S 152.0014°E | Science | |
| South Burnett Regional Timber Museum | Wondai | Wide Bay–Burnett | Forestry | area timber industry | |
| Springsure Hospital Museum | Springsure | Central | 24°07′10″S 148°05′04″E / 24.1194°S 148.0844°E | Medical history | Old hospital equipment including beds, linen, and medical. |
| St George Heritage Centre | St George | South West | 28°02′40″S 148°34′12″E / 28.0444°S 148.5699°E | Local history | |
| Stanthorpe Heritage Museum | Stanthorpe | Darling Downs | Local history | ||
| Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery | Stanthorpe | Darling Downs | Art | Exhibitions of regional and national art, both contemporary and traditional | |
| Stonehouse Museum | Boulia | Central West | 22°54′49″S 139°54′28″E / 22.9136°S 139.9078°E | Natural history | includes area marine fossils, Aboriginal artefacts, agriculture equipment |
| Surf World Gold Coast | Surfers Paradise | South East | Sports | surfing champions and memorabilia | |
| Tambo Post & Telegraph Museum | Tambo | Central Western | 24°52′59″S 146°15′24″E / 24.883°S 146.2566°E | Post & telegraph | operated by the Totally Tambo Heritage Group |
| Tanks Arts Centre | Cairns | Far North | Art | Performing and visual arts centre, located in a former WWII fuel depot | |
| Templin Historical Museum | Templin | South East | Local history | Working artefacts, local history, memorabilia and fashions from the 1880s (Madame Weigel) | |
| Terrestrial | Georgetown | Far North | Natural history | includes large collection of rocks, minerals, former gold mine structures and equipment | |
| Texas Heritage Centre & Tobacco Museum | Texas | Darling Downs | 28°51′23″S 151°10′22″E / 28.8564°S 151.1727°E | Local history, open air | |
| The Story Bank | Maryborough | Wide Bay–Burnett | 25°32′20″S 152°42′16″E / 25.5389°S 152.7044°E | Literary | Focuses on the works of P. L. Travers, author of Mary Poppins, who was born in that building. |
| Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery | Toowoomba | Darling Downs | Art | ||
| Townsville Heritage Centre | Townsville | Townsville | 19°16′15″S 146°48′09″E / 19.2707°S 146.8024°E | Historic house | operated by the National Trust of Queensland, lifestyle of families prominent in the history of north Queensland |
| Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Centre | Townsville | Townsville | closed | Ethnic | Aboriginal history, culture, art |
| Townsville Museum | Currajong, Townsville | Townsville | 19°16′48″S 146°47′03″E / 19.2800°S 146.7841°E | Local history | Located at 1/27 Barbeler St |
| TYTO Regional Art Gallery | Ingham | North Queensland | 18°39′09″S 146°09′08″E / 18.6525°S 146.1523°E | Art | Located at 73-75 Mcilwraith Street |
| Underground Hospital and Beth Anderson Museum | Mount Isa | Gulf Country | 20°43′52″S 139°29′41″E / 20.7310°S 139.4946°E | Medical | World War II-era hospital under the ground |
| University of Southern Queensland Artsworx | Toowoomba | Darling Downs | 27°36′13″S 151°55′55″E / 27.6035°S 151.9319°E | Art | part of University of Southern Queensland. |
| University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery | Sippy Downs | Sunshine Coast | 26°43′05″S 153°03′44″E / 26.7180°S 153.0621°E | Art | part of the University of the Sunshine Coast. |
| Venus Gold Battery | Charters Towers | Townsville | 20°05′11″S 146°17′36″E / 20.0864°S 146.2932°E | Mining | Gold mining |
| Waltzing Matilda Centre | Winton | Central West | 22°23′27″S 143°02′24″E / 22.3908°S 143.0400°E | Multiple | includes the Outback Regional Gallery, Qantilda Museum |
| Warwick Art Gallery | Warwick | Darling Downs | 28°12′54″S 152°02′05″E / 28.2151°S 152.0348°E | Art | |
| The Wax Museum | Surfers Paradise | South East | 27°59′53″S 153°25′38″E / 27.9981°S 153.4271°E | Wax | includes movie stars, scientists, explorers, villains and world leaders |
| Wellshot Centre | Ilfracombe | Central West | 23°29′21″S 144°30′18″E / 23.4893°S 144.5051°E | Local history | history of one of Australia's largest sheep stations Wellshot Station |
| Whitula Museum | Windorah | Central West | 25°25′20″S 142°39′23″E / 25.4221°S 142.6563°E | Local history | |
| Winton's Diamantina Heritage Truck & Machinery Museum | Winton | Central West | 22°22′40″S 143°02′34″E / 22.3778°S 143.0429°E | Transportation | |
| Wondai Heritage Centre | Wondai | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°19′08″S 151°52′23″E / 26.3190°S 151.8730°E | Local history | |
| Wondai Regional Art Gallery | Wondai | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°19′04″S 151°52′24″E / 26.3178°S 151.8732°E | Art | |
| Woodworks Museum & Interpretive Centre | Gympie | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°09′48″S 152°38′29″E / 26.1633°S 152.6413°E | Forestry | timber and forestry industries up to the 1950s |
| Workshops Rail Museum | Ipswich | South East | 27°35′54″S 152°45′33″E / 27.5982°S 152.7593°E | Railway | Operated by the Queensland Museum, impact of rail travel in Queensland, includes model railway |
| Wowan and District Museum | Wowan | Central Queensland | 23°54′36″S 150°11′45″E / 23.9099°S 150.1958°E | Local history | The Wowan and District Museum is in the old butter factory and former railway station at 2A Dee River Road (corner of Leichhardt Highway). |
| Yandina Historic House | Yandina | South-East | 26°33′28″S 152°57′34″E / 26.5579°S 152.9595°E | Local history | Operated by Yandina & District Historical Society |
| Yarraman Heritage Centre | Yarraman | Wide Bay–Burnett | 26°50′29″S 151°59′08″E / 26.8413°S 151.9855°E | Local history | |
| Yugambeh Museum | Beenleigh | South East | 27°43′29″S 153°12′59″E / 27.7247°S 153.2164°E | Ethnic | Aboriginal heritage and culture |
| Zara Clark Museum | Charters Towers | Townsville | 20°04′26″S 146°15′27″E / 20.0738°S 146.2575°E | Local history | includes transport and local artefacts, mining, medical items and photographs |
Defunct museums
- Australian Motorcycle Museum, Haigslea, closed in 2014
- North Queensland Military Museum
- Queensland Energy Museum (the majority of the museum's displays were moved to the Highfields Pioneer Village)
See also
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