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North - North East Attractions Directory : Galleries, Museums and Collections
1842 Eighteen Forty-Two
1842 is a furniture design gallery and showroom in Launceston, northern Tasmania. Located in the city's central business district, 1842 specialises in making and exhibiting hand-crafted Tasmanian furniture, art and design. You can browse the range of furniture in the showroom, which is located in one of Launceston's oldest buildings - the original Counting House of Johnstone and Wilmot's wholesale grocery business. 1842’s workshop and exhibition space occupies an adjoining warehouse building, ...1842 Eighteen Forty-Two
Launceston
Academy Gallery
The Academy Gallery is located at the University of Tasmania, at Inveresk, northern Tasmania. The gallery is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence by exhibiting contemporary art and design including works from Tasmania’s School of Visual and Performing Arts students. The modern gallery is a Level A class exhibition space incorporated into the Inveresk cultural precinct. It represents the new public face of the University of Tasmania. The viewing audience consists of members of the Launceston co...Academy Gallery
Launceston
Artisan Gallery and Wine Centre
The Artisan Gallery and Wine Centre is located at Robigana, northern Tasmania. Ceramic artists Rudolf Sibrava and Lisa Boyter established the gallery in 1989. Rudolf and Lisa also operate their ceramics studio here and visitors can see the artists at work on the premises. The gallery features the work of Tasmanian and Australian artisans, and includes wood design crafted from Tasmanian specialty timbers, fine art, ceramics, glass, and jewellery. Artists include miniaturist Ron Pugh, botanical a...Artisan Gallery and Wine Centre
Robigana
Avoca Museum and Information Centre
On Australia Day 2012 the Avoca Museum and Information Centre officially opened in Boucher Park. The 103 year old heritage listed building has been restored by Greater Esk Tourism to promote the beautiful Fingal Valley region as the 'Valleys of Adventure' offering mountain climbs, bush walks, waterfalls and the world's tallest white gums. The old State School opened in 1908 at a cost of 348 pounds, and in 1929 there were 73 pupils enrolled. Prime Minister Joe Lyons visited the school in 1936, th...Avoca Museum and Information Centre
Avoca
Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre
Visit Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre and lose yourself in history. Play with treasures from the past and embark on a historical journey to a place where life is simple. The time when machinery and hard labour were how 'things got done', where genuine smiles welcome you and strangers take time to chat. At the Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre Tasmanian history is alive, and gold is under your feet... Our interpretive displays showcase the Mine Rescue of Brant Webb and Todd Russell. Ma...Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre
Beaconsfield
Clarendon
Clarendon is a National Trust property located near Evandale in northern Tasmania. Set in seven hectares on the banks of the South Esk River, Clarendon was the centre of a large pastoral enterprise developed by James Cox. Complete with servants wing and many farm buildings the House is surrounded by extensive gardens and parklands which can be explored. The grand colonial house, built in 1838, is beautifully designed with grand hallways and grand Roman columns at the entrance. Wander the propert...Clarendon
Evandale
Classwood
Classwood specialises in finely crafted Tasmanian timber products, located at Ross in the Tasmanian midlands. Classwood is housed in a heritage-listed drill hall (circa 1900) originally used during World War One for Light Horse Brigade training. Now, it features a display of wall murals, fine timber work and crafts. You can browse the range of products which include handcrafted kitchenware, vases, decorative timber boxes, wood-turned platters, bowls and carvings. Many of the pieces use specialt...Classwood
Ross
Deloraine Folk Museum
The Deloraine Folk Museum dates from 1856 and is located at Deloraine in Tasmania’s north. The cottage was originally built for the Johnstone family. The building was extended and opened as the Family and Commercial Inn between 1863 and 1894. During most of the twentieth century it was used for accommodation and offices. In 1972, Mrs Alma Bramich donated the building and land to the community to house the Deloraine Folk Museum. The museum now reflects the life of a country publican and his fam...Deloraine Folk Museum
Deloraine
Design Tasmania - Centre
The Design Centre of Tasmania, Launceston, features Australia’s only museum collection of contemporary wood design. The Centre is located on the edge of City Park, a short walk from Launceston’s central business district. The Centre houses the Tasmanian Wood Design Collection. This is a collection of innovative work by Tasmanian designer/makers, including Kevin Perkins, Mark Bishop, Toby Muir Wilson, Brendan Sharpe, Stuart Houghton, John Smith, Brad Latham, the Indeco group and Axiom Design. Pie...Design Tasmania - Centre
Launceston
Doll And Bear Cottage Of Scottsdale - The
The Doll and Bear Cottage is a doll and bear lovers delight in Scottsdale, Tasmania. Since the 1980s the owners of the Doll and Bear Cottage have been collecting unique dolls and bears, and today you can see their display of more than 300. Each one is a collector's item with its own individual story. The collection features original artist dolls and bears from around the world with childhood memorabilia and antiques, including Australia's largest collection of award-winning artist dolls by Still...Doll And Bear Cottage Of Scottsdale - The
Scottsdale
Entally Estate
Entally house is a lovely old house located in Tasmania’s north at Hadspen. Entally Estate is named after a suburb of Calcutta, India, and built in 1819 for Thomas Reibey. While he lived there he was reputed to have the most extensive library in the colony. The house contains a magnificent collection of Regency furniture and fine silver. It is surrounded by superb gardens and grounds, in which there are a greenhouse, a chapel, a coach house and stables. It seems that Reibey preferred long-lastin...Entally Estate
Hadspen
Evandale Market
The Evandale market is a popular country market in historic Evandale in Tasmania's north. Come and be a part of one of Tasmania's favourite markets with over 100 stalls, including a wide range of wares from high quality crafts to bric-a-brac for every budget. There are also plenty of food stalls and children's amusements. Evandale is a lovely Georgian village with well preserved cottages, houses, churches, inns and shops. It is a great place for browsing in antique galleries and art and craft sh...Evandale Market
Evandale
Forest EcoCentre
The Forest EcoCentre is a forest interpretation centre at Scottsdale, northeast Tasmania. The Forest EcoCentre features a complex multi-media interpretation system. Interactive displays showcase many aspects of northeast Tasmania's forests, including their ecology, management, unique fauna and cultural heritage. The Forest EcoCentre is contained within an ecologically sustainable building, the first of its type in the southern hemisphere. The elegant 'building within a building' - designed by a...Forest EcoCentre
Scottsdale
Franklin House
Franklin House is convict built and located in northern Tasmania at Franklin Village, Launceston. Built by former convict and successful businessman Britton Jones, Franklin House is notable for its rich use of imported Australian Red Cedar. Extended to accommodate one of the colonies leading private schools which operated there from 1842 until 1866 the house finally became the birthplace of the National Trust in Tasmania in 1960. Franklin House survives with house, stables and garden. Nearby and...Franklin House
Launceston
Gone Rustic
Gone Rustic is a working studio and gallery in St. Marys, in North-East Tasmania. Gone Rustic features the work of award winning Tasmanian fibre and textile artist Rita Summers. Fibre and textile, mixed media art, quilts and other quality handmade items are on display and for sale. Rita also sells vintage, antique and retro collectibles. In addition, Rita hosts touring exhibitions at Gone Rustic during the year through Tasmanian Regional Arts, and regularly displays and sells the work of other ...Gone Rustic
St Marys
Hepburn`s Woodcraft and Private Fishery
Hepburn’s Woodcraft and Private Fishery is located at Nunamara in north-east Tasmania. Hepburn’s Woodcraft features the work of owner Andrew Hepburn who creates timber products from Tasmanian specialty timbers. Andrew’s work has been featured at the Tasmanian Craft fair, and you can make a selection from the range of pieces onsite. You can also visit the property’s private fishery to fly fish for rainbow trout. Enjoy an affordable half-day’s fly fishing here; rod hire and fly-fishing tuition ar...Hepburn`s Woodcraft and Private Fishery
Nunamara
Launceston Planetarium
See the stars at the Launceston Planetarium in the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania. The Planetarium presents a variety of astronomy shows by projecting images of the southern night sky onto a domed ceiling, accompanied by additional effects and narration. The Planetarium projector, the heart of the system, reproduces all of the stars visible to the unaided eye from the southern hemisphere, and simulates the apparent motion of the stars as the earth rotates. Each programme runs fo...Launceston Planetarium
Launceston
Launceston Tramway Museum
Launceston Tramway Museum is about a local Tasmanian community and the trams they used. The Museum evolved out of a restoration society in the 1990’s that restored Launceston's only surviving double bogie tram. Located in the historic Inveresk Precinct, within walking distance of the CBD, the Museum features a workshop, a large modern display gallery and access to rail track running through the precinct. You can recapture Launceston's tramway past with a 1940's tram ride and immerse yourself ...Launceston Tramway Museum
Launceston
Lavender House The Perfumery
Lavender House The Perfumery is a lavender farm and perfumery at Rowella in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley. Lavender House grows over seventy species and varieties of lavender flowering intermittently from September to May. If you visit in January you may see lavender harvesting and the distillation of the valuable perfumery-grade lavender oil in the custom designed still. The perfumery building allows you the opportunity to observe the manufacturing and processing areas, learn more about the benefits ...Lavender House The Perfumery
Rowella
Leaning Church Vineyard
Leaning Church Vineyard is located at Lalla, in Tasmania’s North. Located on the Tamar Valley wine route, this funky new wine, whisky, wedding, food, art and tourism experience offers premium cool climate Tasmanian wines matched with quality local produce. All this coupled together in a stunning natural amphitheatre which has just opened for the first time. From the 97 year old church with a unique outlook over landscaped gardens with three water-lily covered lakes, the endless rows of vines to ...Leaning Church Vineyard
Lalla
Low Head Foghorn
The Low Head Foghorn, at the mouth of the Tamar River, is a unique piece of Tasmania's maritime history. The Foghorn was installed in 1929 and decommissioned in 1973. It was restored in early 2000 by a group of volunteers and is sounded each Sunday at noon. It is the only operational G-type diaphone in the world. The building also houses a very rare Gardner kerosene engine. Enjoy the beautiful sea views from the headland and feel free to have a chat with the volunteers in attendance every Sun...Low Head Foghorn
Low Head
McLachlan Studio
McLachlan Studio jewellery is designed and handmade at our studio near Deloraine in northern Tasmania. Our studio and gardens are set amongst the rolling hills of the Meander Valley on the banks of the Meander River. The studio’s wide windows give sweeping views of our parkland garden and provide light and warmth in the gallery, creating a beautiful space to design, make and view our jewellery. We work with precious metals, gemstones, pearls and white and champagne diamonds to create beautiful a...McLachlan Studio
Deloraine
National Automobile Museum of Tasmania
The National Automobile Museum of Tasmania in Launceston features one of Australia’s most significant motoring collections. Spanning over one hundred years of style and technical achievement this impressive collection of traditional and contemporary automobiles is a must see for all those who appreciate history, design, engineering and style. The museum comes alive with four sensational theme displays each year as well as constantly changing exhibits in the main hall and a mezzanine floor packed...National Automobile Museum of Tasmania
Launceston
Old Umbrella Shop
The Old Umbrella Shop is a heritage-listed store in central Launceston, northern Tasmania. The Old Umbrella Shop is one of the last surviving, largely intact early twentieth century shops in Tasmania. It offers an experience far from that of contemporary retail practice. Operated by three generations of the Shott family, the shop now houses displays about the family, umbrellas and the blackwood souvenirs. Many of these souvenirs were made on the premises. The shop is also well known for the la...Old Umbrella Shop
Launceston
Pearns Steam World
Pearn’s Steam World is a collection of historic agricultural machinery at Westbury, northern Tasmania. Pearns Steam World is the creation of the Pearn family, who operated an agricultural business in the Westbury district for over 80 years. The family began collecting steam engines, farming machinery and equipment in the 1950s, and now have over 200 original and restored machines dating from the late 19th century. Here you can see fantastic examples of steam traction engines, tractors, stationa...Pearns Steam World
Westbury
Pilot Station and Maritime Museum
The Pilot Station and Maritime Museum (c.1805) is located at Low Head in northern Tasmania. The museum exhibits maritime and communication memorabilia. A Pilot Station was established and manned at Low Head in 1805, but convicts did not build the stone buildings to shelter workers from the Bass Strait weather until 1835. The pilot station still guides ships into the Tamar River and it is the oldest continuously operating station in Australia. The complex includes 10 rooms of maritime and communi...Pilot Station and Maritime Museum
Low Head
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG), in Launceston, is Australia's largest regional museum. QVMAG is Launceston's arts, cultural and creative heartbeat and gateway to local history and character. It enjoys a national profile for its collections of Australian colonial art, decorative arts and design, Tasmanian history and natural science. The QVMAG is located on two sites: the 1870s era railway workshop at Inveresk; and the 1891 Royal Park Art Gallery building on Wellington Street...Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Launceston
Richardsons Harley Davidson Museum and Cafe
Richardsons Harley-Davidson Museum and Café showcases motorcycle memorabilia dating back to 1940 in Westbury, Tasmania. Simon Hrycyszyn (Richardson) is the driving force behind the museum and Tasmania’s oldest Harley-Davidson dealership. The museum contains interesting treasure including a 1900s pedal bike with a plate that reads ‘A.G. Flannery-Harley-Gallion Co,’ an extremely rare piece. Wander through the museum and enjoy stepping back in time with a 1940 ex Army Indian Scout and two J-model H...Richardsons Harley Davidson Museum and Cafe
Launceston
Ross Female Factory Site
The Ross Female Factory, erected in 1833, is located in the town of Ross, Tasmania. It was built to house the chain gains employed on the Ross Bridge. The Ross Female Factory is one of four female factories built in Tasmania. Between 1847 and 1854 it operated as a probation station for female convicts and their babies. The buildings were converted from a chain gang station and extended to include a chapel, dining rooms, hospital, nursery, solitary cells, dormitories and an outer courtyard. The ...Ross Female Factory Site
Ross
T Spot
T Spot is a unique shop and is located in Ross in Tasmania's Midlands. It is in an ambient setting attached to a stone cottage circa 1836 in Bridge Street (around the corner from the Ross Hotel). It consists of a blending tea house, café and specialises in giftware. You can choose from over 50 kinds of finest teas from all over the world. Others may enjoy freshly ground high quality espresso coffee along with delicious homemade light snacks. Visitors can dine cosily indoors by a warm fire in the...T Spot
Ross
Tamar Valley Art Shack
Tamar Valley Art Shack is a working art studio and gallery at Clarence Point, Northern Tasmania. The building was originally constructed as a beach house and it rests on the edge of the Tamar River. A unique waterfront setting. With its combination of proximity to water and the clarity of natural light, the Art Shack’s surrounds are a continuing source of inspiration for the owner/artist Dan Villiers. Light and water form continuing themes throughout his work. You can talk with Dan about how he...Tamar Valley Art Shack
Clarence Point
Tasmanian Copper and Metal Art Gallery
The Tasmanian Copper and Metal Art Gallery is located at Carrick, northern Tasmania. The gallery features work by Tasmanian metal craftsman Mirek Marik. A range of hand-crafted items are on display, crafted from metals including copper, brass, steel and chrome. Each piece is produced on-site, and all are cut, shaped and coloured by hand. The gallery also includes paintings, sculptures, murals and jewellery. Opals, crystals and other semi-precious stones are on display. A number of gifted artis...Tasmanian Copper and Metal Art Gallery
Carrick
Tasmanian Wool Centre
The Tasmanian Wool Centre, in the midlands town of Ross, showcases Tasmania’s wool industry. The Tasmanian Wool Centre specialises in distinctive, high-quality wool products, manufactured from locally produced fine wool. The Wool Exhibition celebrates the Tasmanian and Australian wool industry with a number of displays that include samples of superfine wool cloth and garments. You can browse the exhibits and visit the gift shop to choose from range of blankets, clothing, wool craft and other Ta...Tasmanian Wool Centre
Ross
The Golden Gate Gallery
The Golden Gate Gallery exhibits and sells artwork and is located at Mathinna, on Tasmania’s East-Coast. The Golden Gate Gallery provides a unique outlet for Tasmanian artists to exhibit and sell their work. Mathinna is a small town with stunning views of Ben Lomond and a rich gold mining history. At The Golden Gate Gallery we offer an insight into Mathinna's colourful history, and promote the quality artwork of a variety of talented Tasmanian artists and craftspeople. Original paintings, drawin...The Golden Gate Gallery
Mathinna
The Keep at Conara
The Keep at Conara, south of Launceston, is a dedicated live-in arts workshop and gallery. It provides an immersive creative stay with the available mentorship of a widely experienced artist, J.G. Stewart. Guests can be left to do their own work or can be assisted when needed by the residential artist. The focus is helping you to achieve your creative work. The public gallery visitors are welcome to explore creative practices and possiblitities. There is an onsite weekend kiosk for the travellin...The Keep at Conara
Conara Junction
The Mill Providore and Gallery
The Mill Providore and Gallery showcases Tasmania’s fine foods, art works and handcrafted gifts. The Mill Providore and Gallery is located in the top two floors of a historic 1830s flour mill on the banks of the Tamar river, above Stillwater Restaurant. The contemporary art gallery showcases Tasmanian artists with new exhibition openings every month. The gallery features works in a range of mediums from paintings, drawings and photography to sculpture, textiles and furniture design. The Mill i...The Mill Providore and Gallery
Launceston
Tin Shed Pottery
Tin Shed Pottery is a shared artistic workplace situated in Launceston, northern Tasmania. The Shed offers an affordable workspace to aspiring and experienced artists with individual display areas. Resident at present are 11 artists practicing a diverse range of arts and crafts as well as being home to the Northern Branch of the Tasmanian Potter’s Society. Tin Shed Pottery is open from 10:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday. The resident artists work in various disciplines including functional, dec...Tin Shed Pottery
Launceston
Unique Bieniek Fine Arts and Gallery
Unique Bieniek Fine Arts and Gallery is Tasmanian artist Sonja Bieniek’s Campbell Town studio. The Gallery is located in a classic Georgian building in the centre of Campbell Town. It features oil paintings by gallery owner and noted portrait and landscape artist Sonja Bieniek, alongside works by other Tasmanian artists. A wide range of work is represented, including woodcraft, glass, textile art and ceramics. Austrian-born artist Sonja Bieniek migrated to Australia in 1950 with her family. He...Unique Bieniek Fine Arts and Gallery
Campbell Town
Velo Wines
Velo Wines is based at the entrance to the beautiful Tamar Valley in northern Tasmania. Velo Wines was originally named Chateau Legana and is home to Tasmania’s oldest cabernet sauvignon wines. The historic vineyard was planted by Graham Wiltshire, a renowned pioneer of the Tasmanian wine industry in 1966. The vineyard is owned by Michael Wilson, a former Olympic cyclist who re-named it ‘Velo’ which means ‘bicycle’ in French. Michael is a viticulturist, winemaker and an association wine judge. H...Velo Wines
Legana
Wavesong Art Studio
Wavesong Art Studio is a working studio situated in Beaumaris on Tasmania's sunny east coast. We specialise in unique one off garments using only the finest of Australian and Tasmanian wool and endeavour to promote the logo “made in Tasmania”! We also make the famous truly Tassie Devil hats which have gone global including the members of the Royal Danish Family. Our concern of the plight of this magnificent little Tasmanian icon, the devil, has inspired us to donate a percentage of all profits t...Wavesong Art Studio
Beaumaris
Woolmers Estate (Attraction)
Woolmers Estate is Australia's finest example of a pioneer farm of the early 1800s. The Estate has a collection of Georgian farm buildings, antique cars, photographs, art and furniture. It displays a remarkable journey from the first Thomas Archer, who settled the property in 1817, to the present day. For six generations the Thomas Archer family’s descendants lived in the estate. They were known never to sell their possessions, thus creating a complete time capsule. Guided house tours operate ...Woolmers Estate (Attraction)
Longford