Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery

Address: 2 Invermay Road, Launceston
Hours: 10am - 5pm
Admission: Adults: free to museum, AU$5 for Planetarium

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Colonial to 21st-century art, Australian craft and design, natural history, science, convict memorabilia – Launceston’s Queen Victoria Museum is a cornucopia of Tasmanian history and design.

The museum’s Aboriginal collection features traditional shell necklaces and community history. Other permanent exhibitions include installations tracing Tasmanian lives, science and technology, transport, sport and the art of the blacksmith.

An important research and resource center, the museum also has a rich collection of photography, oral histories, cuttings and files.

The museum’s popular Planetarium explores the origins of life, Pluto and the current night sky with digital shows, technical wizardry and the high-powered star projector.

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Review by Chris H, January 2011
Doing what: Launceston City Sightseeing Tour

Tour guide was very knowledgeable about the area and left the group with an appropriate amour of flexibility. Recommended if you want to truly appreciate this beautiful city.

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Review by DAVID L, Australia, May 2011
Doing what: Launceston City Sightseeing Tour

Except for the rain, it was a very informative tour. The bus driver even dropped us back at our hotel.

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Review by Anthony B, Australia, July 2010
Doing what: Launceston City Sightseeing Tour

I really enjoyed Tasmania and the Hobart City Tour, but would not recommend the Launceston city to anyone. The bus was half an hour late, we were the only ones on the bus and felt like pests. The tour didn't go for the time mentioned in the brochure, and we left the tour with no knowledge of Launceston.

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Practical Info

The Queen Victoria Museum is in two locations in Launceston. The main campus is housed in purpose-built buildings in the remodeled railway yards at Inveresk, while the Royal Park branch is closed for renovations.

Inveresk is across the North Esk River, just over the water from City Park. A river walk winds there from the city-center complex at Royal Park.

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