Hobart

Museum

Maritime Museum of Tasmania

Hobart's relationship with the sea is the subject here — and it's a serious one. The permanent Carnegie Gallery traces Tasmania's maritime history from first contact to working watercraft; a stairwell exhibition on the *Blythe Star* runs until mid-2026; and the recently reopened Semaphore Cottage in Battery Point tells the story of the colony's earliest communications hub. Dense, specific, worth the admission.

Museum

Mawson's Huts Replica Museum

This remarkable full-scale replica of the huts used by Sir Douglas Mawson's 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition brings the heroic era of Antarctic exploration to life in the heart of Hobart — the city from which Australia's Antarctic programs continue to depart.

Heritage Site

Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site Hobart

Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site Hobart is a heritage-listed heritage site in Hobart, TAS. The heritage site explores themes of colonial history, social history, religious heritage, architecture. Core activities include conservation, exhibition, community. The venue is housed in a historic building. Visitors can enjoy guided tours, accessible, free entry. Notable for being long established. Nearby towns include Hobart CBD, South Hobart, Fortitude Valley. Admission is free.

Cultural Centre

Salamanca Arts Centre

Salamanca Arts Centre occupies a complex of historic sandstone warehouses on Hobart's waterfront, housing over 70 resident artists and arts organisations, galleries, theatres, and studios.

Museum

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Australia's second-oldest museum sits at the intersection of art, natural science, and colonial reckoning. The institution holds the State Collections and includes a working herbarium alongside its galleries — an unusual combination that gives the building a research-institution gravity most art museums lack. The formal apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people, delivered in February 2021, signals that the hardest parts of the collection's history are being addressed rather than archived.