What it is
TMAG traces its origins to the Royal Society of Tasmania and its collection in the 19th century. The complex combines modern galleries with some of Hobart's oldest buildings, including the early 19th-century Commissariat Store, which once supplied the colony.
Its collections cover Tasmanian Aboriginal culture, colonial history and art, decorative arts and natural sciences – including material on the thylacine, the Tasmanian tiger – as well as Antarctic exploration, for which Hobart has long been a departure port.
Getting there by bus
The museum is right next to the Hobart Interchange, the city's main bus hub on Elizabeth St and Macquarie St. Stops D3 and D4 on Elizabeth St and the Macquarie St stops are all within about 200 metres, so almost every Metro route in Greater Hobart brings you within a short walk.
The entrance faces Dunn Place and the waterfront around Constitution Dock and Franklin Wharf, a few minutes from Salamanca Place.
