Long-term Exhibitions | Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Long-term exhibitions at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Artefacts from Tasmania and around the world are on display in a stunning showcase that's just as unique as the items it contains.

Opening hours 2025

26 December - 27 April: Open daily, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

28 April until 24 December: Open Tuesdays to Sundays,10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Monday public holidays: Open 10:00 am - 4:00 pm year-round

Good Friday, Anzac Day (25 April) and Christmas Day: Closed

General admission to TMAG is free to all members of the public.

Long-term exhibitions

Islands to Ice
Explore the Antarctic and Southern Ocean region, from the animals that inhabit these special environments to the hidden stories of the people who work, live and play on the frozen continent.

mapiya lumi | around here
TMAG's long-term exhibition for children 0-7 years explores lutruwita/Tasmania as a 'little big home'.

ningina tunapri
The exhibition explores the journey of Tasmanian Aboriginal people and is a celebration of all Tasmanian Aboriginal generations.

Tasmania: Earth and Life
Tasmania has a unique geological history and hosts an unusual complement of plants and animals, each with its own story to tell. This exhibition explores these fascinating species and environments through the objects found in the State Collection.

The Thylacine: Skinned, Stuffed, Pickled and Persecuted
This gallery tells the story of the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, and its interactions with society through objects from the State Collection.

Dispossessions and Possessions
In Dispossessions and Possessions, explore treasures of our Colonial and Arts and Crafts collections, including works by notable artists such as John Glover, Benjamin Duterreau and W C Piguenit.

This Too Shall Pass
This exhibition showcases artworks from TMAG's Art Collection and includes portraits and self-portraits, along with still-life paintings and artefacts that reflect on impermanence and the inevitable transience of life, beauty and material things.

Not So Easy: Australian Design and Identity since Federation
Not So Easy is an exhibition that draws on the TMAG Decorative Arts collection to explore the changing relationship between design and identity in Australia.

Fifty Shades of Blue
A display of over 150 blue transfer printed plates from the TMAG collection, spanning from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.

(Dis)placed
(Dis)placed is a complementary exhibition to Not so Easy and includes archaeological ceramics given to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in 1939, by the Guildhall Museum in London.

Our living land: Encountering an upside down world
Discover how Tasmania's natural environment influenced the development of the colony and how some species vanished, others prospered and new ones arrived.

Our changing land: Creating Tasmania
Featuring a rich collection of objects and stories, this exhibition focuses on the period from the 1800s to 1901, a time of spectacular transformation in from Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania.

Our land: parrawa, parrawa! Go away!
Go on an immersive journey through this dark period of history, with objects, contemporary historical accounts and specially commissioned films all helping to bring the story to life.

Taypani Community Engagement
Following on from the exhibition taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery invites the Tasmanian Aboriginal community to visit, view and engage with the Ancestral cultural belongings that have returned to lutruwita on loan from nine overseas institutions and Museums Victoria, until August 2025. Please note this program is exclusively for the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community.

Private Secretary's Cottage
The Private Secretary's Cottage ( c. 1813) is the second-oldest building in the TMAG complex after the Commissariat Store, and is open for admission by guided tour.

Shaping Tasmania: a journey in 100 objects
Shaping Tasmania is an online exhibition of 100 objects selected from those on display throughout the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

❊ When ❊

Happens: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Times: Tuesdays to Sundays,10:00 am - 4:00 pm

❊ Where ❊

 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery View Venue
 Dunn Place Hobart Tasmania 7000 Map

❊ Web Links ❊

→ Long-term Exhibitions | Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

→ www.tmag.tas.gov.au

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