Southern Tasmania Museums and Heritage Displays

From the confronting spectacle of Mona, tradition of Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Aboriginal heritage interpretive walks, an apple museum, wooden boat school and community history collections, this selection of museums and displays covers a wide range of interests.

Selected Museums and Galleries in the Huon Valley, south from Hobart Tasmania​

Wooden Boat Centre at Franklin on the banks of the Huon River, southern Tasmania

​Our volunteer guides take regular 40 minute tours so visitors can enter the wooden boatbuilding workshop and gain an understanding of tasmanian maritime history and see what boats the students are currently working on. Our mission is to keep the rare trade of wooden boatbuilding alive and well. 

We invite you to understand what drives our passion. You will gain an understanding of the rich background of Australia's premier wooden boat centre, as well as Franklin's maritime history. Learn tall tales and true from our volunteer guides about the precious boat building timbers that are found exclusively in Tasmania, and tour the interpretive area and workshop where boats that are currently under construction and restoration can be seen.

You can guarantee a place in a tour by booking ahead, or often get a place with a short wait.

Apple Museum and Willie Smiths Cider

Spend a couple of hours at this museum, café, cider house and providore, in the rustic surrounds of an original apple shed built in 1942. Learn about the Huon's fascinating apple heritage told through the eyes of Willie Smith. A range of delicious ciders is available at cellar door and the café serves a simple menu of the finest regional products.


Living Boat Trust ​and Wooden Boat School

The Living Boat Trust
'Where the wooden boat festival never ends'
The Living Boat Trust is dedicated to keeping Tasmania’s marine heritage alive and to maintaining traditional boat building, repairing, rowing and sailing skills. Find us on the banks of the Huon River at Franklin in southern Tasmania. We celebrate the history and beauty of this area and its boats, strive for a sustainable way of life for all concerned and to be a vital part of our community  and the boats.

Selected Museums and Galleries in Hobart and Surrounds​

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is a great place for families to learn and have fun. Read all about the programs, resources and discoveries that await you and your family at TMAG. The only place to see a taxidermy Thylacine.

Museum of Old and New Art MONA

In the northern suburbs of Hobart is one of the world's great art museums. A fascinating underground labyrinth of strange and beautiful artworks and installations. Give it a try, you will either want to leave after one hour or will want to stay all day and probably come back again.

Tasmanian Aboriginal History Displays near Hobart

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Read about the ancient art of shell necklaces links generations of Aboriginal Tasmanians being taught at Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Aboriginal people have been living in Tasmania for at least 40,000 years. Despite English invasion and cultural repression, there are still plenty of cultural sites and practices. Some of these are available for respectful visitor interaction. Locations near Hobart City include:
  • Coningham Nature Recreation Area
  • kunyani (Mount Wellington) summit
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The Melukerdee band of  Aboriginal Tasmanians are the traditional and continuing custodians of the area south from Hobart. There are many significant sites, some of which are open for respectful visitor interaction. Locations in Huon Valley and Far South include:
  • Mount Misery Habitat Reserve
  • kunyani (Mount Wellington) summit
  • Cockle Creek


Channel Heritage Museum

Beyond this portal, you'll find a world from the past, the world of the explorers, settlers and pioneers of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, and see how they lived and loved, laughed, cried and worked...  Entry is free, we depend on our donation box.  Come soon, come often, bring your friends and family.  There's something new every month.  Open daily 10am till 4pm (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Easter Friday)

Selected Museums and Galleries Hobart and Southern Tasmania​