List of museums in the Northern Territory

This list of museums in the Northern Territory, Australia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.

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Name Location Type Summary
Adelaide HouseAlice SpringsMedicalwebsite, information, bush nursing hostel designed by John Flynn and operated by the Australian Inland Mission
Adelaide River railway stationAdelaide RiverRailwayPreserved historic railway station and railway artefacts
Araluen Arts CentreAlice SpringsArtIncludes four galleries
Australian Aviation Heritage CentreWinnellie, Northern TerritoryAerospacewebsite
Batchelor MuseumBatchelorLocal historywebsite, museum under development
Battery Hill Mining CentreTennant CreekMininginformation, information, includes underground mine tour, gold stamp, minerals museum, social history museum
Black Point Culture CentreCobourg PeninsulaLocal historyinformation, located at the Black Point Ranger Station within the Garig Ganuk Barlu National Park
Central Australian Aviation MuseumAlice SpringsAerospacewebsite, includes early flying doctor planes, historic aircraft and aviation memorabilia
Charles Darwin University Nursing MuseumDarwinNursing
Darwin Military MuseumDarwinMilitaryArtefacts from Darwin's military history during World War II
Fannie Bay GaolDarwinPrison
Fred McKay MuseumAlice SpringsBiographicalwebsite, information, part of St Philip's College, life and work of Rev. Fred McKay to bring medicine and education to the bushlands
Hartley Street SchoolAlice SpringsEducationwebsite, operated by the National Trust North Territory, early 20th century school
Jones StoreNewcastle WatersLocal historyinformation
Katherine MuseumKatherineLocal historywebsite
Katherine Railway MuseumKatherineRailwayinformation
Larrimah MuseumLarrimahRailwayinformation, railway during World War II and post-war transport history
Lyons CottageDarwinLocal historywebsite, information
Mbantua Art Gallery and Cultural MuseumAlice SpringsArtwebsite
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern TerritoryDarwinMultipleMain museum in the Northern Territory, region's art, history, culture and natural history
Museum of Central AustraliaAlice SpringsNatural historywebsite, Central Australian birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, rocks, minerals, fossils
Women's Museum of Australia and Old Alice Springs GaolAlice SpringsWomen's history, Old Gaol historyWomen in Australia's heritage, Old Gaol and Labour Camp stories
National Road Transport Hall of FameAlice SpringsTransportationTrucks, military vehicles
National Trust Museum Pine CreekPine CreekLocal historyinformation
Never Never MuseumMatarankaLocal historyinformation, information
Northern Territory Chinese MuseumDarwinEthnicwebsite, operated by the Chung Wah Society, Chinese work and achievements since they first arrived as indentured labourers in 1874, located on the grounds of a Chinese temple
Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture CentreTennant CreekArtwebsite, Aboriginal art and culture
O'Keeffe ResidenceKatherineLocal historyinformation
Old Ghan Heritage Railway and MuseumAlice SpringsRailway museumIncludes a tourist railway
Old Police Station MuseumBorroloolaLocal historyinformation
Old Timers Traeger MuseumAlice SpringsLocal historyinformation
Pine Creek railway stationPine CreekRailwayPreserved historic railway station and railway artefacts
Royal Flying Doctor Service MuseumAlice SpringsMedicalwebsite, history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
The Residency, Alice SpringsAlice SpringsHistoric houseHome to former administrators of the Norther Territory
School of the Air Visitor CentreAlice SpringsEducationwebsite, history and methods of the School of the Air
Strehlow Research CentreALice SpringsEthnographicArtefacts from the Strehlow Collection of indigenous central Australian ethnographic objects and archival materials
Timber Creek Police Station and MuseumTimber CreekLaw enforcementinformation, also includes local history displays
Tuxworth-Fullwood HouseTennant CreekLocal historyinformation, information, former hospital building with local history displays
WWII Oil Storage TunnelsDarwinHistorywebsite, tours of the tunnels

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