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 House Alice Springs Medical website, information, bush nursing hostel designed by John Flynn and operated by the Australian Inland Mission
Adelaide River railway station Adelaide River Railway Preserved historic railway station and railway artefacts
Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs Art Includes four galleries
Australian Aviation Heritage Centre Winnellie, Northern Territory Aerospace website
Batchelor Museum Batchelor Local history website, museum under development
Battery Hill Mining Centre Tennant Creek Mining information, information, includes underground mine tour, gold stamp, minerals museum, social history museum
Black Point Culture Centre Cobourg Peninsula Local history information, located at the Black Point Ranger Station within the Garig Ganuk Barlu National Park
Central Australian Aviation Museum Alice Springs Aerospace website, includes early flying doctor planes, historic aircraft and aviation memorabilia
Charles Darwin University Nursing Museum Darwin Nursing
Darwin Military Museum Darwin Military Artefacts from Darwin's military history during World War II
Fannie Bay Gaol Darwin Prison
Fred McKay Museum Alice Springs Biographical website, information, part of St Philip's College, life and work of Rev. Fred McKay to bring medicine and education to the bushlands
Hartley Street School Alice Springs Education website, operated by the National Trust North Territory, early 20th century school
Jones Store Newcastle Waters Local history information
Katherine Museum Katherine Local history website
Katherine Railway Museum Katherine Railway information
Larrimah Museum Larrimah Railway information, railway during World War II and post-war transport history
Lyons Cottage Darwin Local history website[permanent dead link‍], information
Mbantua Art Gallery and Cultural Museum Alice Springs Art website
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin Multiple Main museum in the Northern Territory, region's art, history, culture and natural history
Museum of Central Australia Alice Springs Natural history website, Central Australian birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, rocks, minerals, fossils
Women's Museum of Australia and Old Alice Springs Gaol Alice Springs Women's history, Old Gaol history Women in Australia's heritage, Old Gaol and Labour Camp stories
National Road Transport Hall of Fame Alice Springs Transportation Trucks, military vehicles
National Trust Museum Pine Creek Pine Creek Local history information
Never Never Museum Mataranka Local history information, information
Northern Territory Chinese Museum Darwin Ethnic website, 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 Centre Tennant Creek Art website, Aboriginal art and culture
O'Keeffe Residence Katherine Local history information
Old Ghan Heritage Railway and Museum Alice Springs Railway museum Includes a tourist railway
Old Police Station Museum Borroloola Local history information
Old Timers Traeger Museum Alice Springs Local history information
Pine Creek railway station Pine Creek Railway Preserved historic railway station and railway artefacts
Royal Flying Doctor Service Museum Alice Springs Medical website, history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
The Residency, Alice Springs Alice Springs Historic house Home to former administrators of the Northern Territory
School of the Air Visitor Centre Alice Springs Education website, history and methods of the School of the Air
Strehlow Research Centre Alice Springs Ethnographic Artefacts from the Strehlow Collection of indigenous central Australian ethnographic objects and archival materials
Timber Creek Police Station and Museum Timber Creek Law enforcement information, also includes local history displays
Tuxworth-Fullwood House Tennant Creek Local history information, information, former hospital building with local history displays
WWII Oil Storage Tunnels Darwin History website, tours of the tunnels

See also