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The Museum of Brisbane manages two collections, the Museum of Brisbane Collection and the City of Brisbane Collection. The collection was created in 1859 when the Town of Brisbane (a local government area which preceded the City of Brisbane) was founded. It has grown to have more than 9,000 items including commissioned works by local artists ...
Art museums in the United States and the United Kingdom have been hit especially hard by the 2008–2012 global recession.Dwindling endowments from wealthy patrons forced some museums to make difficult and controversial decisions to deaccession artwork from their collections to gain funds, or in the case of the Rose Art Museum, to close the institution and sell the entire collection.
The Noosa Museum is in the old Noosa Shire Hall built in 1911. The Cooroora Historical Society took over the building as a museum in 1985, when the Noosa Shire Council decided their headquarters should be in Tewantin. [99] [100] Noosa Regional Gallery: Tewantin: Sunshine Coast: Art: North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum: Dunwich: South East
Queensland Museum is located at South Brisbane in the Queensland Cultural Centre alongside the State Library of Queensland, the Queensland Art Gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Queensland Museum connects visitors to Queensland, its people and their stories of the past, present and future.
The Queensland Government took over control of the building and grounds when the National Association was forced into liquidation by the economic depression in 1897. [5] In 1899, the Exhibition Hall became home to the Queensland Museum, with the museum remaining in the building until the museum's relocation to the Queensland Cultural Centre in ...
Brisbane Tramway Museum is a transport museum which preserves and displays trams and trolley-buses, most of which operated in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The museum also has a collection of vehicles and other equipment used in maintaining Brisbane's electric street transport system which operated from 1897 to 1969.
Brisbane Opal Museum is a unique museum where people can visit and have a tour and find out for why opal was considered so special that it was declared Australia’s National Gemstone. There is an opal jewellery shop in the same building. Exhibits impressive opal collection and information about opal mining [2] Brisbane Tramway Museum: Ferny ...
The Queensland Museum moved to the Queensland Cultural Centre on the South Bank in 1986 and has an area of 6,500 square metres (70,000 sq ft). [10] In addition to the main museum area, the building also houses the Queensland Sciencentre, a permanent interactive science exhibition suitable for people of all ages.