Introduction to Australia Museum Attractions

Australia Museum Australia Museum Australian Museum) Its architectural design is creative and lively, and its colorful exterior decoration is unforgettable. It is an internationally renowned museum focusing on natural history and indigenous people. It is also the largest natural history museum in Australia. The collection in the museum is extremely rich, many of which are unique.

The Australia Museum is located on College Street near Hyde Park in Sydney. It is recognized as one of the top ten exhibition halls in the world. This museum was built in 1827 and is the first museum in Australia. The museum was originally called the "Colonial Pioneers Museum" and changed its current name in 1929.

The museum mainly collects and displays various animal and plant specimens, fossils, ores, articles related to anthropological research, and articles related to environmental science. The exhibits on display in the museum include displays of the history, culture and crafts of Australia's indigenous peoples, as well as fossils of birds, fish, insects and shells unique to Australia.

There are five permanent exhibition halls in the museum, named "Eternal","Original Residents of Australia","Horizon","Country and Nation", and "Ancient New World", which display the history of indigenous people's early growth and reproduction on this continent, the history of white Europeans migrating to the Australian continent, and the history of the growth of the Australian Federation according to their respective themes.

It also collects the stories of 50 outstanding Australians in history, running through the main line of national symbols and national spirit. A total of 65 display equipment using interactive high-tech sound and light multimedia technology are located in the five permanent exhibition halls to help visitors vividly understand the contents of the exhibits.

In addition to the five permanent exhibition halls mentioned above, the museum also has several temporary exhibition halls, which are often used to hold special exhibitions, such as the history of Australian gold mining, the history of outer space exploration, the history of animal husbandry development, and even political comic exhibitions. In addition, museums often go out and hold exhibitions in other state capital cities across the country and overseas.

Address: Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Canberra Opening hours: weekdays 10:00-17:00 Weekends and public holidays 09:00-17:00 Tickets: Free entry, some exhibition halls may charge.

Temora Aviation Museum Temora Aviation Museum is located in the small town of Temora, New South Wales. It was established in 1999 and is famous for its collection of military combat aircraft and is very popular among aviation enthusiasts. The museum houses a large number of historical military and civil aircraft. There are also many aircraft placed on the grass outside the museum. Various aircraft from World War II to the Vietnam War are collected here. These aircraft have made great contributions to the peace and security of the country.

Every six weeks, the museum also holds a "Flying Weekend" to showcase aircraft that can still fly. These aircraft will show their soaring figures in public, allowing tourists to see how fast they are. How beautiful they are. The museum is open to the public from 10:00 to 16:00 from Monday to Sunday, and is closed on New Year's Day, Good Friday, Christmas and Boxing Day.

Australia Naval Aviation Museum Australia Naval Aviation Museum is located in New South Wales, Australia, within the Aviation Club at Nora Naval Air Station. It is a military aviation aircraft museum. The museum was originally called the Australia Flight Museum. It was owned and managed by the Royal Australia Navy in 2006, and was renamed the Australia Naval Aviation Museum.

Although a commitment to protecting the history of naval aviation associated with Australia began in 1974, the museum was not open to visitors until the 1990s. The museum houses aircraft used throughout the history of Naval Aviation, the naval aviation branch of the Royal Australia Navy, as well as other aircraft related to the history of Australia's aviation. In addition, there are souvenirs related to the Australia aircraft carrier, a total of 34 aircraft and helicopters. Among them, aircraft worth walking in and watching in detail include: PBY Katrin, A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft, C-47 transport aircraft, Gannet anti-submarine aircraft, S-2 Seeker patrol aircraft, MiG-15 fighter aircraft, MiG-17 fighter aircraft, UH-1 helicopter, Wessex helicopter, etc. The museum is open to visitors 24 hours a day except public holidays.

Tasmania Museum of Ancient and Modern Art The Museum of Old and New Art, referred to as MONA Museum, is located in northern Hobart on the River Derwent. It is the largest private museum in Australia, displaying the private collection of millionaire David Walsh.

The museum building built on the highlands of the river bank is itself a work of art. The exhibition hall enters the underground through an elevator. You can directly see the vertically cut rock strata without any windows and experience modern abstract art in a closed indoor atmosphere. The MONA Museum also has its own festival events, which are MONA FOMA in January and Dark MOFO in winter every year.

Address: 655 Main Road Berriedale, Hobart Opening hours: Open every day except Tuesdays, 10:00 - 18:00 Tickets: AUD 25-28/adult, free under 18 years old.

The Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory are located in Fannie Bay, north of Darwin. The museum introduces various cultural, historical and research results such as Aboriginal culture and art history, Southeast Asian marine culture and art history, marine archaeology, and Northern Territory history, and displays many works of art. The most distinctive ones are the Hurricane "Tracy" exhibition room, which allows you to experience the scene of the hurricane as if you were immersed in it; and there is also a specimen of the crocodile "Sweeheart", a giant creature that was 5 meters long and weighs 780 kilograms, named for not attacking humans.

Address: 19 Conacher St, Darwin, NT0800 Opening hours: May to October, daily 10:00 - 17:00 November to April, daily 10:00 - 15:30 Tickets: AUD 18/adult, AUD 8/children aged 5-16, children under 5 are free.

Australia Golf Museum Australia Golf Museum is located in a small village called Bothwell in Tasmania, Australia. The golf course in this area is said to be the oldest in the southern hemisphere and was established in 1996 by Australia golf championship champion Peter Toogood. The museum is housed in an ancient local sandstone historical building, a smaller house that was previously used as a local elementary school classroom.

Step into the Australia Golf Museum, which tells people about the development and evolution of golf. How golf transformed from a rough game in a village along the southeast coast of England into an elegant international sport and became the most popular sport in Australia. The exhibition in the museum proves why the historic Bausville area became the earliest golf area in Australia, the nearby Ratho Golf Course is recognized as the oldest golf course in Australia, and the town where Bausville is located has five different golf courses.

The museum also shows people the development history of golf through the changes in golf, from feathered golf balls from the 15th to the 19th century, to gutta-percha golf balls from the 1850s to the 20th century, and then from the 20th century to the Second World War of Hoskay, to modern golf.

Tasmania National Automobile Museum Tasmania National Automobile Museum Tasmania is a resort for car enthusiasts. It is one of Australia's best classic cars and historic cars and motorcycles display centers. It is located in Tasmania, Australia. The cars displayed at the Tasmania National Automobile Museum are all privately owned, and the museum regularly changes different exhibition themes.

The first floor of the Tasmania National Automobile Museum is used to display four-wheeled cars, and the top floor is used to display motorcycles. In addition, it will also introduce tourists to the history of local automobile development. Among them, classic cars are the biggest attractions here, mainly including world-renowned luxury cars such as the old T-Ford, the gorgeous classic Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz. Supercars are another highlight here, mainly including the streamlined Ford, Holden Monaro, a famous sports car in Australia from the 1970s. In addition, the motorcycles displayed here are also very worth seeing. There are rare Ferraris and British Daimler, etc., which are very precious.

Australia Fossils and Minerals Museum The Australia Fossils and Minerals Museum is located in the city center of Bathurst, New South Wales. It was established in 2004. Warren Somerville's lifelong collection built this museum focusing on displaying fossils and minerals.

When Warren Somerville was nine years old, he discovered his first fossil specimen in Bathurst, which inspired his lifelong determination to collect fossils and minerals. Sixty years later, his collection of fossils and minerals is the most spectacular in the world, and he has donated his lifetime collection to the people of Australia. The museum houses quartz crystals from more than 100 places in Australia, garnets 2 billion years ago, diamonds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds and various gemstones from all over the world.

The most representative fossil collections in the museum are the skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex, the largest amber fossil in Australia, and dinosaur egg fossils. Tourists are extremely interested. The museum is open to the public from 10:00 to 16:00 from Monday to Saturday, and from 10:00 to 14:00 on Sundays. It is closed on Christmas Day, the first working day after Christmas and New Year's Day.

Fish Age Museum Can you imagine an era dominated by fish? Before the advent of dinosaurs, the rivers of central and western Australia were filled with strange ancient fish, armored fish, fish with lungs, and fish with jaws like crocodiles. Unfortunately, they no longer exist, but their fossils were discovered by humans in the small town of Canowindra and collected at the Fish Age Museum.

The Fish Age Museum is located in the small town of Kanvinda in New South Wales. It collects various fish fossils from the Devonian period. These fish fossils are 360 to 370 million years old. Most of them are freshwater fish fossils. Many fish are new to scientists and have never been heard of before. People accidentally discovered the first fish fossil in 1955, and many fossils have been discovered since then.

Currently, the museum houses more than 4000 fish fossils, allowing tourists here to appreciate those odd-shaped fish up close and understand their living environment and living habits. The Fish Age Museum is open to the public from 10:00 to 16:00 from Monday to Sunday, and is also open on most holidays. Visitors who are curious about the museum can visit it at any time.

Eden Orca Museum Eden Orca Museum is located in the town of Eden on the south coast of New South Wales. It was originally used to place killer whale skeletons and tell the story of "Old Tom". Later, the museum was established to tell and display the history of Australia's whaling and whale processing industries. Over the past 80 years since its establishment, the museum has been regarded as the most innovative, creative and up-to-date museum in New South Wales.

There are about tens of thousands of items in the museum, which are divided into whaling and whale processing industry collections, maritime collections, fishery collections, wood industry collections, and local social and historical collections, including killer whale skeletons, whaling ships, whaling equipment, etc. A large number of photos in the museum tell the past and many years of cultural and industrial development in the town of Eden and Australia. They also show the situation of traditional Australian families in the 19th century and the development and progress in recent years. The Eden Orca Museum is open to the public from 9:15 to 15:45 from Monday to Saturday, and from 11:15 to 15:45 on Sundays. It is closed on Christmas Day. Tourists interested in orcas can come here to visit it.

In addition to "traveling thousands of miles and reading thousands of books", visiting museums is definitely one of the most effective ways to increase your knowledge. The world's accumulation spanning tens of millions of years is all unfolding before our eyes.