Corporate Body
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (1891 - )
City of Launceston
- From
- 1891
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - Functions
- Art gallery, Museum and Natural history
- Alternative Names
- Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (Former name, 1891 - 1926)
- Website
- https://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/Home
Summary
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (until 1926 the Victoria Museum and Art Gallery) was opened in 1891 at Royal Park, Launceston. Owned and operated by the City of Launceston, it can trace its origins to the collections of the Royal Society of Tasmania and the Launceston Mechanics Institute (founded 1842). The first full-time director, appointed in 1897, was Herbert Scott who remained in the role until 1938. Key collection areas are the natural sciences, and visual arts and design. In 2001 a second gallery was opened at Inveresk, which houses the natural sciences collections, while the Royal Park site retains the art collections. The Museum has received some significant collections of natural history specimens and artworks.
Details
Publications of the Museum include:
Records of the Queen Victoria Museum (ISSN 0085-5278) 1(1942) - 3(1950/2); NS no. 1(1952)-119(2019);
Occasional Papers of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (ISSN 1837-011X) no. 108 (1989-2006).
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Maynard, D., 'Torres Strait to Tasmania: nationally significant butterfly collection housed at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston', Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 155 (1) (2021), 69-70. http://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.155.1.69. Details
- Maynard, David and Fearn, Simon, 'A precious gift the Lambkin-Knight butterfly collection donated to the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery', Tasmanian Naturalist, 143 (2021), 1-11. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 29 July 2025