P007791 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2025-07-29 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-08-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007791b.htm corporateBody Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery City of Launceston AACR2 Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 1891 1926 1891 Start Place Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Museum Art gallery Natural history 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.

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).

 Knight, Arthur Ian (Ian) (1930 - 2021)

Lambkin-Knight butterfly collection donated to the Museum 2019

 Lambkin, Trevor Anthony

Lambkin-Knight butterfly collection donated to the Museum 2019

 Scott, Eric Oswald Gale (1899 - 1986)

Curator 1938 - 1942; Honorary Associate in ichthyology 1965 -

 Scott, Herbert Hedley (1866 - 1938)

Curator 1897 - 1938

 Jackson, Victor Henry (1924 - 2005)

Butterfly collection donated to the Museum 2024

 Cameron, Mary Patricia (1925 - 2001)

Honorary Botanist 1972 - 1987; Honorary Research Associate 1987 - ?2001

 Plomley, Norman James Brian (1912 - 1994)

Director 1946 - 1050

 'Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A precious gift the Lambkin-Knight butterfly collection donated to the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Maynard, David and Fearn, Simon A precious gift the Lambkin-Knight butterfly collection donated to the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 2021 Tasmanian Naturalist 143 1-11 Journal Article: Torres Strait to Tasmania: nationally significant butterfly collection housed at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston Maynard, D. Torres Strait to Tasmania: nationally significant butterfly collection housed at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston 2021 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 155 1 69-70