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In 1836, Lady Jane Franklin and her husband Sir John Franklin relocated to Van Diemen's Land when he was appointed lieutenant-governor of the colony. In 1839, she purchased 53 hectares (130 acres) of land in Lenah Valley with the intent of building a museum and botanical garden, which she named Ancanthe, Ancient Greek for "blooming valley". [5]
The foundation stone for the original building to house the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery was laid by the Mayor of Launceston, Robert Carter, on 21 June 1887. [2] Alexander Morton, of the museum in Hobart, acted as honorary curator from its opening in 1891 until 1896, [ 3 ] with Herbert Hedley Scott assuming the role of curator in May ...
Customs House was later requisitioned by the Legislative Council of Tasmania and became Parliament House, Hobart. The Royal Society of Tasmania later founded TMAG in the sub-committee room of the Parliament, possibly the same room. [4] The museum moved to Harrington St in 1852, where it paid £60 a year in rent for a hall there.
The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is an art museum located within the Moorilla winery on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest privately funded museum in the Southern Hemisphere. [ 2 ]
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University of Tasmania Galleries: Hobart, Launceston and Burnie: Art: information, works from the Fine Art Collection on exhibit in the Hobart's Plimsoll Gallery, the Academy Gallery in Launceston, and the Atrium Gallery at the Cradle Coast, and on each campus Vintage Tractor Shed Museum: Westbury: North: Technology
The Cascades Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in Hobart, Tasmania.Operational between 1828 and 1856, the factory is now one of the 11 sites that collectively compose the Australian Convict Sites, listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.
Big hART was founded in 1992 by playwright and director Scott Rankin and John Bakes [1] in Burnie, north-western Tasmania, [2] with the aim of countering disadvantage and a spike in crime following mill closures in the town.