Description of the attraction
The Queensland Museum is the state's premier museum, with collections spread across four campuses: South Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba and Townsville.
The museum was founded on January 20, 1862 by the Queensland Philosophical Society headed by Charles Coxen. Throughout its history, the museum has moved more than once - its expositions in different years were located in the building of the Old Windmill (from 1862 to 1869), in the Parliament building (until 1873), in the main post office (until 1879).
In 1879, the state government built a building for the museum on William Street, where the museum moved for the next 20 years. In 1899, the Queensland Museum moved again - this time to the Exhibition Hall (today it is called the Old Museum) in the Bowen Hills suburb of Brisbane, where it had been located for 87 years. In 1986, the Museum moved to the Queensland Cultural Center on the South Bank and is located adjacent to the Queensland Art Gallery.
Today, the Queensland Museum has several thematic sites:
The South Bank Museum is located near South Bank Park in the cultural heart of Brisbane. This is the largest and oldest campus where you can get acquainted with the history of Queensland, its past, present and future. Popular expositions include the ENERGEX playground, the Help Center and the exotic Dandiiri Maiwar, a place where you can learn about the life of aboriginal tribes, see with your own eyes the objects of their culture, traditions and beliefs.
The Science Center aims to demonstrate the achievements of science and technology in our daily life.
The Railway Museum has more than 15 exhibits that tell about the tremendous impact the construction of the railway had on the development and life of Queensland. In 2011, the museum set a new world record by constructing the longest playable railway, which was entered in the Guinness Book of Records.
The Cobb + Co Museum is located in Toowoomba. It was built in 1987 when the Queensland Museum needed more space to accommodate models of horse carriages. Today, the museum's collection contains a huge variety of vehicles, ranging from horse-drawn carriages and carts to so-called "landau" - convertible cars. All kinds of master classes are regularly held in the museum: on hand forging, silverwork, making leather goods, etc.
Queensland Tropical Museum: the main attraction is the exposition of the English warship Pandora, which sank off Cape York in 1791. Hundreds of amazing artifacts were recovered from the crash site and are available to visitors today. In other halls of the museum, you can get acquainted with the inhabitants of the tropical rain forest, corals and inhabitants of the deep sea.
