What is the Queensland Museum?
The Queensland Museum is the state museum of Queensland, located in the Queensland Cultural Centre at South Bank in Brisbane. It was founded in 1862 and focuses on natural history and culture.
The museum's collections include dinosaur fossils, minerals, wildlife specimens and historical objects. It is especially known for Australian dinosaurs such as Muttaburrasaurus, a plant-eater discovered in central Queensland.
Galleries explore Queensland's animals, its ancient past and the cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The SparkLab science centre offers hands-on activities for children and families.
A museum network
The Queensland Museum operates sites across the state, including the Museum of Tropical Queensland in Townsville, the Cobb and Co Museum in Toowoomba and the Workshops Rail Museum in Ipswich.
General entry to the Brisbane museum is free, while some special exhibitions charge a fee. Its scientists research topics from reef life to fossil discoveries.
Its Brisbane building is linked to the Queensland Art Gallery and the Performing Arts Centre by walkways, making it easy to visit several institutions in one day.
Did You Know?
Muttaburrasaurus was named after the town of Muttaburra, near where its bones were found in 1963.