List of museums in Victoria (Australia)

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This list of museums in Victoria, Australia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.

For museums in Melbourne, see List of museums in Melbourne.

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Name Location Region Type Summary
Allansford Cheese World Museum Allansford Farming website, dairy farming, butter and cheese making
Alexandra Timber Tramway Alexandra Railway website, heritage tramway, railroad and forestry museum
Altona Homestead Museum Altona Melbourne suburbs Historic house website, operated by the Altona Laverton Historical Society Inc
Ambleside Park Museum Ferntree Gully Melbourne suburbs Local history website, operated by the Knox Historical Society
Andrew Ross Museum Kangaroo Ground Shire of Nillumbik Local history website
Apollo Bay Museum Apollo Bay Southwest Local history website
Art Gallery of Ballarat Ballarat Goldfields Art Oldest and largest regional art gallery in Australia
Ararat Regional Art Gallery Ararat Western District Art Permanent collection specialises in contemporary textile fibre art
Australian Army Artillery Museum Puckapunyal Military website, currently in storage awaiting new facility
Australian Army Museum, Bandiana Bandiana Northeast Military website, history of various corps of the Australian Army
Australian Army Signals Museum Macleod Melbourne suburbs Military website, history of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals
Australian Railway Historical Society Williamstown North Melbourne suburbs Railway Victorian Railways steam locomotives
Ballarat Tramway Museum Ballarat Goldfields Railway Electric and horse-drawn street tramways and trams
Barwon Grange Newtown Geelong suburbs Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century Victorian brick villa
Barwon Park Winchelsea Surf Coast Shire Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century 42 room mansion and stables
Bass Strait Shell Museum Apollo Bay Southwest Natural history information
Beechworth Gaol Beechworth Northeast Prison 19th century former prison
Benalla Art Gallery Benalla Northeast Art Exhibits of Australian and international art
Benalla Costume and Pioneer Museum Benalla Northeast Fashion website, clothing dating from 1770 to the present with regularly changing exhibitions, also local history
Bendigo Art Gallery Bendigo Goldfields Art
Beleura Mornington Mornington Peninsula Historic house website, 20th century period mansion and gardens
Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre Bonegilla History Post World War II migrant training camp
Buda Historic Home and Garden Castlemaine Goldfields Historic house website, features furnishings, decorative art objects, artworks and books dating from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until 1981
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre Bundoora Melbourne suburbs Art website, city's contemporary art gallery and exhibits of city history
Burke Museum (Australia) Beechworth Northeast Local history website, Aboriginal artefacts, Chinese mining community, 19th century streetscape, gold, Ned Kelly gang, natural history
Burrinja Cultural Centre Upwey Melbourne suburbs Art website, arts centre with exhibition, performing arts spaces
Cape Otway Lightstation Cape Otway Maritime Lighthouse tours
Cape Schanck Lighthouse Cape Schanck Mornington Peninsula Maritime
HMAS Castlemaine Williamstown Maritime World War II Bathurst class corvette museum ship
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum Castlemaine Goldfields Art Australian art and local history
HMAS Cerberus Museum HMAS Cerberus (naval base) Mornington Peninsula Maritime website, history of the naval base and the Victorian Colonial Navy
Charlie's Arthur's Seat Auto Museum Arthurs Seat Mornington Peninsula Automotive information
Chiltern Athenaeum Chiltern Shire of Indigo Literary website, novels and publications by local authors, local history displays and memorabilia
Chiltern Motor Museum Chiltern Shire of Indigo Automotive information
Churchill Island Heritage Farm Churchill Island Farm website, working heritage farm
Clunes Museum Clunes Goldfields Local history website, period room displays, agriculture, mining and woodworking items
Coal Creek Community Park and Museum Korumburra Gippsland Open air website
Cohuna & District Historical Society Museum Cohuna Northeast Local history website
Coleraine Car Museum Coleraine Western District Automotive information
Como House South Yarra Melbourne suburbs Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, Colonial mansion and gardens
Convent Gallery Daylesford Goldfields Art Features eight individual galleries featuring new local and international artists, the original restored chapel, a museum with the history of the building set up by the nuns
Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve Somers Mornington Peninsula Historic house Late 19th century mansion-like homestead, gardens and nature reserve
Creswick Museum Creswick Goldfields Local history website
Dow's Pharmacy Chiltern Shire of Indigo Medical website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century pharmacy in use until 1968
Dromana Historical Museum Dromana Mornington Peninsula Local history website, operated by the Dromana & District Historical Society
Echuca Historical Society Museum Echuca Local history website
Eldorado Museum Eldorado Northeast Local history website, life and times from 1850 to 1950, including mining, farming and social history
Federal Standard Printing Works Chiltern Shire of Indigo Media website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, working printing press
Fire Services Museum Victoria East Melbourne Melbourne suburbs Firefighting website, includes uniforms, vehicles, equipment, memorabilia
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village Warrnambool Southwest Maritime 1870s maritime village with living history demonstrations
Flinders Historical Museum Flinders Mornington Peninsula Local history website, operated by the Flinders District Historical Society
Ford Discovery Centre Geelong Automotive Heritage of the Ford Motor Company in Australia
Forestry Heritage Museum Beechworth Northeast Forestry website,
Fort Queenscliff Queenscliff Southwest Military Restored mid 19th century fort
Foster and District Historical Society Museum Foster Gippsland Local history website
Fox Classic Car Collection Docklands Melbourne suburbs Automobile website, classic cars including Bentley, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche and Mercedes Benz models
Geelong Art Gallery Geelong Art Municipal regional art gallery
Geelong Maritime Museum Geelong Maritime
Coal Creek Community Park and Museum Sale Gippsland Open air website
Gippsland Armed Forces Museum Sale Gippsland Military website
Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum Port Albert Gippsland Maritime website, also known as Port Albert Maritime Museum
Gippsland Vehicle Collection Maffra Gippsland Automotive website
Golden Dragon Museum Bendigo Goldfields Ethnic History of Chinese people who immigrated to the region
Gulf Station Yarra Glen Yarra Valley Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century mansion and farm
Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre Ararat Western District Ethnic website, Chinese immigrant miners on the Victorian Goldfields in the mid-1800s
Hamilton Art Gallery Hamilton Western District Art website
Hastings-Western Port Historical Society Hastings Mornington Peninsula Local history website, operated by the Hastings - Western Port Historical Society
Heide Museum of Modern Art Bulleen Art Contemporary art museum
The Heights Heritage House Newtown Geelong suburbs Historic house website, website, operated by the National Trust of Australia
Horsham Regional Art Gallery Horsham Wimmera Art website
J Ward Ararat Western District Prison Former prison used to house the criminally insane
Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum Kerrisdale Railway website, heritage railway and steam museum
Kyneton Museum Kyneton Shire of Macedon Ranges Local history website
Labassa Caulfield North Melbourne suburbs Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century mansion
Lake View House Chiltern Shire of Indigo Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, childhood home of author Henry Handel Richardson
Lakeside Antique Machinery Museum Glenmaggie Gippsland Technology information, steam engines, tractors, combustion engines, saws, farm machines
Langi Morgala Museum Ararat Western District Local history website, operated by the Ararat and District Historical Society
Latrobe Regional Gallery Morwell Gippsland Art website
Lilydale & District Historical Society Museum Lilydale Yarra Valley Local history website
Maffra Sugar Beet Museum Maffra Gippsland Local history website, features history of the area sugar beet industry, also a separate dairy interpretive centre
Maldon Museum Maldon Goldfields Local history website
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Maldon Goldfields Technology website
Mallacoota Bunker Museum Mallacoota Gippsland Local history information, operated by the Mallacoota & District Historical Society, World War II bunker with local history displays
Maroondah Art Gallery Ringwood Melbourne suburbs Art website, municipal art gallery
McCrae Homestead McCrae Mornington Peninsula Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century homestead
Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club Scoresby Technology Industrial machinery and steam engines
Melbourne Tram Museum @ Hawthorn Depot Hawthorn Melbourne suburbs Railway Features over 20 fully restored trams in a depot
Melbourne Tramway Museum Bylands Shire of Mitchell Railway Operated by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria, trams from Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat and Adelaide
Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Maribyrnong Local history Area history, culture, natural history
Monash Gallery of Art Wheelers Hill Melbourne suburbs Art Municipal art and photography gallery
Mooramong Skipton Western District Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, home of D.J.S (Scobie) Mackinnon and film star Claire Adams, also working farm and nature reserve
Mornington Old Post Office Museum Mornington Mornington Peninsula Local history website, operated by the Mornington Historical Society
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Mornington Mornington Peninsula Art Exhibits Australian and international art
Mont De Lancey Homestead and Museum Wandin North Yarra Valley Historic house website
Mulberry Hill (Langwarrin South, Victoria) Langwarrin South Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, home of artist Daryl Lindsay and author Joan Lindsay, features collection of Australian art, Georgian furniture and glassware, and Staffordshire ceramics
Museo Italiano Carlton Melbourne suburbs Ethnic website, experience of Italian migration and the culture created by Italians in Australia
National Alpine Museum of Australia Mount Buller Sports Ski history
National Holden Motor Museum Echuca Automotive website, Holden cars
National Wool Museum (Geelong) Geelong Industry Australia's wool industry from raising sheep to creating fabric
National Vietnam Veterans Museum Newhaven Phillip Island Military website, weapons, aircraft, vehicles and equipment, uniforms, dioramas, photos, art
Ned Kelly Museum Glenrowan Northeast Biographical website, history of bushranger Ned Kelly's last stand
Old Gippstown Moe Gippsland Open air Pioneer township portraying the settlement era of Gippsland
Pioneer Settlement Swan Hill Swan Hill Open air website, features over 50 original and replica heritage buildings
Port Fairy History Centre Port Fairy Southwest Local history website, operated by the Port Fairy Historical Society
Portarlington Mill Portarlington Bellarine Peninsula Mill website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, historic flour mill with local history displays
Portland Maritime Discovery Centre Portland, Victoria Maritime website
Portland Powerhouse Motor & Car Museum Portland, Victoria Automotive information, information
Post Office Gallery Ballarat Goldfields Art Gallery housed in an historic post office
Queenscliffe Historical Museum Queenscliff Southwest Local history website
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Queenscliff Southwest Maritime
Rippon Lea Estate Elsternwick Melbourne suburbs Historic house Operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century mansion and gardens
Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum Puckapunyal Military Over 70 tanks, armoured fighting vehicles and history of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps
Royal Australian Army Pay Corps Museum Macleod Melbourne suburbs Military website, history of the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps
Sale Historical Museum Sale Gippsland Local history information, operated by the Sale Historical Society
Schramm's Cottage Complex Doncaster Melbourne suburbs Open air website, operated by the Doncaster Historical Society
Schwerkolt Cottage Mitcham Melbourne suburbs Historic house Operated by the Whitehorse Historical Society, late 19th century pioneer stone cottage and outbuildings
Seymour Railway Heritage Centre Seymour Railway
Shepparton Art Museum Shepparton Northeast Art website
Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum Hamilton Western District Aviation website, birthplace of the Ansett transport empire
Smythesdale Court House Smythesdale Goldfields Local history website, open by appointment with the Woady Yaloak Historical Society
Sorrento Museum Sorrento Mornington Peninsula Local history Operated by the Nepean Historical Society, museum, library and gallery
Sovereign Hill Ballarat Goldfields Open air Depicts Ballarat's first ten years after the discovery of gold in 1851, includes the Gold Museum about the Australian gold rushes of the 1850s
State Coal Mine Wonthaggi Gippsland Mining 20th century coal mine with buildings, equipment and underground tours
Stawell Historical Society Museum Stawell Wimmera Local history website
Steamrail Victoria Newport Melbourne suburbs Railway
St Arnaud Historical Museum St Arnaud Goldfields Local history website, operated by the St Arnaud Historical Society
Surf World Museum Torquay Sports website, Australia’s contribution to the development of surfing around the world
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Swan Hill Art Collections include Naïve art, Australian works on paper, prints and drawings
TarraWarra Museum of Art Healesville Yarra Valley Art website, Australian art from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day
Tasma Gallery East Melbourne Melbourne suburbs Art website, operated by the National Trust of Australia
The Bible Museum St Arnaud Goldfields Literary website, features over 1400 Bibles, together with models and artefacts associated with the Bible message
Tiger Moth World Torquay Aerospace website, theme park and museum based on the de Havilland Tiger Moth
Upper Yarra Museum Yarra Junction Yarra Valley Local history website
Victorian Jazz Archive Wantirna Melbourne suburbs Music Australian jazz heritage
Villa Alba Kew Melbourne suburbs Historic house website, late 19th century mansion under restoration
Wangaratta Art Gallery Wangaratta Northeast Art website
Wangaratta Museum Wangaratta Northeast Local history website, operated by the Wangaratta Historical Society
Warrandyte Post Office Museum Warrandyte Melbourne suburbs Local history website, operated by the Warrandyte Historical Society
Warrnambool Art Gallery Warrnambool Southwest Art website
Werribee Park Werribee Melbourne suburbs Historic house Includes late 19th century mansion, gardens, an equestrian centre, a zoo and a contemporary sculpture walk
Whitehorse Art Space Box Hill Melbourne suburbs Art website, municipal art gallery located in town hall
Williamstown Historical Society Museum Williamstown Melbourne suburbs Local history website
Worsley Cottage Complex Maryborough Goldfields Historic house website, operated by the Maryborough Midlands Historical Society
Yackandandah Museum Yackandandah Northeast Local history website, operated by the Yackandandah and District Historical Society
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Lilydale Melbourne suburbs Local history website, cultural heritage of the Yarra Ranges region

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