List of museums in the Northern Territory


This list of museums in the Northern Territory, Australia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions 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.
NameLocationTypeSummary
Adelaide HouseAlice SpringsMedical, , bush nursing hostel designed by John Flynn and operated by the Australian Inland Mission
Adelaide River railway stationAdelaide RiverRailwayPreserved historic railway station and railway artefacts
Araluen Arts CentreAlice SpringsArtIncludes four galleries
Australian Aviation Heritage CentreWinnellie, Northern TerritoryAerospace
Batchelor MuseumBatchelorLocal history, museum under development
Battery Hill Mining CentreTennant CreekMining, , includes underground mine tour, gold stamp, minerals museum, social history museum
Black Point Culture CentreCobourg PeninsulaLocal history, located at the Black Point Ranger Station within the Garig Ganuk Barlu National Park
Central Australian Aviation MuseumAlice SpringsAerospace, includes early flying doctor planes, historic aircraft and aviation memorabilia
Charles Darwin University Nursing MuseumDarwinNursing
Darwin Military MuseumDarwinMilitaryArtefacts from Darwin's military history during World War II
Fannie Bay GaolDarwinPrison
Fred McKay MuseumAlice SpringsBiographical, , part of St Philip's College, life and work of Rev. Fred McKay to bring medicine and education to the bushlands
Hartley Street SchoolAlice SpringsEducation, operated by the National Trust North Territory, early 20th century school
Jones StoreNewcastle WatersLocal history
Katherine MuseumKatherineLocal history
Katherine Railway MuseumKatherineRailway
Larrimah MuseumLarrimahRailway, railway during World War II and post-war transport history
Lyons CottageDarwinLocal history,
Mbantua Art Gallery and Cultural MuseumAlice SpringsArt
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern TerritoryDarwinMultipleMain museum in the Northern Territory, region's art, history, culture and natural history
Museum of Central AustraliaAlice SpringsNatural history, Central Australian birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, rocks, minerals, fossils
Women's Museum of Australia and Old Alice Springs GaolAlice SpringsWomen's history, Old Gaol historyWomen in Australia's heritage, Old Gaol and Labour Camp stories
National Road Transport Hall of FameAlice SpringsTransportationTrucks, military vehicles
National Trust Museum Pine CreekPine CreekLocal history
Never Never MuseumMatarankaLocal history,
Northern Territory Chinese MuseumDarwinEthnic, operated by the Chung Wah Society, Chinese work and achievements since they first arrived as indentured labourers in 1874, located on the grounds of a Chinese temple
Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture CentreTennant CreekArt, Aboriginal art and culture
O'Keeffe ResidenceKatherineLocal history
Old Ghan Heritage Railway and MuseumAlice SpringsRailway museumIncludes a tourist railway
Old Police Station MuseumBorroloolaLocal history
Old Timers Traeger MuseumAlice SpringsLocal history
Pine Creek railway stationPine CreekRailwayPreserved historic railway station and railway artefacts
Royal Flying Doctor Service MuseumAlice SpringsMedical, history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
The Residency, Alice SpringsAlice SpringsHistoric houseHome to former administrators of the Norther Territory
School of the Air Visitor CentreAlice SpringsEducation, history and methods of the School of the Air
Strehlow Research CentreALice SpringsEthnographicArtefacts from the Strehlow Collection of indigenous central Australian ethnographic objects and archival materials
Timber Creek Police Station and MuseumTimber CreekLaw enforcement, also includes local history displays
Tuxworth-Fullwood HouseTennant CreekLocal history, , former hospital building with local history displays
WWII Oil Storage TunnelsDarwinHistory, tours of the tunnels