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Museum: 2 Invermay Road, Launceston
Launceston, Tasmania 7250
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, History Collection, Launceston, Tasmania
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery History collection represents both Tasmania's place in Australia and the world, and brings the world to Tasmania.
The Collection is diverse, and ranges across many collecting areas, from archives and photographs, to personal items, archaeology, comparative cultural collections and large industrial technology such as trains, aircraft or printing presses. The collection represents collecting activities from 1842 to present day.
Officer in charge: Curator, History Collection
Tasmanian history with particular reference to Northern Tasmania.
History Collections include:
Bartlett, Anne, 'Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Archive Collection' Local and Family History Sources in Tasmania, Genealogical Society of Tasmania, 1991: 81-83.
The History Centre is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10am-12pm, 2-4pm by appointment.
The Centre is located on the second floor of the Museum at Inveresk.
Copies of collection guides, some photographs, and news cutting files are available without appointment. Appointments however are essential if visitors wish to access original items. Please contact us at least 24 hours prior to a planned visit.
Access to all material is subject to standard archival restrictions. Donated material which has not been catalogued is not generally available.
General reference assistance is available.
Copies of most items can be purchased. Appropriate forms listing fees and conditions can be provided upon request.
Revised 1 November 2021