Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Hobart

Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Hobart

• Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office, LINC Tasmania
• Formerly Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office, LINC Tasmania

• State

The collection was bequeathed to the people of Tasmania by Henry Allport in 1966. Relevant manuscripts are infrequently added to the collection.

Officer in charge: Manager, State Library and Archive Service
See also: State Library of Tasmania - W L Crowther Library

The content of the manuscripts collection is generally nineteenth-century Tasmanian, with an emphasis on the Allport family. The collection is largely as it was when bequeathed by Henry Allport. Manuscripts are infrequently added to the collection, but rare and significant items may be acquired if they meet the Library's Collection Development Policy.

• Allport family: personal papers (5m).
• Dobson, John: professional (legal) papers, c.1834-1860 (3m).
  Quantity: 20m.
  References:
• The Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts. Hobart, State Library of Tasmania, 1993.
• Winter, G (ed) Tasmanian insights: essays in honour of Geoffrey Thomas Stilwell. Hobart, State Library of Tasmania, 1992.

Search the LINC Tasmania library catalogue at www.linc.tas.gov.au

Open Monday to Friday 9.30am-5pm; Saturday 9.30am-2pm.
Closed public holidays.

Materials can be viewed in the State Library History Room upon request. Many items are digitised and may be viewed through the LINC Tasmania catalogue.

Assistance with research is provided by the State Library and Archive Service. See https://www.linc.tas.gov.au/get-help/Pages/help-finding.aspx

High resolution digital scans and photography can be ordered through the State Library and Archive Service. See http://sltas.altarama.com/reft100.aspx?pmi=6LVUGkgOb4

Manuscript items can be requested for use in the History Room, 2nd floor, 91 Murray Street.

Exhibitions are held in the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts gallery space on the ground floor.

Revised 8 November 2023

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