Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania.

The museum was established in 1846, by the Royal Society of Tasmania, the oldest Royal Society outside England. The TMAG receives 400,000 visitors annually. The Henry Hunter gallery History. The museum was officially created in 1848, though the collections it ... The museum was officially created in 1848, though the collections it housed were much created earlier. It merged a number of disparate collections, including that of the Royal Society of Tasmania. The Mechanics' Institution of Hobart, Van Diemen's Land Agricultural Society and Van Diemen's Land Scientific Society had each attempted to found a museum earlier than this date, the most successful of these being the Mechanics' Institution, but little record remains of what happened to these efforts.