List of museums in the Australian Capital Territory
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This list of museums in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia contains museums that 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.
| Name | Location | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCA Gallery | Dickson | Art | website, gallery of the Australian National Capital Artists |
| ANU School of Art Gallery | Canberra | Art | website |
| Australian National University Classics Museum | Canberra | Archaeology | website, ancient art and artefacts from Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East |
| Australian War Memorial | Canberra | Military | Museum and national memorial |
| Belconnen Arts Centre | Belconnen | Art | website |
| Blundell's Cottage | Canberra | Historic house | 19th century farm cottage |
| Calthorpes' House | Red Hill | Historic house | 1920s period house |
| Canberra Craft & Design Centre | Canberra | Art | website, contemporary craft and design |
| Canberra Fire Museum | Canberra | Firefighting | website |
| Canberra Glassworks | Canberra | Art | Glass studio and gallery |
| Canberra Museum and Gallery | Canberra | Multiple | City's social history, visual arts |
| Canberra Railway Museum | Kingston | Railway | Historic locomotives, passenger cars, freight vehicles, track machinery and railway memorabilia |
| Canberra Space Centre | Tidbinbilla | Aerospace | website, space, astronomy and the work of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex |
| CSIRO Discovery Centre | Acton | Science | website, Australian scientific research and technology from CSIRO |
| Drill Hall Gallery | Acton | Art | Part of Australian National University |
| Gallery of Australia Design | Canberra | Art | website, Australian design and architecture |
| Lanyon Homestead | Canberra | Historic house | 1850s period homestead |
| Mugga-Mugga | Symonston | Historic house | website, early 20th century period cottage |
| Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House | Parkes | History | Democracy and Australia's political history |
| National Archives of Australia | Canberra | History | Significant documents and other items |
| National Capital Exhibition | Canberra | Local history | website, city history and culture |
| National Dinosaur Museum | Gold Creek Village | Natural history | Evolution of all life with a particular focus on dinosaurs |
| National Film and Sound Archive | Acton | Cinema | |
| National Gallery of Australia | Canberra | Art | Includes Australian, Western, Eastern, Modern and Pacific arts, photography, crafts |
| National Museum of Australia | Acton | History | Australia's social history |
| National Portrait Gallery | Canberra | Art | Portraits of prominent Australians |
| Royal Australian Mint | Canberra | Numismatic | Mint tours, rare and historically significant coins from the National Coin Collection |
| Questacon | Canberra | Science | |
| St John's Schoolhouse Museum | Reid | Education | website, Canberra's first schoolhouse, located at St John the Baptist Church, Reid |
| Tuggeranong Arts Centre | Tuggeranong | Art | Performing and visual arts centre |