Queensland Museum

Museum Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

What to expect

The Queensland Museum Kurilpa is the state museum of Queensland, funded by the government, and dedicated to natural history, cultural heritage, science and human achievement. The museum is home to over 1,000,000 objects and specimens, and it attracts over 2,000,000 visitors each year. It is located in the Queensland Cultural Centre at South Bank, alongside the Queensland Art Gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art, and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. The museum offers various exhibitions, including travelling shows from around the world and exhibitions that reveal the story of Queensland's prehistoric past, its Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islanders, and its unique biodiversity. The museum is also a research facility in the fields of biodiversity, geoscience, and cultural history, and it features SparkLab, which offers hands-on, interactive activities for kids and adults. The museum network operates at several locations, including the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, the Workshops Rail Museum, and the Cobb & Co Museum

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Queensland Museum to see the natural history of the state and the native animal exhibit

Highlights: The kids were intrigued by the native animal exhibit, and we enjoyed the science centre ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the museum and explored its exhibits, including a dinosaur exhibit that captivated the kids

Highlights: The kids loved the interactive displays and hands-on activities that made learning fun ✨

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Activities: We visited the Queensland Museum

Highlights: The kids loved the ScienceCentre ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the museum and saw exhibits on nature, science, dinosaurs, and Aboriginal history

Highlights: The kids enjoyed the Lego exhibit and the museum's focus on kids ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Queensland Museum and spent a fun morning learning about space, sound, forces, design, shapes, light and energy

Highlights: The Spark Lab gallery was a partnership with London’s Science Museum and its 40 exhibits were almost identical to those at London’s Wonderlab Gallery ✨