List of museums in the Northern Territory

This list of museums in the Northern Territory, Australia contains museums which 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 Adelaide House Alice Springs Medical website, information, bush nursing hostel designed by John Flynn and operated by the Australian Inland Mission Adelaide River railway station Adelaide River Railway Preserved historic railway station and railway artefacts Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs Art Includes four galleries Australian Aviation Heritage Centre Winnellie, Northern Territory Aerospace website Batchelor Museum Batchelor Local history website, museum under development Battery Hill Mining Centre Tennant Creek Mining information, information, includes underground mine tour, gold stamp, minerals museum, social history museum Black Point Culture Centre Cobourg Peninsula Local history information, located at the Black Point Ranger Station within the Garig Ganuk Barlu National Park Central Australian Aviation Museum Alice Springs Aerospace website, includes early flying doctor planes, historic aircraft and aviation memorabilia Charles Darwin University Nursing Museum Darwin Nursing Darwin Military Museum Darwin Military Artefacts from Darwin's military history during World War II Fannie Bay Gaol Darwin Prison Fred McKay Museum Alice Springs Biographical website, information, part of St Philip's College, life and work of Rev. Fred McKay to bring medicine and education to the bushlands Hartley Street School Alice Springs Education website, operated by the National Trust North Territory, early 20th century school Jones Store Newcastle Waters Local history information Katherine Museum Katherine Local history website Katherine Railway Museum Katherine Railway Larrimah Museum Larrimah Railway information, railway during World War II and post-war transport history Lyons Cottage Darwin Local history website, information Mbantua Art Gallery and Cultural Museum Alice Springs Art website Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin Multiple Main museum in the Northern Territory, region's art, history, culture and natural history Museum of Central Australia Alice Springs Natural history website, Central Australian birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, rocks, minerals, fossilsWomen's Museum of Australia and Old Alice Springs Gaol Alice Springs Women's history, Old Gaol history Women in Australia's heritage, Old Gaol and Labour Camp stories National Road Transport Hall of Fame Alice Springs Transportation Trucks, military vehicles National Trust Museum Pine Creek Pine Creek Local history information Never Never Museum Mataranka Local history information, information Northern Territory Chinese Museum Darwin Ethnic website, operated by the Chung Wah Society, Chinese work and achievements since they first arrived as indentured labourers in 1874, located on the grounds of a Chinese temple Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre Tennant Creek Art website, Aboriginal art and culture O'Keeffe Residence Katherine Local history information Old Ghan Heritage Railway and Museum Alice Springs Railway museum Includes a tourist railway Old Police Station Museum Borroloola Local history Old Timers Traeger Museum Alice Springs Local history information Pine Creek railway station Pine Creek Railway Preserved historic railway station and railway artefacts Royal Flying Doctor Service Museum Alice Springs Medical website, history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service The Residency, Alice Springs Alice Springs Historic house Home to former administrators of the Northern Territory School of the Air Visitor Centre Alice Springs Education website, history and methods of the School of the Air Strehlow Research Centre Alice Springs Ethnographic Artefacts from the Strehlow Collection of indigenous central Australian ethnographic objects and archival materials Timber Creek Police Station and Museum Timber Creek Law enforcement information, also includes local history displays Tuxworth-Fullwood House Tennant Creek Local history information, information, former hospital building with local history displays WWII Oil Storage Tunnels Darwin History website, tours of the tunnels

See also List of museums in Australia