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The best museums in Darwin in March 2023

These are the top 10 best museums in Darwin, Australia, ranked by their rating and popularity in 2023. Click a museum for more information about the museum, including visitor information, exhibitions and reviews.

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These are the best museums in Darwin:

  1. Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory1

    Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

    Darwin
    The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory ( MAGNT ) is the main museum in the Northern Territory . The museum is located in the inner Darwin suburb of Fannie Bay . The MAGNT is governed by the Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and is supported by the Museums an
     4.4
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  3. Darwin Military Museum2

    Darwin Military Museum

    Darwin
     4.4
  4. Fannie Bay Gaol3

    Fannie Bay Gaol

    Darwin
    Fannie Bay Gaol is a historic gaol in Fannie Bay, Northern Territory , Australia . The gaol operated as Her Majesty's Gaol and Labour Prison, from 20 September 1883 until 1 September 1979.
     4.4
  5. 4

    Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery

    Darwin
    If you are into Australian Indigenous Art, definitely visit this gallery and admire naturalistic and abstract designs painted on canvas.
     4.4
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  7. Darwin Aviation Museum5

    Darwin Aviation Museum

    Darwin
    You can see military aircraft and engines here. Also, this is one of the two places outside the US where you can see the B-52 bomber.
     4.2
  8. 6

    Lyons Cottage

    Darwin
    The only existing example of colonial bungalow style architecture in Darwin. After the cyclone in 1974, it was turned into a museum.
     4.4
  9. 7

    NT Chinese Museum

    Darwin
    First Chinese labourers came to Darwin in 1874 and the museum's aim is to show the importance of Chinese community and preserve it.
     4.1
  11. 8

    Mason Gallery

    Darwin
    One of the galleries presenting Australian Aboriginal Art focusing mainly on artists from the Western Desert areas.
     3.7
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  12. 9

    Northern Centre For Contemporary Art

    Darwin
    24HR Art pursues the goal of gathering contemporary visual art in an experimental and accessible way for all visitors.
     4.1
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  13. 10

    Burnett House

    Darwin
    Last of its kind and one of the four houses which now make up the Myilly Point Heritage Precinct. This house is now open as a museum.
     4.4

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