Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
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The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG) is a museum
located in Launceston
, Tasmania
, Australia
. Established in 1891, the Queen Victoria has a strong reputation for its excellent collection, which includes fine exhibitions of colonial art, contemporary craft
and design
, Tasmanian history
and natural sciences, specifically a zoology
collection. There is also a special exhibition of a full Chinese temple
that was used by 19th-century Chinese tin miners, a working planetarium
, and displays related to Launceston's industrial environment and railway workshops. The museum also houses the Victoria Cross
awarded to Lewis McGee
.
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery is located on two sites, one at Royal Park and the other at Inveresk
, the site of the old Launceston Railway Workshops The QVMAG is the largest museum in Australia not located in a capital city.
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
located in Launceston
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Established in 1891, the Queen Victoria has a strong reputation for its excellent collection, which includes fine exhibitions of colonial art, contemporary craft
Craft
A craft is a branch of a profession that requires some particular kind of skilled work. In historical sense, particularly as pertinent to the Medieval history and earlier, the term is usually applied towards people occupied in small-scale production of goods.-Development from the past until...
and design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
, Tasmanian history
History of Tasmania
The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the most recent ice age when it is believed that the island was joined to the Australian mainland.-Indigenous people:...
and natural sciences, specifically a zoology
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
collection. There is also a special exhibition of a full Chinese temple
Temple (Chinese)
A Chinese temple can refer to any temple which is used for the practice of Chinese folk religion, a conglomeration of China's three main religions: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism...
that was used by 19th-century Chinese tin miners, a working planetarium
Planetarium
A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation...
, and displays related to Launceston's industrial environment and railway workshops. The museum also houses the Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
awarded to Lewis McGee
Lewis McGee
Lewis McGee VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces...
.
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery is located on two sites, one at Royal Park and the other at Inveresk
Invermay, Tasmania
Invermay is a suburb of Launceston, which contains the minor suburb of Inveresk, it is located on the eastern side of the Tamar River and the northern side of the North Esk River, the suburb is most notable as being home to York Park ....
, the site of the old Launceston Railway Workshops The QVMAG is the largest museum in Australia not located in a capital city.