| Name
|
Location
|
Region
|
Type
|
Summary
|
| Allansford Cheese World Museum |
Allansford |
|
Farming |
website, dairy farming, butter and cheese making
|
| Alexandra Timber Tramway |
Alexandra |
|
Railway |
website, heritage tramway, railroad and forestry museum
|
| Altona Homestead Museum |
Altona |
Melbourne suburbs |
Historic house |
website, operated by the Altona Laverton Historical Society Inc
|
| Ambleside Park Museum |
Ferntree Gully |
Melbourne suburbs |
Local history |
website, operated by the Knox Historical Society
|
| Andrew Ross Museum |
Kangaroo Ground |
Shire of Nillumbik |
Local history |
website
|
| Apollo Bay Museum |
Apollo Bay |
Southwest |
Local history |
website
|
| Art Gallery of Ballarat |
Ballarat |
Goldfields |
Art |
Oldest and largest regional art gallery in Australia
|
| Ararat Gallery TAMA |
Ararat |
Western District |
Art |
website Permanent collection specialises in contemporary textile fibre art
|
| Australian Army Artillery Museum |
Puckapunyal |
|
Military |
website, currently in storage awaiting new facility
|
| Australian Army Museum, Bandiana |
Bandiana |
Northeast |
Military |
website, history of various corps of the Australian Army
|
| Australian Army Signals Museum |
Macleod |
Melbourne suburbs |
Military |
website, history of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals
|
| Australian National Surfing Museum |
Torquay |
Surf Coast Shire |
Sports |
website, tells the story of surfing
|
| Australian National Veterans Arts Museum (ANVAM) |
Southbank |
Melbourne suburbs |
Art |
website, Supporting wellbeing of Australia's veteran community through the Arts
|
| Australian Railway Historical Society |
Williamstown North |
Melbourne suburbs |
Railway |
Victorian Railways steam locomotives
|
| Ballarat Tramway Museum |
Ballarat |
Goldfields |
Railway |
Electric and horse-drawn street tramways and trams
|
| Barwon Grange |
Newtown |
Geelong suburbs |
Historic house |
website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century Victorian brick villa
|
| Barwon Park |
Winchelsea |
Surf Coast Shire |
Historic house |
website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century 42-room mansion and stables
|
| Bass Strait Shell Museum |
Apollo Bay |
Southwest |
Natural history |
information
|
| Beechworth Gaol |
Beechworth |
Northeast |
Prison |
19th century former prison
|
| Benalla Art Gallery |
Benalla |
Northeast |
Art |
Exhibits of Australian and international art
|
| Benalla Costume and Pioneer Museum |
Benalla |
Northeast |
Fashion |
website, clothing dating from 1770 to the present with regularly changing exhibitions, also local history
|
| Bendigo Art Gallery |
Bendigo |
Goldfields |
Art |
|
| Beleura |
Mornington |
Mornington Peninsula |
Historic house |
website, 20th century period mansion and gardens
|
| Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre |
Bonegilla |
|
History |
Post World War II migrant training camp
|
| Broadmeadows Museum |
Broadmeadows |
Melbourne suburbs |
Local history |
website, operated by the Broadmeadows Historical Society
|
| Buda Historic Home and Garden |
Castlemaine |
Goldfields |
Historic house |
website, features furnishings, decorative art objects, artworks and books dating from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until 1981
|
| Bundoora Homestead Art Centre |
Bundoora |
Melbourne suburbs |
Art |
website, city's contemporary art gallery and exhibits of city history
|
| Burke Museum (Australia) |
Beechworth |
Northeast |
Local history |
website, Aboriginal artefacts, Chinese mining community, 19th century streetscape, gold, Ned Kelly gang, natural history
|
| Burrinja Cultural Centre |
Upwey |
Melbourne suburbs |
Art |
website, arts centre with exhibition, performing arts spaces
|
| Cape Otway Lightstation |
Cape Otway |
|
Maritime |
Lighthouse tours
|
| Cape Schanck Lighthouse |
Cape Schanck |
Mornington Peninsula |
Maritime |
|
| HMAS Castlemaine |
Williamstown |
Melbourne suburbs |
Maritime |
World War II Bathurst class corvette museum ship
|
| Castlemaine Art Museum |
Castlemaine |
Goldfields |
Art |
Australian art and local history
|
| HMAS Cerberus Museum |
HMAS Cerberus (naval base) |
Mornington Peninsula |
Maritime |
website, history of the naval base and the Victorian Colonial Navy
|
| Charlie's Arthur's Seat Auto Museum |
Arthurs Seat |
Mornington Peninsula |
Automotive |
information
|
| Chiltern Athenaeum |
Chiltern |
Shire of Indigo |
Literary |
website, novels and publications by local authors, local history displays and memorabilia
|
| Chiltern Motor Museum |
Chiltern |
Shire of Indigo |
Automotive |
information
|
| Churchill Island Heritage Farm |
Churchill Island |
|
Farm |
website, working heritage farm
|
| Clunes Museum |
Clunes |
Goldfields |
Local history |
website, period room displays, agriculture, mining and woodworking items
|
| Coal Creek Community Park and Museum |
Korumburra |
Gippsland |
Open air |
website
|
| Cohuna & District Historical Society Museum |
Cohuna |
Northeast |
Local history |
website
|
| Coleraine Car Museum |
Coleraine |
Western District |
Automotive |
information
|
| Como House |
South Yarra |
Melbourne suburbs |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust of Australia, Colonial mansion and gardens
|
| Convent Gallery |
Daylesford |
Goldfields |
Art |
Features eight individual galleries featuring new local and international artists, the original restored chapel, a museum with the history of the building set up by the nuns
|
| Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve |
Somers |
Mornington Peninsula |
Historic house |
Late 19th century mansion-like homestead, gardens and nature reserve
|
| Creswick Museum |
Creswick |
Goldfields |
Local history |
website
|
| Dow's Pharmacy |
Chiltern |
Shire of Indigo |
Medical |
website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century pharmacy in use until 1968
|
| Dromana Historical Museum |
Dromana |
Mornington Peninsula |
Local history |
website, operated by the Dromana & District Historical Society
|
| Echuca Historical Society Museum |
Echuca |
|
Local history |
website
|
| El Dorado Museum |
Eldorado |
Northeast |
Local history |
website, life and times from 1850 to 1950, including mining, farming and social history
|
| Federal Standard Printing Works |
Chiltern |
Shire of Indigo |
Media |
website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, working printing press
|
| Fire Services Museum Victoria |
East Melbourne |
Melbourne suburbs |
Firefighting |
website, includes uniforms, vehicles, equipment, memorabilia
|
| Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village |
Warrnambool |
Southwest |
Maritime |
1870s maritime village with living history demonstrations
|
| Flinders Historical Museum |
Flinders |
Mornington Peninsula |
Local history |
website, operated by the Flinders District Historical Society
|
| Ford Discovery Centre |
Geelong |
|
Automotive |
Heritage of the Ford Motor Company in Australia
|
| Forestry Heritage Museum |
Beechworth |
Northeast |
Forestry |
website,
|
| Fort Queenscliff |
Queenscliff |
Southwest |
Military |
Restored mid 19th century fort
|
| Foster and District Historical Society Museum |
Foster |
Gippsland |
Local history |
website
|
| Fox Classic Car Collection |
Docklands |
Melbourne suburbs |
Automobile |
website, classic cars including Bentley, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche and Mercedes Benz models
|
| Geelong Art Gallery |
Geelong |
|
Art |
Municipal regional art gallery
|
| Geelong Maritime Museum |
Geelong |
|
Maritime |
|
| Coal Creek Community Park and Museum |
Sale |
Gippsland |
Open air |
website
|
| Gippsland Armed Forces Museum |
Sale |
Gippsland |
Military |
website
|
| Gippsland Art Gallery |
Sale |
Gippsland |
Art |
website
|
| Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum |
Port Albert |
Gippsland |
Maritime |
website, also known as Port Albert Maritime Museum
|
| Gippsland Vehicle Collection |
Maffra |
Gippsland |
Automotive |
website
|
| Golden Dragon Museum |
Bendigo |
Goldfields |
Ethnic |
History of Chinese people who immigrated to the region
|
| Gulf Station |
Yarra Glen |
Yarra Valley |
Historic house |
website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century mansion and farm
|
| Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre |
Ararat |
Western District |
Ethnic |
website, Chinese immigrant miners on the Victorian Goldfields in the mid-1800s
|
| Hamilton Gallery |
Hamilton |
Western District |
Art |
website
|
| Hastings-Western Port Historical Society |
Hastings |
Mornington Peninsula |
Local history |
website, operated by the Hastings – Western Port Historical Society
|
| Heide Museum of Modern Art |
Bulleen |
Melbourne suburbs |
Art |
Contemporary art museum
|
| The Heights Heritage House |
Newtown |
Geelong suburbs |
Historic house |
website, website, operated by the National Trust of Australia
|
| Horsham Regional Art Gallery |
Horsham |
Wimmera |
Art |
website
|
| J Ward |
Ararat |
Western District |
Prison |
Former prison used to house the criminally insane
|
| Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum |
Kerrisdale |
|
Railway |
website, heritage railway and steam museum
|
| Kyneton Museum |
Kyneton |
Shire of Macedon Ranges |
Local history |
website
|
| Labassa |
Caulfield North |
Melbourne suburbs |
Historic house |
website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century mansion
|
| Lake View House |
Chiltern |
Shire of Indigo |
Historic house |
website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, childhood home of author Henry Handel Richardson
|
| Lakeside Antique Machinery Museum |
Glenmaggie |
Gippsland |
Technology |
information, steam engines, tractors, combustion engines, saws, farm machines
|
| Langi Morgala Museum |
Ararat |
Western District |
Local history |
website, operated by the Ararat and District Historical Society
|
| Latrobe Regional Gallery |
Morwell |
Gippsland |
Art |
website
|
| Lilydale & District Historical Society Museum |
Lilydale |
Yarra Valley |
Local history |
website
|
| Maffra Sugar Beet Museum |
Maffra |
Gippsland |
Local history |
website, features history of the area sugar beet industry, also a separate dairy interpretive centre
|
| Maldon Museum |
Maldon |
Goldfields |
Local history |
website
|
| Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum
|
Maldon
|
Goldfields
|
Technology
|
website
|
| Mallacoota Bunker Museum |
Mallacoota |
Gippsland |
Local history |
information, operated by the Mallacoota & District Historical Society, World War II bunker with local history displays
|
| Maroondah Art Gallery |
Ringwood |
Melbourne suburbs |
Art |
website, municipal art gallery
|
| McCrae Homestead |
McCrae |
Mornington Peninsula |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century homestead
|
| Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club |
Scoresby |
Melbourne suburbs |
Technology |
Industrial machinery and steam engines
|
| Melbourne Tram Museum @ Hawthorn Depot |
Hawthorn |
Melbourne suburbs |
Railway |
Features over 20 fully restored trams in a depot
|
| Melbourne Tramway Museum |
Bylands |
Shire of Mitchell |
Railway |
Operated by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria, trams from Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat and Adelaide
|
| Melbourne's Living Museum of the West |
Maribyrnong |
Melbourne suburbs |
Local history |
Area history, culture, natural history
|
| Monash Gallery of Art |
Wheelers Hill |
Melbourne suburbs |
Art |
Municipal art and photography gallery
|
| Mooramong |
Skipton |
Western District |
Historic house |
website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, home of D.J.S (Scobie) Mackinnon and film star Claire Adams, also working farm and nature reserve
|
| Mornington Old Post Office Museum |
Mornington |
Mornington Peninsula |
Local history |
website, operated by the Mornington Historical Society
|
| Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery |
Mornington |
Mornington Peninsula |
Art |
Exhibits Australian and international art
|
| Mont De Lancey Homestead and Museum |
Wandin North |
Yarra Valley |
Historic house |
website
|
| Mulberry Hill (Langwarrin South, Victoria) |
Langwarrin South |
|
Historic house |
website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, home of artist Daryl Lindsay and author Joan Lindsay, features collection of Australian art, Georgian furniture and glassware, and Staffordshire ceramics
|
| Museo Italiano |
Carlton |
Melbourne suburbs |
Ethnic |
website, experience of Italian migration and the culture created by Italians in Australia
|
| National Alpine Museum of Australia |
Mount Buller |
|
Sports |
Ski history
|
| National Holden Motor Museum |
Echuca |
|
Automotive |
website, Holden cars
|
| National Wool Museum (Geelong) |
Geelong |
|
Industry |
Australia's wool industry from raising sheep to creating fabric
|
| National Vietnam Veterans Museum |
Newhaven |
Phillip Island |
Military |
website, weapons, aircraft, vehicles and equipment, uniforms, dioramas, photos, art
|
| Ned Kelly Museum |
Glenrowan |
Northeast |
Biographical |
website, history of bushranger Ned Kelly's last stand
|
| Old Gippstown |
Moe |
Gippsland |
Open air |
Pioneer township portraying the settlement era of Gippsland
|
| Pioneer Settlement Swan Hill |
Swan Hill |
|
Open air |
website, features over 50 original and replica heritage buildings
|
| Port Fairy History Centre |
Port Fairy |
Southwest |
Local history |
website, operated by the Port Fairy Historical Society
|
| Portarlington Mill |
Portarlington |
Bellarine Peninsula |
Mill |
website, [1] operated by the National Trust of Australia, historic flour mill with local history displays
|
| Portland Maritime Discovery Centre |
Portland, Victoria |
|
Maritime |
website
|
| Portland Powerhouse Motor & Car Museum |
Portland, Victoria |
|
Automotive |
information, information
|
| Post Office Gallery |
Ballarat |
Goldfields |
Art |
Gallery housed in an historic post office
|
| Queenscliffe Historical Museum |
Queenscliff |
Southwest |
Local history |
website
|
| Queenscliffe Maritime Museum |
Queenscliff |
Southwest |
Maritime |
|
| Rippon Lea Estate |
Elsternwick |
Melbourne suburbs |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust of Australia, 19th century mansion and gardens
|
| Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum |
Puckapunyal |
|
Military |
Over 70 tanks, armoured fighting vehicles and history of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps
|
| Royal Australian Army Pay Corps Museum |
Macleod |
Melbourne suburbs |
Military |
website, history of the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps
|
| Sale Historical Museum |
Sale |
Gippsland |
Local history |
information, operated by the Sale Historical Society
|
| Schramm's Cottage Museum Complex |
Doncaster East |
Melbourne suburbs |
Local History |
website, operated by the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society. Includes the stone Schramm's Cottage, the Waldau Cemetery and a farm equipment collection.
|
| Schwerkolt Cottage |
Mitcham |
Melbourne suburbs |
Historic house |
Operated by the Whitehorse Historical Society, late 19th century pioneer stone cottage and outbuildings
|
| Seymour Railway Heritage Centre |
Seymour |
|
Railway |
|
| Shepparton Art Museum |
Shepparton |
Northeast |
Art |
website
|
| Shepparton Heritage Centre
|
Shepparton
|
Northeast
|
Local History
|
website
|
| Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum |
Hamilton |
Western District |
Aviation |
website, birthplace of the Ansett transport empire
|
| Smythesdale Court House |
Smythesdale |
Goldfields |
Local history |
website, open by appointment with the Woady Yaloak Historical Society
|
| Sorrento Museum |
Sorrento |
Mornington Peninsula |
Local history |
Operated by the Nepean Historical Society, museum, library and gallery
|
| Sovereign Hill |
Ballarat |
Goldfields |
Open air |
Depicts Ballarat's first ten years after the discovery of gold in 1851, includes the Gold Museum about the Australian gold rushes of the 1850s
|
| State Coal Mine |
Wonthaggi |
Gippsland |
Mining |
20th century coal mine with buildings, equipment and underground tours
|
| Stawell Historical Society Museum |
Stawell |
Wimmera |
Local history |
website
|
| Steamrail Victoria |
Newport |
Melbourne suburbs |
Railway |
|
| St Arnaud Historical Museum |
St Arnaud |
Goldfields |
Local history |
website, operated by the St Arnaud Historical Society
|
| Surf World Museum |
Torquay |
|
Sports |
website, Australia's contribution to the development of surfing around the world
|
| Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery |
Swan Hill |
|
Art |
Collections include Naïve art, Australian works on paper, prints and drawings
|
| TarraWarra Museum of Art |
Healesville |
Yarra Valley |
Art |
website, Australian art from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day
|
| Tasma Gallery |
East Melbourne |
Melbourne suburbs |
Art |
website, operated by the National Trust of Australia
|
| The Bible Museum |
St Arnaud |
Goldfields |
Literary |
website, features over 1400 Bibles, together with models and artefacts associated with the Bible message
|
| Tiger Moth World |
Torquay |
|
Aerospace |
website, theme park and museum based on the de Havilland Tiger Moth
|
| Upper Yarra Museum |
Yarra Junction |
Yarra Valley |
Local history |
website
|
| Victorian Jazz Archive |
Wantirna |
Melbourne suburbs |
Music |
Australian jazz heritage
|
| Villa Alba |
Kew |
Melbourne suburbs |
Historic house |
website, late 19th century mansion under restoration
|
| Walhalla Museum |
Walhalla
|
| Wangaratta Art Gallery |
Wangaratta |
Northeast |
Art |
website
|
| Wangaratta Museum |
Wangaratta |
Northeast |
Local history |
website, operated by the Wangaratta Historical Society
|
| Warrandyte Post Office Museum |
Warrandyte |
Melbourne suburbs |
Local history |
website, operated by the Warrandyte Historical Society
|
| Warrnambool Art Gallery |
Warrnambool |
Southwest |
Art |
website
|
| Werribee Park |
Werribee |
Melbourne suburbs |
Historic house |
Includes late 19th century mansion, gardens, an equestrian centre, a zoo and a contemporary sculpture walk
|
| Whitehorse Art Space |
Box Hill |
Melbourne suburbs |
Art |
website, municipal art gallery located in town hall
|
| Williamstown Historical Society Museum |
Williamstown |
Melbourne suburbs |
Local history |
website
|
| Worsley Cottage Complex |
Maryborough |
Goldfields |
Historic house |
website, operated by the Maryborough Midlands Historical Society
|
| Yackandandah Museum |
Yackandandah |
Northeast |
Local history |
website, operated by the Yackandandah and District Historical Society
|
| Yarra Ranges Regional Museum |
Lilydale |
Melbourne suburbs |
Local history |
website, cultural heritage of the Yarra Ranges region
|
