Museumgoers. The Ultimate Guide to Museums in Adelaide
- Ajeng Arainikasih
- 3 Okt 2016
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Diperbarui: 9 Sep 2021
Adelaide is a small city and sometimes a 'forgotten' city compared to other Australian state capitals such as Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Brisbane. As a less popular city, people tend to believe that the 'recreation spot' is limited. Surprisingly, Adelaide has some museums that are worth visiting. So, whether you're Adelaidans or temporary visitors, why don't you visit these 7 museums?
The Art Gallery of South Australia
Are you passionate about art? European Art? Asian Art? Australian Art? Australian Indigenous Art? Why don't you stroll along North Terrace and enter the Art Gallery of South Australia to enjoy its precious art collections for free? The Art Gallery of South Australia as the state art gallery was open for the public since 1881. It houses thousands of beautiful artworks. To interpret its wonderful collections, the Art Gallery of South Australia also regularly organize nice events such as temporary exhibition, member's party, curator's talks, and kids/family workshop. If you are too tired of 'academic activity' just relax in its magnificent cafe or shop in its bookstore.
Art Gallery of South Australia
North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
South Australian Museum
Curious about Egyptian artifacts but have never been to Egypt? Passionate about the Pacific cultures and Indigenous Australians? Right at the center of the city of Adelaide (next to the Art Gallery of South Australia), we could see Egyptian, the Pacific, and Indigenous Australian's historical and cultural artifacts in the South Australian Museum. As South Australian Museum is a state museum, it also displays natural resources of the state such as fossils, wildlife (mostly animals offsets), and minerals. This museum is really a free and fun place to visit for every member of the family!
Australian Museum
North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Migration Museum
The Migration Museum on Kintore Avenue is a social history museum. This museum is located at former Adelaide's Destitute Asylum building built in the 1870s. Telling the history of the settlement and multicultural lives of the people of South Australia through personal and community stories, this museum applied a participatory exhibition approach. It is also has a small exhibition room called the Forum Community Access Gallery which dedicated to holding temporary exhibitions curated by the community themselves. Don't forget to check their public programs (and education programs) before visiting the museum as they always have something nice for everyone! This museum is free, but a donation is welcome.
Migration Museum
82 Kintore Ave, Adelaide SA 5000
South Australian Maritime Museum
Ever wonder how's the free settlers' life onboard (as third-class people) when they first came to South Australia in the 1830s? Or how's the 'beach life' in Glenelg in the 1950s? The South Australian Maritime Museum, located in Port Adelaide, telling the history of South Australian maritime and marine life and preserve its material cultures. Its collections varied from (replica) ships to original lighthouses, dolphins specimens, and swimsuits!
A visit to the South Australian Maritime Museum is always fun as they design the exhibitions with an interactive approach. We can touch the objects, dress-ups and experience life in the past, and even play games within the display! Although visiting the museum costs some $ it is still worth it, especially for a family with children.
South Australian Maritime Museum
126 Lipson St, Port Adelaide SA 5015
http://maritime.history.sa.gov.au/
Ayers House Museum
Ayers House Museum is a historic house located in North Terrace, right in front of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The house was built in 1876 and was belong to the Ayers family. Although after the Ayers lived there the house was used for other purposes, now it is preserved as the Ayers' mansion in the 19th Century. The museum is intended to show the way of life of the upper-class Adelaidans in that era. Run mostly by volunteers, the museum has many interesting tours to interpret its story. The most famous one is the candlelight tour during winter. Ayers house museum is also a beautiful place to organize a wedding party, and yes you can hire it!
Ayers House Museum
288 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Read more: Ayers House Museum, Adelaide: Candlelight tour di malam hari
Unley Museum
Do you know that within the Unley neighborhood there is a small but very interesting museum? Yes, it is Unley Museum at Edmund Avenue! The museum building is the former old Unley Fire Station Building. As the museum is very small (only as big as a house) it changes its permanent exhibitions every couple of years.
At Unley Museum you can learn many interesting social histories of Adelaide and Unley such as the history of its people's shopping habits, eating habits, and even its dark secrets. Moreover, what makes the museum interesting is its interactive and participatory display approach.
The Unley Museum is also a community-friendly museum. You can help the museum as volunteers, donate objects for the museum's collection, or become its friend. You can also ask for help from the museum if you wanna know your neighborhood history, or just simply curious about who are the previous tenants of your house. Cool, eh?
Unley Museum
80 Edmund Ave, Unley SA 5061
Read more: Unley Museum, Adelaide: Jadi volunteer sebagai asisten kurator and Unley Museum, Adelaide [2]: Tata pamer partisipatori
Carrick Hill Museum
Drive along Fullarton Road and then you will arrive at Carrick Hill Drive in Springfield. There, stood a 17th Century English Tudor house called Carrick Hill. Carrick Hill was built in the 1930s and was belong to Sir Edward (Bill) Hayward and Lady Ursula Barr Smith-Hayward. They imported most of the materials for Carrick Hill's exterior and interior from the UK. However, they also added modern technologies of that era to make their lives easier. The couple also decorated their house with precious artworks of famous artists.
Today, the house is preserved as a historic house museum to illustrates the way of living of the wealthy Australians in the mid 20th Century. Carrick Hill also has hectares of garden with children storybook trails and native bush-land. Visiting Carrick Hill as an adult will cost you about $17, but if you wanna see the beautiful view of Adelaide from a backyard on top of a hill, it is really worth it!
Carrick Hill
46 Carrick Hill Dr, Springfield SA 5062
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