Corporate Body

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (1863 - )

From
1863
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Functions
Museum
Alternative Names
  • TMAG (Acronym)

Summary

The collections held by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TAMG) can be traced back to the Royal Society of Tasmania's activities in the 1840s. In 1863 the Museum gained its first permanent home. TAMG also manages the Tasmanian Herbarium.

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Published resources

Books

Journal Articles

  • Grove, Simon and Bashford, Dick, 'The Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection and its Transfer to TMAG', Kanunnah, 6 (2013), 26-44. Details
  • Huxley, J. K., 'Courtier to the Powerful and Zealous Curator for the People: the Contribution of Alexander Morton to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1884-1907', Kanunnah, 2 (2008), 1-34. Details
  • Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory, 'Australian Museums of Natural History: Public Priorities and Scientific Initiatives in the 19th Century', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (4) (1983), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9830540001. Details

Resource Sections

See also

  • Abbie, A. A., 'An examination of the W. L. Crowther collection of skeletal material', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 98 (1964), 53-62. Details
  • Pelayo, Francisco, 'Hermann Klaatsch and his photographic representations of Australian aborigines during his scientific trip through Australia (1904-1907', Culture & history digital journal, 12 (1) (2023), 14. https://doi.org/10.3989/chdj.2023.008. Details
  • Stehlik, Brigitte, 'Hermann Klaatsch and the Tiwi, 1906', Aboriginal history journal, 10 (1986), 59-77. http://doi.org/10.22459/AH.10.2011.06. Details

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