Museum of Brisbane

🆓We entered it for free and we booked a free tourism guide online, it was quite good. 🦥🐇🪵🦃🪶🦘🦈🕷️🦗🦅🐭🐱🐨🐊🪺Lots of species symbols are here and lots of them are real. Also, some war artifacts they are fabulous and amazing. 🪖 & Aboriginal people‘s story……And so on… Sometimes there are opening exhibition halls with different themes, usually kids are for free. In short, It’s worth a look if you are new to Brisbane or traveling here🌟!!👍🏻

Had a very interesting & informative visit at the Egyptian Exhibition today. Can highly recommend spending some time here to see the amazing pieces on display. Wandered around looking at other displays while waiting for our tour time to begin. Takes a good hour to walk through the exhibition and take it all in.

It's a great museum and I suggest parents bring their kids to take a look sometimes. The environment inside is pretty clean, and the density of tourists is not high even during the weekend.

Lovely free museum. They have a variety of exhibits and a few activities that are perfect for kids. They do offer guided tours, but we wandered the halls without a guide. It’s a tiny museum that’s 100% worth visiting. Hint: the museum is on the 3rd floor. Take the lift to the right as soon as you walk into the main entrance. Also highly recommend doing the kid activities more matter your age - take the time to not only admire art, but make your own too!

One of the BEST experiences of my life has been the Egyption Exhibition (they open the museum at night for this)! February 2025! We saw actual mummies and artefacts that our eyes would not have never laid eyes on otherwise! Goosebumps all round! Worth the price and worth the visit!

Did a clock tower tour (prior booking recommended) and walked around in the museum. Nice exhibits and staff are all extremely friendly. Plus it’s a nice way to escape the rain or heat when touring Brisbane.

I'd like to petition for them to rename it Art Gallery of Brisbane. I'm not a big fan of art, so was a little dissapointed by it being only art. At the same time I loved the photo exhibit and it is one of the better art museums I've visited. The clocktower is a must do! Recommend booking in advance. You should also do a stroll of the townhall and take a look in the auditorium.

I went to get access to the tower, but no tickets were available. The shop was super overpriced. Building is in good condition and a lovely example of neo-classicism. Bought a takeaway coffee from the Cafe, which was good.

Boring and not at all what I expected. I came in hoping to learn about the history of Brisbane. There are a few displays on that subject when you first walk in, but then the rest of the museum is mainly art. If you're an art aficionado, this might be up your alley. But I'm not, and it wasn't. The free clock tower tour was cool though, and made my visit worth the time.

It's a nice little museum. There are two art exhibits and a big exhibit exploring the people of Brisbane, both native and immigrant. The latter exhibit had lots of multimedia and gives a very accessible history of the Brisbane area. There's also a booth where visitors can record their own story. They even attempt to capture some f the smells of Brisbane in plastic canisters with little holes on top.

I should probably hand back my Yelp-card given last week was my first visit to the Museum of Brisbane. Calling the third floor of City Hall home, this is a serene and hidden space to escape the heat, the bustle of the city or just see some intriguing exhibitions. For example, there's currently a great exhibition by David Malouf and while I was roaming the halls they were busily preparing for their upcoming Costumes of Hollywood exhibit. There's a small gallery shop at the entrance stocking a select range of locally-made goods and a few souvenier-style pieces that don't scream, "TOURIST" as soon as you look at them. You could easily walk through King George Square and forget the museum is there but if you have a spare hour or two, take the lifts to level 3. It's worth it (especially if you time it right for one of the every-15-minute clock tower tours).

The Museum of Brisbane is open in its new location on the 3rd floor of City Hall. They have a nice collection of photos and other items that make up an exhibit on the Brisbane river, and a little cinema that shows a pretty good short film on the same subject. It's a small space, but the rest of it is taken up with art by Brisbane artists. It's a nice space, it's free, and it's something interesting to do while you're waiting for the lift up the tower!

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this place, but it should have been obvious, located in the Town Hall and all that. I discovered it simply by perusing the internet and thought it would be good to go and check it out, especially since it was just around the corner from my hotel. Basically it is not so much a museum in Brisbane but a museum about Brisbane, which should have been obvious to me, since it is located in the Town Hall. I would have to say that it is value for money, but then again you don't actually have to pay to go inside. The museum did seem to have a huge focus on the river, so if you want to become an expert on everything about the Brisbane River this is the place to go. They also had an exhibition of costumes from the Golden Age of Hollywood, though while it had nothing to do with Brisbane, the collection was owned by somebody who lived in Brisbane, so I guess there is a connection, somewhat.

No! Not the museum with the whales hanging from the ceiling. I mean, the other museum. The obscure museum that you probably wouldn't have heard of unless you were forced to visit as part of a school excursion. Poor Museum Of Brisbane has practically disappeared of the radar after being forced out of City Hall while it undergoes extensive renovations. When I visited last Monday afternoon, a friendly staff member assured me that they were likely to remain in their current location tucked away in the Brisbane City Council building on Ann Street (just down from King George Square) for at least another year, though his eyes lit up as he rhapsodized about their new home on top of City Hall which will have 360 degree views over Brisbane. It really is a shame that Museum of Brisbane has such poor Feng Shui in its current location because they curate the most interesting, free exhibitions with a focus on local history and art. When I found out about their latest exhibition 'Cabinet of Curiosities' I had to check it out for myself. The 'Cabinet of Curiosities' is a 16th century concept where rich noblemen would have their minions bring back exotic and rare objects from foreign countries to be displayed in a dedicated room - sort of like a forerunner to our modern museum. Their collection of rare curiosities certainly paints a cultural and social landscape of Brisbane from a bygone era from a 1940s Japanese flag to an eerie ventriloquist doll to and old fashion radio. Although this exhibit will end soon, their next exhibition 'Reveal: Rediscovering the city of Brisbane' will feature paintings, sculptures and ceramics from their permanent collection of Brisbane artists past and present.

Visited yesterday and particularly enjoyed the collection curated by David Malouf. Really great museum with lots of interactive elements and a range of pieces from Queensland artists as well as an insight into the history of Brisbane and the Sunshine state. Will definitely visit next time I am here and would recommend to anyone looking for a well designed, well curated modern museum that makes the most of the quirky layout of the building to best present information with each corner providing another snapshot into this city and it's people.