2019 News articles

Gallery works at TMAG

9 November 2021

Over the coming weeks, works to improve conditions for collection items and visitors will be taking place in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s (TMAG) gallery spaces.


Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly series at TMAG

28 October 2021

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is delighted to present one of the greatest series of 20th century Australian paintings to Tasmanian audiences this summer, Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series.


Jayne Wilson Bequest Bursary 2021: Call for Expressions of Interest

22 September 2021

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is calling for applications for the 2021 Jayne Wilson Bequest Bursary, from researchers interested in studying TMAG’s collections.


Pioneering European artists on show

27 August 2021

Now open at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is a fascinating exhibition highlighting works on paper created by two pioneering European artists.


Farewell Janet Carding

12 August 2021

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is celebrating the achievements of outgoing Director Janet Carding, who is leaving the museum this week to take up a new position in Sydney.


Beaker Street Festival 2021

5 August 2021

This weekend, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) will celebrate science, art and curious minds as the Beaker Street Festival returns to the museum after a COVID-19-induced hiatus last year.


TMAG Board of Trustees - Expressions of Interest

19 July 2021

The Department of State Growth invites expressions of interest from individuals interested in being considered for appointment as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG).


Partnership to protect threatened birds

1 July 2021

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) and TasNetworks have been working together in a three-year partnership to help protect Tasmania’s threatened bird species.


Discover Paradise Lost at TMAG

10 June 2021

This winter, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is proud to present a world-first exhibition focused on one of Australia’s most intriguing colonial artists, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.


mapiya lumi | around here opens

30 April 2021

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) has today officially opened a major new offering for young visitors and their families, the gallery mapiya lumi | around here.


Family fun lifts off at TMAG

13 April 2021

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) today welcomed children and their families to the fifth edition of its popular Festival for Children and Young People.


New Curator of Vertebrate Zoology and Palaeontology

15 March 2021

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is delighted to welcome Dr David Hocking as its new Senior Curator of Vertebrate Zoology and Palaeontology.


Hobart Current: Liberty

11 March 2021

A thought provoking new contemporary art exhibition, the result of an innovative long-term partnership between the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) and the City of Hobart (CoH), is set to intrigue Hobart audiences this autumn.


TMAG-QVMAG Memorandum of Understanding

26 February 2021

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding, pledging to increase collaboration between two of the state’s most significant cultural institutions.


Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal People

15 February 2021

At a ceremony in Hobart today, the Royal Society of Tasmania (RST) and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) apologised completely and unreservedly for nearly 200 years of scientific, research and museum practices that resulted in immense hurt and suffering to Tasmanian Aboriginal people.


TMAG CLOSED DUE TO COVID 19

1 January 2013

At the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG), we are committed to ensuring the safety of our visitors and staff while we face the challenges of COVID-19.