Top rated Heritage museums in Australia

Experience the best that Australia has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 72 places from Heritage museum category.

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Dardanup Heritage Park
History museum
👍👍 Wow what a display of machinery, vehicles and military items. Thank goodness for the volunteers and fantastic cafe staff. Need a sit down mid way as so much to see. Allow at least 3 hours. All volunteers are so informative.
4.90 (81 reviews)
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Sikh Heritage Museum of Australia
Heritage museum
👍👍 Commendable work of putting together glimpses of the Great History of Sikhs right from its foundation to early settlement of Sikhs in Woolgoolga well over a century ago till date. Highly recommended when you visit Coffs Harbour/Woolgoolga. It's free to view. There is a donation box at exit if you wi...
4.90 (70 reviews)
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Jindera Pioneer Museum
Local history museum
👍👍 A must see for lovers of Australian history. I felt like I had been transported back in time. Staff were so friendly, well informed and more than willing to answer any questions. The smell of old fire places and lanolin really added to the experience. Well worth the cost to get in. I can't wait to g...
4.80 (149 reviews)
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Nungarin Heritage Machinery and Army Museum
Army museum
👍👍 Amazing place, full of machinery and ww2 vehicles with all sorts of displays. Run by a bunch of caring volunteers. A must see destination. Could easily spend the whole day roaming around the area here, the Museum is only the tip of the iceberg for historians, the land surrounding the museum also has...
4.80 (106 reviews)
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Fort Lytton Historic Military Precinct
Historical landmark
👍👍 I got together a group of 10 and we went to see Fort Lytton at night just before Christmas and it was fantastic! None of us really knew what to expect, just that it was some kind of guided history thing - but wow, it was so much more than that. We couldn't get over how well the actors knew their lin...
4.80 (37 reviews)
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Fremantle Prison
Tourist attraction
Large, old penitentiary providing interactive cultural exhibits on convict life, tours & a cafe.
4.70 (2K reviews)
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Darwin Aviation Museum
Museum
Museum of aviation featuring vintage military planes, crash artifacts & multimedia exhibits.
4.70 (952 reviews)
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Queensland Air Museum - Aviation Museum Sunshine Coast
Heritage museum
Australian aircraft museum offering history exhibits & a collection of restored historic planes.
4.70 (902 reviews)
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Aviation Heritage Museum
Museum
History museum of civilian & military aviation featuring 30 aircrafts, many artefacts & a gift shop.
4.70 (882 reviews)
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Sydney Jewish Museum
Museum
Expansive, modern gallery for Jewish history exhibits, tours, book signings & a kosher cafe.
4.70 (410 reviews)
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RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre
Heritage museum
👍👍 Very cool planes and a lot of information about them. Cafe and gift shop at entrance. Needs pass which you need to acquire at the start, simple process. Very friendly staff, no complaints about anything really. Very nice hangers and wow these planes are huge compared to what they look like in the ai...
4.70 (395 reviews)
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Redland Museum
Museum
👍👍 So much to see and do. Had a blacksmith demonstration while we were there. Clean tidy well labelled old stuff even had information how some things worked. Had a old school telephone you could talk to a friend on.
4.70 (264 reviews)
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Evans Head Heritage Aviation Museum (F111 Museum)
Heritage museum
👍👍 THE BEST experience was had by my plane loving son. The awesome men today gave an informed and heartfelt tour to my boy. Their knowledge and the way they pass it on is second to none. I can't thank you guys enough. Such a variety of plane's. Your kindness shown today will not be forgotten. My son ha...
4.70 (254 reviews)
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DFES Education & Heritage Centre
Heritage building
👍 Stopped by when I was passing and noticed it was free to enter. This looks to be the old Fire Station that was refurbished to a museum. The top floor was quite informative, talking about natural disaster and house fires and how to be safe. There was even a small climbing wall. The downstairs had fir...
4.70 (137 reviews)
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Zara Clark Museum
Museum
$$ $$
4.70 (120 reviews)
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Stanthorpe Heritage Museum
Local history museum
Venue with historical documents & photographs of local families, plus old buildings & collections.
4.70 (119 reviews)
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Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway
Heritage museum
👍👍 I took my very elderly mother on a Christmas train ride on an old Victorian era diesel train at Swanbank. It was an absolutely delightful experience. We were greeted at the station by a group of carollers who entertained us with wonderful Christmas songs while we waited for the train. Mr and Mrs Cla...
4.70 (112 reviews)
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Wingham Museum
Heritage museum
👍👍 This place was amazing. Well worth the effort to get there. Parking limited and across a busy road. Narrow entrance due to the building being very old design. But the interior was a trip back in time. Very nice volunteers to serve. Very small cost to enter but more than worth it. Would love to retur...
4.70 (100 reviews)
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Ardrossan Museum and Information Centre
Information services
4.70 (83 reviews)
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Wollondilly Heritage Centre
Heritage museum
👍👍 Had a wonderful visit. The volunteers are amazing with their knowledge and very helpful and willing to impart their knowledge look forward to going back and also checking out the lookout not in the rain.
4.70 (81 reviews)
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