Best places: Museums in Ballarat, Australia

Quaint museum with a fleet of historic trams & an operational solar-powered tramway.

Replica of a gold mining town with costumed actors, a mine tour, coach rides & other attractions.

Contemporary & traditional art housed in a Victorian-style, 19th-century former convent.

👍 What a special place, excellent for young and old. Plenty of parking and massive numbers of actively working steam engines of all kinds.

History museum exploring Australia's democracy through art installations & digital technology.

👍👍 The Ballarat gardens are beautiful. We only went to see the Prime Ministers walk - so were delighted to see the display of dahlias & begonias and the amazing statues. The hothouse display was amazing. Loved our visit here.

Guided tours of an airport hangar housing aircraft, engines, radios, cameras & aviation memorabilia.

👍👍 Steiglitz is such an interesting place to visit, although most of the buildings have long gone, its a great place to walk around and read the history of the town and the gold mining days

👍👍 What can I say about the fabulous Clunes bottle museum that hasn't already been said? Just, wow. From start to finish this museum boasts a massive, precisely curated bottle collection from decades, and even centuries, past, with concise and witty didactics to guide you along the way. At $3/per perso...