Best places: Museums in Gold Coast

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Cape Byron Lighthouse
Tourist attraction
Completed in 1901, this working lighthouse features sweeping bay views, a maritime museum & tours.
4.70 (7.4K reviews) (~64.61 km from centre)
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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) (~146.59 km from centre)
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Gallery of Modern Art
Art gallery
Contemporary art from Australia, Asia & the Pacific exhibited in a modern riverside building.
4.60 (8.4K reviews) (~80.09 km from centre)
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Queensland Museum Kurilpa | Brisbane
Museum
Museum featuring science, culture & natural history exhibits specific to the Queensland region.
4.60 (8.1K reviews) (~79.79 km from centre)
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Gold Coast Motor Museum
Museum
👍👍 Great little museum with a variety of vehicles and motorbikes, had a nice relaxing lunch and drink before wandering around. Good price and a couple of gems. Well worth the visit if about of need a change of pace from the theme parks, if you like driving there’s some good roads on the way.
4.70 (692 reviews) (~26.7 km from centre)
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Brisbane Opal Museum
Museum
Private museum exploring the history of Australia's opal mining industry, with tours & a gift shop.
4.80 (239 reviews) (~82.58 km from centre)
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The Workshops Rail Museum
Museum
Museum at Australia's oldest railway with interactive & multimedia exhibits, plus steam locomotives.
4.50 (1.8K reviews) (~86.47 km from centre)
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Fort Lytton National Park
National park
Site featuring a 19th-century fort & surrounding park, with guided tours & history-oriented shows.
4.60 (488 reviews) (~79.97 km from centre)
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Caboolture Historical Village
Tourist attraction
Sprawling living history museum with 70+ pioneer buildings & an array of artifacts on display.
4.60 (473 reviews) (~123.89 km from centre)
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Cobb+Co Museum
Historical landmark
Local history museum also housing the national collection of vehicles, from the horse-drawn era on.
4.50 (1K reviews) (~157.16 km from centre)
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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) (~63.62 km from centre)
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Museum of Brisbane
Museum
Tucked away in City Hall, this museum offers historical city exhibits, artwork & a clock tower tour.
4.40 (2.2K reviews) (~79.92 km from centre)
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Emmaville Mining Museum
Museum
👍👍 If you’re ever in the area you need to stop in to Walk through this amazing museum looks are so deceiving it looks small but it goes on forever. An amazing array of gemstones. This little town Emmaville has so much history the volunteers that run the museum have put an amazing lot of artifacts from...
4.70 (196 reviews) (~235.6 km from centre)
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Bribie Island Seaside Museum
Museum
Contemporary museum overlooking the bay exploring island history with a kids' zone & gift shop.
4.70 (184 reviews) (~114.3 km from centre)
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Brisbane City Hall Clock Tower
Museum
👍👍 Great place to discover in Brisbane cbd. Located in level 3 Museum of Brisbane within city hall tower, this clock tower is a must-see attraction if you are in Brisbane. Free tour runs for 15 mins during the day but limited spots so you are better book ahead to avoid waiting time. Very friendly and...
4.70 (173 reviews) (~79.91 km from centre)
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Beenleigh Historical Village & Museum
Museum
Living-history museum featuring 20 preserved buildings with artifacts, including a school & church.
4.50 (333 reviews) (~46.02 km from centre)
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The Big Pelican
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Worth a stop to get the obligatory photo and read the interesting history. Would also be a nice place to hire gear from the adjacent longstanding boat hire place which the landmark is named after. A.number of places to eat nearby too.
4.50 (302 reviews) (~191.08 km from centre)
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Surfers Paradise
Tourist attraction
Museum with kitschy oddities on display, including shrunken human heads & rare animal skeletons.
4.30 (2.3K reviews) (~9.02 km from centre)
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Caboolture Warplane Museum
Museum
Flying museum with restored, operational WWII airplanes that can also be booked for joy flights.
4.60 (190 reviews) (~120.55 km from centre)
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Redcliffe Museum
Museum
Vibrant museum with multimedia exhibits on Redcliffe's history, plus a shop for books & souvenirs.
4.50 (214 reviews) (~100.27 km from centre)
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