The
Queensland Museum is the state museum of
Queensland. The museum currently operates four separate campuses; at
South Brisbane,
Ipswich,
Toowoomba and
Townsville.
The museum is funded by the State Government of Queensland.
History
The Queensland Museum was founded by the
Queensland Philosophical Society on 20 January, 1862
"A Time for a Museum — The History of the Queensland Museum — 1862 to 1986", — Patricia Mather, published by the Queensland Museum,
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2001 (originally published as
"Volume 24" of
"The Memoirs of the Queensland Museum"), one of the principal founders being
Charles Coxen, and had several temporary homes in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The temporary homes included:
The Old Windmill (1862–1869),
Parliament House (1869–1873) and the
General Post Office (1873–1879). The first professional curator was
Karl Theodor Staiger.
The
Queensland Government built a home for the Museum in William Street (later called the
John Oxley State Library), with Queensland Museum moving there in 1879. The museum occupied the William Street location for 20 years.
In 1899, the Queensland Museum moved into the Exhibition Hall (now called the
Old Museum), on Gregory Terrace in the
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