Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

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The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is located in the port of Darwin in the Northern Territory in Australia . It is the most important museum in the Northern Territory, located in the Fannie Bay area of Darwin and under the supervision of a Northern Territory Ministry, the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport . The museum is known for its extensive specimen collection and collection of Aboriginal art .

history

In 1964, the Northern Territory Legislative Council in Darwin passed a law to establish this museum.

The museum was to be housed in the Old Town Hall in Darwin's city center, but Cyclone Tracy , which raged from 24 to 25 1974, destroyed the almost completely renovated building. On September 10, 1981, the new museum opened in its current location. The museum was expanded in 1992 to include the maritime history of the Northern Territory and in 1993 the museum was given its current name.

Museum offers

The museum displays Aboriginal and fine arts , craft artifacts , Southeast Asian and Oceanic Pacific arts and crafts, marine archeology , Northern Territory history, and scientific works.

A library houses the museum, the Peter Spillett Library , with 10,000 monographs, 1,000 magazines, annual reports, maps and audio-visual materials.

The museum, which is located in a park with large trees and tropical palm trees, seeks to connect with its visitors and therefore the park can also be rented for private events, parties at sunset or wedding parties.

The collection includes 30,000 works of art and artifacts . The groomed crocodile Sweetheart , which attacked numerous fishing boats but largely ignored the occupants of the boats, is generally known worldwide .

A particularly important prize, the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award , has been presented annually since 1984 to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists on the premises of the museum.

Web links

Commons : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory ( Memento June 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved January 3, 2010
  2. ↑ a b About the Museum and Art Gallery on www.nt.gov.au ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 3, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nt.gov.au
  3. ↑ Peter Spillett Library on www.nt.gov.au ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 3, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nt.gov.au
  4. ↑ Hire Our Facilities on www.nt.gov.au ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 3, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nt.gov.au

Coordinates: 12 ° 26 ′ 14.5 ″  S , 130 ° 50 ′ 1.8 ″  E