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Address: Ground Floor, 91 Murray Street, Hobart Tasmania 7000 Enquiries: (03) 6233 7484 Fax: (03) 6231 0927
* The Allport closes at 12.30pm on Saturdays during December and January.
The library is closed on public holidays.
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 Henry Allport bequeathed the contents of the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts to the people of Tasmania in 1965. It is intended as a permanent memorial to his family, who had settled in Van Diemen's Land in 1831. Convict artists and the work of many colonial landscape artists are a feature of the collection. The Allport is a living collection. More than 2000 items - book and artworks have been added since Henry's death through purchase from his Endowment Fund or by donation. Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts facilities & servicesThe Allport Library contains almost 6000 books and pamphlets. Items from the library collection are found on our catalogue and can be used in the History Room. The Museum is presented in a permanent display of period rooms which recall the elegance of the Georgian era. The Gallery presents several exhibitions a year showing artwork and other items from the collections. |
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