South Australian Museum

South Australian Museum
The South Australian Museum, viewed from Adelaide's cultural boulevard, North Terrace.
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Former name
South Australian Institute
Established1856
LocationAdelaide, South Australia
TypeNatural history
Collection size4.84 million objects[1]
Visitors1.1 million[1]
DirectorDr David Gaimster[1]
OwnerGovernment of South Australia
Employees<90 fte, >200 volunteers, students and Honoraries[2]
Websitewww.samuseum.sa.gov.au
The Mortlock Library, part of the State Library of South Australia, forms the west side of the courtyard at the front of the South Australian Museum
South Australian Museum

The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856 and owned by the Government of South Australia. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultural precinct of the Adelaide Parklands. Plans are under way to move much of its Australian Aboriginal cultural collection (the largest in the world), into a new National Gallery for Aboriginal Art and Cultures.

  1. ^ a b c Annual report 2019-20 SA Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ^ Our people SA Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2021.