Tasmanian Transport Museum

158 reviews

2B Anfield St, Glenorchy TAS 7010, Australia

www.tasmaniantransportmuseum.com.au

+61428386843

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Tasmanian Transport Museum is a Museum located at 2B Anfield St, Glenorchy TAS 7010, Australia. It has received 158 reviews with an average rating of 4.7 stars.

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MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
WednesdayClosed
ThursdayClosed
Friday11AM-4PM
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed

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  • The address of Tasmanian Transport Museum: 2B Anfield St, Glenorchy TAS 7010, Australia

  • Tasmanian Transport Museum has 4.7 stars from 158 reviews

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  • "What a great way to spend a lazy Sunday looking through the historic Tasmanian Transport Museum at Glenorchy"

    "We have come several times on open days"

    "Really interesting and passionate bunch of volunteers"

    "A fantastic museum containing historic busses and fire engines, trains and trams"

    "Had a really good time with the kids exploring their collection of steam trains and diesel electric trains"

Reviews

  • Xfactor

What a great way to spend a lazy Sunday looking through the historic Tasmanian Transport Museum at Glenorchy. I took my kids aged 5 & 7 and they had a ball. Plenty of old fire engines, old trams, buses, & an arrange of different trains. You can also walk in them all & explore their history. My kids loved making out they were driving them steering and walking up stairs to the top deck was their fav. The toilets are very clean and spacious. The staff are very friendly. The main passenger train runs all day up-and-down up-and-down, we went on around 4-5 times. Yes it’s not that long but it’s still great. The museum has a lot of history for the oldies & all the train lovers. And finally, the best thing is the price in this day and age. It’s surprisingly still very cheap to get through the gate. $6 for the kids & $11 for a adult concession $12 for none concession, you Can’t beat that. 10/10 Thanks Guys we will be back
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No

  • Sally Rodman

We have come several times on open days. Each time there are different things to look at in the large sheds and a different train running along the track to ride on. We have come with our son from about 2 yrs old, now 4. He really enjoys it so much. It is easy to spend 2 or 3 hours with him here riding the train and clinbing around and exploring the others on show. He really gets so much out of this small by very lovely museum run by enthusiasts. We particularly enjoy the modle train show days, which I believe is an annual event. So please don't miss this weekend from your calendars!

  • Emma Helks

Really interesting and passionate bunch of volunteers. My toddlers excitement for all vehicles was definitely captured here. Great to be able to go on the steam train. Check their Facebook page for details. Need more info plaques, interesting stories and seating.
Visited on
Weekday
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No

  • Chris Boyadjian

A fantastic museum containing historic busses and fire engines, trains and trams. The operators have captured historic and significant vehicles and have a wonderful display. The guides are informative, genuine and down to earth retired Fire Fighters. A great experience and worth it. Donate and keep the place open for generations to come.

  • Orion

Had a really good time with the kids exploring their collection of steam trains and diesel electric trains. They also have trams, buses and fire engines. Really enjoyed the steam day kids had fun riding the rails and talking to the operators of the train. All in all a very good place to visit to look at historical steam power.

  • Christine Burdon

What a gem of a place. We'd taken our 4 grandchildren. They loved it ! The train rides were a hit and they were unlimited. Definitely a trip down memory lane for us adults and it was lots of fun for the whole family. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No

  • ken Wallwork

There is a wonderful array of buses, trams, fire engines, diesel trains and most immortality, steam engines. With work progressing and recent news of possible opening up of some mainline there are hopes for running steam in the near future. Volunteers are friendly and like a chat. Very informative, too.

  • Tim Clarke

We went as a group, very interesting the history of Transportation in Tasmania. Plenty to see and volunteer staff were very knowledgeable and friendly. Our whole group thougherly enjoyed the experience.
Visited on
Weekday

  • Adrian B

Great family location. Plenty of heritage trams, buses, trains and vehicles. The train ride was enjoyed by the children and whilst the journey is short, you can go as many times as you want. Staff are friendly and informative.

  • Ella Price

Great interactive thing for younger kids. Ride the train as many times as you'd like, we managed 4 rides in a couple of hours. Great entry price and very friendly staff/volunteers. Great history to teach the kids as well.

  • Roslyn Pallister

This was so much fun took me back to when i was a kid and i could show my two grandsons so much of our past and history everywhere
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No

  • lauren ford

I'm not so interested in this as much as my husband but we both had a blast here. Really cool stuff, very original and lovely keeper. Also loved the original advertisements in the trams and buses. It is a must see.

  • Matthew Grass

Enjoyed our visit to the museum. A nice collection of vintage trains, trams and buses set out in an orderly manner. Learnt lots about the vehicles and worth a visit. Volunteer staff were friendly and welcoming.

  • Twith Gazz

Good range of exhibits. But not really worth the money spent. It would probably be better to go when the train is running.
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No

  • Gareth Wells

Lots of things to look at. Went when steam train was running which was an excellent experience. 2 year old that loves trains had a great time. Volunteers very knowledgeable and happy to answer questions.

  • Leigh Klein

Thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon with my grandson who loves trains. The staff there really went out of their way to make it entertaining. A wonderful asset in the local community of Glenorchy. More

  • Alinda MacDonald

Great museum for anyone who love trains and interacting with stuff. The train ride was brilliant, and they have heaps of open trains and trams you can walk through and "drive". Great for kids.

  • Freddo Frosch

We enjoyed the visit and all the people here are friendly and helpful. The displays are in good condition and you'll learn something about the history of trains, trams and busses in Tasmania

  • Samantha Broadby

Had a party here for little boy. No hire fee just admission costs. Staff friendly and helpful. Awesome train and unlimited rides. Great for kids and adults. Perfect for school excursions.

  • Judith Hope

The staff were absolutely fantastic a great help to our special clients going out of there way to be helpfull by making sure our clients could have a ride on the train. Thumbs up …

  • Helen

We all had a great time there for about 3 hours. Kids loved the train ride, and there were great exhibits. There are a number of exhibits that the kids can climb over, which they loved

  • Rob Thompson

Loved this Place...we visited The Tasmanian Transport museum a few weeks ago...so much to look at, and also enjoyed a small ride on one of the trains. Definitely worth a visit. More

  • Detlef Graevinghoff

A good few hours had by all. Too bad the train ride was only short but nice to see the Old Girl run. Will be back after my hip replacement to go onto the steam train engines.

  • FadeDreamer “FadeDreamer”

Went there over half a decade ago or even more but the train rides were fun and the museum is very interesting. Hope they keep this running for many years to come.

  • Kathi

A really interesting transport museum with plenty of old trains, trams and buses to inspect, plus short steam train rides on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month.

  • Matt S

Excellent place to visit, plenty of interesting trains, trams & other related things to see and read about. An education for kids & adults. A must visit.

  • Adam Frazer

A great asset to the community. Volunteers full of enthusiasm, knowledge and passion. The exhibits are interesting and informative. Go and check it out.

  • Renee Somerville

Amazing experience, very interesting to see the old transport.
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No

  • Graham Price

Very good display with some unusual trains etc Recommended
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No

  • Patrizia Jones

Expo was much better than expected. Lots of working exhibitions. Great visit. Thankyou to all that organised and participated in this event

  • Karen Harriss

Really interesting place. Was really nice of the train drivers young son to give us a very factual and interesting individual guided tour

  • Matthew Hyde

A great way to spend an afternoon, lots of fascinating displays and incredible machines, and at a very resonable price. Thank you.

  • Jim Dare

Great array of displays and information
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
1 hr+
Reservation recommended
Not sure

  • Lisa Lewis

Really enjoyed it if you love trains then I can highly recommend. It's only small and is ran by volunteers, well worth the visit

  • James Clements

Great place plenty of bygone history.
Visited on
Weekday
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
Not sure

  • Alison Jelinski

Great train rides only short but kids loved it the other building had great old trains buses to look at very informative

  • Ruth Bosveld

We had an excellent home-school outing to the transport museum.
Visited on
Weekday
Wait time
Up to 10 min

  • Max Burgess

Amazing pieces of Tasmania's transportation history. Also has trains operating every fortnight (see website for times)

  • Sumit Joshi

This is really amazing place. It's shows how British era had organised transport system which left behind by tasmania

  • Robert Zamykal

Fantastic day out with 13 year old son. He loved it, and wants to come back in two weeks for the steam train rides.

  • Matt Stagg

You'll find one of the original abt locomotives that have been here since 1963. A lot of tasmanian rail history :)

  • Jennifer Webb

If you enjoy historical transport that includes trams, steam and diesel trains then you should enjoy this museum.

  • Melanie Duggan

Had lots of fun
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
Up to 10 min
Reservation recommended
No

  • originalmrcareless

Nice little transport museum with informative staff and regular free short train rides. Worth a visit.

  • Neil Booth

Has a range of transport history to keep most interested. Staff on site were very friendly and helpful

  • Darryl Shaw

Great to look around, especially for young kids, happen to have a model train exhibition when I went.

  • Pippy Star

It was a lot of fun and great to see some of the old transport especially the working steam train.

  • Denny Vucicevic

A fantastic outing for lovers of historic memorabilia. Plenty of exhibits to keep kids amused.

  • Jimmy Chong

Great place for kids and train fanatic. Steam train ride and a lot of classic train display.

  • Kell Graham

love it
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No

  • Gail Williams

Grandsons loved that they could climb into and up onto Trams ,trains, old fire trucks.

  • Darren Warr

A beautifully curated museum with so much care and attention put into the exhibits.

  • Julio Nguyen

Not many activities, but ride on the stream train might be a good experience.

  • Chad Malphite

Good cheap tickets. Enjoyable ride and lots of history. Helpful nice staff.

  • Linda Clifton

Great having a trsin ride showing my great niece who loved it as well

  • Andrew R

Plenty of old trains, cars and trams to explore for the history buff.

  • Jane Turner

My daughter loved the train ride and climbing all over the old trams.

  • Sarah Olencewicz

Great for families! Especially anyone with a train obsession …

  • louise morris

Great place to take kids too. Very interesting place for everyone

  • Kelly Nichols

The staff are truly amazing! Such a great day out for the family

  • Veronica Henry

Awesome place to visit, friendly staff, a step back in time.

  • Julia Heagerty

Great range of displays and very friendly staff/volunteers.

  • Alkha Seltzer

Great little museum and very friendly and passionate staff.

  • Shishma Bhandari

Excellent ..the volunteers made my bub feel very special.

  • Rita Graevinghoff

Lots to look at and a lor of fun foir the whole family...

  • Nick Abbott-Young

Very interesting, congratulations to all the volunteers.

  • Ken Gevaux

Lovely place to see the transport history of Tasmania

  • 江东尼(Donny)

Nice place for kids
Visited on
Weekend…
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  • Manda P

Well worth the trip to see some Tasmanian history

  • Ryan Morrison

Great museum and very exciting for the children.

  • Tim H

Great place, well worth the visit. Lovely hosts.

  • Mohammad Jalali

Very nice and the good information is provided

  • Noel Dickens

Great to look back on the rail and tram era

  • ameya sathe

Enjoyed spending a couple of hours here.

  • jim cochrane

Excellent exhibits well worth the visit

  • Steve Dalton

Absolutely fantastic well worth a visit

  • Ila and John Rundle

A great day
Visited on
Weekend

  • Glenn Fox

Excellent selections of train carts

  • Geoffrey Allibgham

Liked it so much I joined

  • Warren Horn

Good experience

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