Allport Library and Museum Of Fine Arts

The Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts is located within the State Library of Tasmania in central Hobart. It contains almost 6,000 books and pamphlets as well as rare books relating to Australia and the pacific. There is a good representation of manuscript and pamphlet material with a Tasmanian focus. The Library also includes photographs of prominent Tasmanians and views of Hobart and its environs.

The Museum is presented in a permanent display of period rooms which recall the elegance of the Georgian era. Approximately 2,000 original artworks and almost 500 prints are on display as well as albums and sketchbooks which contain further treasures. Convict artists and the work of many colonial landscape artists are a feature of the collection. In amongst this are displays of mahogany and walnut furniture dating from 1680, and many excellent examples of Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite; Georgian silver and glass; and fine English, French and Chinese porcelain.