Old Museum Building, Brisbane

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The Old Museum building is in Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia.

The Old Museum was originally called the Exhibition Hall. It was built in 1891 for the Ekka (the Royal Brisbane Show), in the Brisbane Exhibition Ground.

In 1899, the Exhibition Hall became home to the Queensland Museum, with the museum remaining in the building until the museum's relocation to the Queensland Cultural Centre in 1986. During the Queensland Museum's 86 years in the building, other parts of the building were used as a Concert Hall and an Art Gallery. Because of the Queensland Museum's long occupancy of the building, the building is now known as the Old Museum.

The Old Museum building is now home to the Queensland Youth Orchestras, which regularly hold concerts in the building.

The Old Museum building was also used as one of the sites for the 1980's Australian series of Mission: Impossible.

External link

• The Exhibition Grounds and Buildings - includes information about the Old Museum building