Welcome to Cairns Museum – a snapshot of our fascinating, beautiful, dynamic frontier region and its people. Situated in the central business district of Cairns, the air-conditioned Museum’s incredible collection holds the secrets and memories of the people, places, events and changing environment of Far North Queensland. Learn, play, explore and be excited at Cairns Museum with interactive, engaging and fun displays. It’s a lively place representing the growth of an energetic and wild tropical region. After you have finished exploring, take a break on the upstairs verandah, offering views across Cairns’ city centre.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 15.
The Cairns Museum and the Cairns Historical Society Research Centre are located in the Cairns School of Arts building, in the heart of the Cairns CBD. The Society's extensive archival and photographic collections are open to anyone with a research interest in Cairns or Far North Queensland. Explore the history of tropical life at the Cairns Museum. Family friendly, air-conditioned and free wi-fi. Admission includes all exhibitions.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Skip the Line: Cairns Museum Admission Ticket lasts about 1 day. The itinerary has 1 stop.
Prices start at $11 per person for this Cairns and the Tropical North experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Children aged 5–17 pay from $4, adults from $11. Infants go free.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 4 participants.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 5.0 out of 5 across 6 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Cairns Museum.
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Excellent experience! Expertise of the staff, talks and displays was very informative & enjoyable. Highly recommended. We spent 3-4 hours here.
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The museum was very interesting and they have a helper walking around with any advice his name was John and very nice and also funny,John made it a pleasant experience. The Cairns history was excellent and very informative 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Excellent place to learn a bit about Cairns I wouldn’t have known! Dee, John and Tony were super insightful! Highly recommend!
This was a fantastic way to showcase our city's history to visiting friends and learn so much fascinating history at the same time. It was grear to learn the stories behind so many familiar local names. Definitely a place locals should spend some time exploring. The volunteers are so friendly and I really appreciated being shown the interactive map display of photos from then and now.
My 2 grandsons and l took the guided tour this morning. What a delightful way to spend a few hours with 2 inquisitive boys! Really interesting historical information given in a very accessible and friendly way. My grandsons, 9 and 7 year olds really enjoyed the morning and learnt a lot. Thank you for a reasonably priced educational opportunity! Well done Cairns Museum!
We went into the museum and were greeted by friendly faces, all volunteers. On starting the visit we were offered a highlights tour of the first gallery by a very knowledgeable lady. She bought the exhibition to life. On moving downstairs we were passed to a young man who gave us the next highlights tour he was entetaining and candid! The museum isn't huge but well exhibited, we had an enjoyable couple of hours. Thank you to the lovely staff of volunteers.
| Tour | Duration | Rating | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip the Line: Cairns Museum Admission Ticket | 1 day | 5.0 (6) | $11 | |
| Skip the Line: Cairns Museum Single Admission Ticket | 1 day | 4.7 (27) | $11 | View |
 Skip the Line Kuranda Scenic Railway Gold Class and Skyrail Rainforest Cableway | 8 hours | 4.5 (614) | $164 | View |
 Cairns Tomb Of The Pharaohs General Admission Ticket | 1–2 hours | 4.8 (51) | $37 | View |
 Cairns Aquarium Admission Ticket | 2–3 hours | 4.6 (570) | $43 | View |
 Kuranda Koala Gardens and Birdworld Admission Tickets | 1 hour | 4.2 (103) | $31 | View |
 Great Barrier Reef Snorkeling and Diving Cruise from Cairns | 8h 30min | 4.7 (3,949) | $195 | View |