This list of museums in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia contains museums that are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.
| Name | Location | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCA Gallery | Art | website, gallery of the Australian National Capital Artists | |
| ANU School of Art Gallery | Art | website | |
| Archaeology | website, ancient art and artefacts from Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East | ||
| Canberra | Military | Museum and national memorial | |
| Belconnen Arts Centre | Art | website | |
| Canberra | Historic house | 19th century farm cottage | |
| Historic house | 1920s period house | ||
| Canberra Craft & Design Centre | Canberra | Art | website, contemporary craft and design |
| Canberra Fire Museum | Canberra | Firefighting | website |
| Canberra | Art | Glass studio and gallery | |
| Canberra | Multiple | City's social history, visual arts | |
| Railway | Historic locomotives, passenger cars, freight vehicles, track machinery and railway memorabilia | ||
| Canberra Space Centre | Aerospace | website, space, astronomy and the work of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex | |
| CSIRO Discovery Centre | Science | website, Australian scientific research and technology from CSIRO | |
| Acton | Art | Part of Australian National University | |
| Gallery of Australia Design | Canberra | Art | website, Australian design and architecture |
| Canberra | Historic house | 1850s period homestead | |
| Mugga-Mugga | Historic house | website, early 20th century period cottage | |
| History | Democracy and Australia's political history | ||
| Canberra | History | Significant documents and other items | |
| National Capital Exhibition | Canberra | Local history | website, city history and culture |
| Natural history | Evolution of all life with a particular focus on dinosaurs | ||
| Cinema | |||
| Canberra | Art | Includes Australian, Western, Eastern, Modern and Pacific arts, photography, crafts | |
| History | Australia's social history | ||
| Canberra | Art | Portraits of prominent Australians | |
| Canberra | Numismatic | Mint tours, rare and historically significant coins from the National Coin Collection | |
| Canberra | Science | ||
| St John's Schoolhouse Museum | Education | website, Canberra's first schoolhouse, located at St John the Baptist Church, Reid | |
| Art | Performing and visual arts centre | ||