Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - the main museum of the state, located in the suburbs of Darwin Fannie Bay.

Originally the museum was located in the downtown in a building of the Old Town Hall on Smith Street. Its collections contain objects of culture, maritime history, science and everyday life of native tribes in the region of South-East Asia and the Pacific. However, during the devastating cyclone Tracy in 1974. The building was severely damaged, and part of the collection was lost. Saved exhibits were placed in several rented premises around Darwin. The new building in the suburb of Fannie Bay was built only in 1981, when the museum called the Museum of Arts and Science in the Northern Territory. The museum tells about the history, science and the fine arts in the region and its inhabitants. In 1992 the museum was attached an additional room, which houses a collection of maritime history. A year later, the name of the museum was changed to the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

Today the museum's collection includes more than 30 thousand exhibits of art and material culture. One of the most popular exhibits - the body of a crocodile nicknamed "Honey", known for its attacks on boats and boats.

The museum regularly organizes a number of activities, such as presenting the annual National Aboriginal Art Award and Torres Strait Islander art «Telstra». Founded in 1984 specifically for Aboriginal artists and residents of the Torres Strait, this event is designed to showcase the diversity and innovation in contemporary Aboriginal art.

The museum complex consists of the five permanent galleries, traveling exhibition, educational sites for students, theater, gift shop and cafe.