Mawson's Huts Replica Museum

Mawson's Huts Replica Museum is a museum on the Hobart waterfront in Tasmania that houses a full-scale replica of the huts built at Cape Denison in Antarctica for Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914. Operated by the Mawson's Huts Foundation, it displays expedition artefacts, photographs and interpretive exhibits explaining life, science and survival in Antarctica and Hobart's historic role as an Antarctic gateway.

Visitors can explore a full-scale replica of Mawson's main hut and adjoining workshop at Cape Denison, furnished to reflect living and working conditions during the 1911-1914 expedition. The museum building contains interpretive displays, historic photographs, expedition equipment, scientific instruments and information panels about the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The site is located on the Hobart waterfront near Constitution Dock, with compact indoor exhibition space and the replica hut structure accessible via guided interpretation.

Replica commemorates the huts erected at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica for Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914). The original huts served as the main base for scientific research and exploration and are among the few remaining sites from the Heroic Era of Antarctic exploration. The replica was built by the Mawson's Huts Foundation to preserve and interpret this expedition history in Hobart, which was the expedition's departure point and has long served as a gateway to Antarctica.

The museum highlights Australia's Antarctic heritage and Hobart's continuing connection as an Antarctic gateway city. It preserves the story of early Antarctic science, exploration and survival, and serves as an educational resource on Antarctic history and conservation managed by the Mawson's Huts Foundation.