Hobart Convict Penitentiary

31/03/2023

Runnymede Autumn Garden Fair
61 Bay Road, New Town 7008

Sunday 2 April 2023, 9:30am - 2pm
$5 entry fee
Plants, bric-a-brac etc - prices as marked and Devonshire Tea $15

Bookings aren't required - We look forward to seeing you there!

24/02/2023

Our ghosts are also volunteers at the Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site - so while we can't guarantee they'll show up, we can guarantee a goosebump raising experience as you walk through the underground tunnels and past the open cells with only a lantern to guide your way.

More Dates and Times added!

Book here: https://nationaltrusttas.rezdy.com/256698/hobart-convict-penitentiary-ghost-tour
Stacey's Ghost & Paranormal Tours.


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Stacey's Ghost tours offers 90min tours at the Hobart Convict Penitentiary

01/02/2023

More Dates and Times added!
https://nationaltrusttas.rezdy.com/256698/hobart-convict-penitentiary-ghost-tour

Our ghosts are also volunteers at the Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site - so while we can't guarantee they'll show up, we can guarantee a goosebump raising experience as you walk through the underground tunnels and past the open cells with only a lantern to guide your way.

06/01/2023

We just can't get enough of our summer Tasmanian visitors!

Specially for the holidays, some of our most dedicated volunteers will be here to take you on a tour of the Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site.

Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th - Regular tour times of 10am, 11:30, 1pm and 2:30

Book Now via the QR code below:

24/12/2022

MERRY CHRISTMAS from our family to yours.

The National Trust team would like to wish everyone a lovely Christmas and a Happy, Safe New Year.

🎄🎄

02/12/2022

Looking for something to do today?
Our volunteer guides are eager to see you!
We still have a few spaces available for tours of Home Hill, Clarendon, Runnymede and the Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site.
Come and join us for a look in to Tasmania's history - https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/tas/

13/11/2022

'The Tench' has opened the doors as part of Open House Hobart 2022!

Come and visit us for a walk into the depths of hell and hear the stories of this overlooked building with some of our magnificent guides.

We're open until 1pm for free entry - no bookings required, and then have the full experience tours available at 1pm and 2:30pm this afternoon.

Hope to see you soon!

24/10/2022

Rare Book Seminar 📓

Friday 28 October 2022
9:30 AM - 4 PM

📍Launceston Library
71 Civic Square, Launceston TAS 7250

Limited spots available

Booking Link:
https://nationaltrusttas.rezdy.com/522088/rare-book-seminar

24/10/2022

Did you Know!

The Hobart Convict Penitentiary Historic Site is
NOW OPEN
Wednesday - Sunday.

The Hobart Convict Penitentiary was built in 1821 for the growing number of convicts coming to Van Diemens Land.

Our guided history day tour is a 90-minute guided visitor experience that includes being led through the convict-made tunnels, being able to experience first-hand a solitary confinement cell and viewing of one of the two original gallows in Australia.

While on tour our volunteer guides will provide an insight into the history of this multi-layered site that pre-dates Port Arthur.

The tour includes the viewing of the immersive audio-visual film Pandemonium projected on the walls and ceiling in an original chapel.

The film goes to the heart of Tasmania’s dark past, contextually connecting to the convict sites around the state and exploring the journey from conviction to transportation and beyond our convict ancestors.

We are also in centrally located in Hobart only a 20 minutes walk from Salamanca.

Book Here:
https://nationaltrusttas.rezdy.com/412334/hobart-convict-penitentiary-pandemonium-the-convict-film-experience-guided-tour

19/10/2022

The National Trust is desperately seeking the return of a ceiling ventilation panel removed from the Penitentiary Chapel and Criminal Courts complex in Hobart.
We are currently in the works of restoring Courtroom 2 as the setting for the Convict Memorial Hub, to open in June 2023.
If you have any information, please contact us on 6231 0911