What's On
There are a range of complimentary guide talks as well as additional tours and special events available each day. Scroll down for more information about what’s on today and in coming days.
Guide Talks
| Commandant’s House | Penitentiary | Junior Medical Officers | Convict Church | Separate Prison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.00am | 10.30am | |||
| 12.00pm | 11.45am | 11.30am | ||
| 1.30pm | 1.00pm | 1.45pm | 1.00pm | |
| 2.30pm | 2.00pm | |||
| 3.30pm | 3.00pm |
Junior Medical Officers – Guide talk on the verandah at 1.45pm
At 3.30 Please join a Guide at 1830 Bar and Restaurant for Happy Hour Histories
Tours and Events
Festival of Voices Kompactus at the Port Arthur Asylum
Join us at The Asylum: Port Arthur Historic Site for a memorable evening of live choral music inside one of the site’s most evocative spaces. Founded in 2008, Kompactus is a Canberra-based chamber choir of singers aged 18 to 30. Led by conductor and composer Olivia Swift, the ensemble is known for its expressive, genre-spanning…
Ghost Tour
As the sun sets, come out to the dark grounds of the Port Arthur Historic Site for your 90-minute, lantern-lit Ghost Tour. Follow your expert guide through some of Port Arthur’s more infamous buildings, ruins and hear vivid stories of unexplained events.
Are we bored of convicts yet? No.
On the rare times I talk to people about my career, a common comment is “what is there left to find?”. Be it in the archives, or the archaeological landscape of Port Arthur, there’s this idea that convict studies are done. The difficulty often encountered in sourcing funding indicates that this attitude is not limited…
Isle of the Dead cemetery tour
Step off the Harbour Cruise for a 40-minute guided tour around the final resting place for many convicts, soldiers and free settlers.
Escape from Port Arthur
Surrender your freedom for 1 hour to take this exciting tour where you will meet cunning criminal character who went to extreme measures to escape from Port Arthur.
Port Arthur Premium Tour
Delve deeper into the stories behind our fascinating past on this 90-minute small group guided walk through history.
