User:Fionalowenthal/Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO)

The Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO) is part of LINC Tasmania and brings together the collections and resources of the Archives Office of Tasmania, the State Library’s Heritage Collections and the Launceston Local Studies Collection to provide the Tasmanian community with unprecedented access to information about their cultural and documentary heritage.

TAHO provides access to published and non-published resources of the Tasmanian community and its government TAHO and aims to create more awareness, better understanding and easier access to Tasmania’s documentary heritage.

TAHO also regulates the preservation and eventual destruction or retention of State and local government records in Tasmania to ensure that records of continuing value to the public and the government are accessible for appropriate lengths of time.

TAHO acquires private records which have long-term value to the community and best document the political, social, cultural, economic and natural history of Tasmania.

The Office also provides a number of services to government organisations, both directly and to assist them in complying with their recordkeeping responsibilities and obligations in accordance with the Archives Act 1983.

Tasmaniana Library
A collection of historical and modern published material related to Tasmania, in a range of formats from paper to digital. All Tasmanian-related material is collected including all works published in Tasmania, all works published about Tasmania, and all works by Tasmanian authors.

W.L. Crowther Library
A collection of historical books, documents, photographs, works of art and objects collected by Sir William Crowther, whose great-grandfather arrived in Hobart in 1825. The library contains about 15,000 books and manuscripts, as well as photographs and artworks, and whaling ephemera including a collection of scrimshaw.

Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
Another collection of historical material, bequeathed to the people of Tasmania by the Allport family to the library in 1965. It includes about 6,000 books, and outstanding collection of about 2,500 colonial-era artworks (by family members and others) and collections of Georgian era furniture, British, French and Chinese porcelain.