Mona Like a Rockstar

About this tour

Skip the standard museum tour and experience Mona like you own the place. This six-and-a-half-hour jaunt begins with ferried luxury across the Derwent—canapés and drinks in the Posh Pit lounge—followed by a cocktail at the Void Bar to prime yourself for the galleries. You'll feast at Faro with matched wines, soak in James Turrell's immersive light installation, then rise to The Source for views and a parting gift before descending again into David Walsh's underground collection of provocative art and curiosities.

Highlights

• Private ferry lounge with canapés and complimentary drinks
• Cocktail introduction at the Void Bar on arrival
• Executive chef lunch with wine pairings at Faro
• James Turrell's Event Horizon light artwork experience
• Unguided roam through subterranean galleries and antiquities
• Farewell drinks and souvenir at The Source Restaurant
• Return ferry with additional snacks and refreshments

What to expect

You'll board a passenger ferry in Hobart with access to a proper lounge—not your standard commuter deck. Thirty minutes across the river gives you time to settle into the day. Once at Mona, a host shepherds you through orientation and into the bars and restaurants integrated throughout the museum. This isn't a lecture-based tour; you're pointed towards the collection and left to wander at your own pace between eating, drinking, and looking. The galleries themselves are deliberately provocative and sometimes confronting. Expect to move up and down stairs and through underground passages. The whole experience threads art, food, and booze rather than separating them.

Good to know

Fully wheelchair accessible throughout. The ferry lounge handles gluten-free requests but not coeliac or severe allergies—notify in advance. Not suitable if pregnant. Bring comfortable shoes; you'll be walking underground passages. Public transport connects to the ferry terminal. No hotel pickups included.