The Museum of Central Australia in the Araluen Cultural Precinct covers the natural and cultural history of the Red Centre — geology, palaeontology, fossils, and the ecology of the arid zone — alongside collections relating to the history of European settlement in Central Australia. The collection of megafauna fossils from the Pleistocene era is particularly strong: giant kangaroos, diprotodons, and the other remarkable animals that inhabited this landscape before human arrival.
The precinct also includes the Araluen Arts Centre galleries and a transport museum with a collection of historic vehicles used in Central Australia. It is a half-day's worth of material if you cover all the venues. The precinct is on Larapinta Drive, about 4 km from Todd Mall.