Nestled in a little park, surrounded by eucalyptus in the foothills of Hobart's Wellington Park, sits a building that looks just like an ancient Greek temple.
Except it's not really a temple and it wasn't built by ancient Greeks, but rather convict labour in the mid-1800s.
The sandstone structure in Lenah Valley was commissioned by Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin, who was the lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1836 to 1843.
Now occupied by the Art Society of Tasmania (AST), the site was originally called Ancanthe and Lady Franklin intended it to become Hobart's cultural and educational centre.
"She wanted it to house natural history and sculptures and to broaden the cultural horizons of the fairly crude colony she was in," society president Lynn Hasenkam said.
"She was a fairly determined lady and she got what she wanted."
Lady Franklin was just as adventurous as her famous explorer husband.
She explored much of Tasmania's wilder regions, including walking from Hobart to Macquarie Harbour.
She was a strong believer in education and brought plans for her museum, to be built in the Greek revivalist style popular at the time, from England.
Ms Hasenkam said Lady Franklin was notorious for getting her own way and was not afraid to pitch in when work got hard.
"She wanted the slates in a particular pattern on the roof here," Ms Hasenkam said.
"She had the audacity to climb up the ladder to make sure it was done properly — to the absolute disgust of the workmen, but she got the slates laid the way she wanted them."
After Lady Franklin's "Tasmania Museum" was opened in 1843, Sir John was recalled as lieutenant-governor, and they left Ancanthe and the museum to Queens College.
Over the years, much of the land was sold off, the collections in the museum disappeared and the building left to ruin.
"It was used for storing apples and fodder," Ms Hasenkam said.
"It had lean-tos built against it, there was livestock in here, the floor was rotted."
After a public outcry, the City of Hobart Council took ownership of Ancanthe Park and the museum in 1921, slowly restoring the temple-like building over the years.
The AST moved into the building in 1948, and to this day holds monthly art exhibitions, workshops, tours and social events — not far from Lady Franklin's vision for the space.
"I think she'd be really pleased to see what happens up here," Ms Hasenkam said.
"It's a shame that the botanical gardens … didn't happen. But who knows? There's still time."
Lady Franklin Gallery is open to the public on weekends between 11am and 4pm.
