Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Aboriginal arts museum in Adelaide, Australia

Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Centre is a museum housed in a heritage-listed building on Grenfell Street that once served as a power station, now dedicated to Indigenous art and performance. It features rotating exhibitions, live music events, and educational programs focused on Aboriginal artistic expression and cultural knowledge.

The building was originally constructed in 1901 as a power station and underwent modifications in 1912 before becoming the center in 1989, making it Australia's first Aboriginal-managed cultural institution. This shift transformed a utilitarian industrial site into a space dedicated to Indigenous voices and artistic expression.

Tandanya takes its name from Tarndanya, the Kaurna word for the Adelaide city centre and parklands, meaning "place of the red kangaroo". Its 1989 opening exhibition, Utopia — A Picture Story, showed silk artworks by women from Utopia in the Northern Territory. The centre has also hosted Adelaide Fringe performances and, in February 2023, the national launch of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament's Yes campaign.

Tandanya has been closed for building repairs since April 2023 and is due to reopen in February 2026, so check before travelling. The building stands at the eastern end of Grenfell Street in the city centre, and an Historic Engineering Plaque on a ground-level plinth just east of the north-east corner marks the former power station.

The name Tandanya comes from the Kaurna language and means 'place of the red kangaroo', directly connecting the building to the traditional lands and identity of local Aboriginal people. This linguistic link grounds the center in the specific Indigenous heritage of Adelaide.