Known as the cultural and educational centre of the north, Armidale is a place in which to indulge your cultural appetites. For example, Armidale boasts two major art collections, with over 1200 works including paintings by Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton, in the Art Museum, Armidale. Other collections include a folk museum, an education museum, an Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place, a mining museum, and a veteran and vintage car collection. The University has a number of interesting museums, including the Museum of Antiquities, Museum of Education and Zoology Museum. The city boasts exceptional music, theatre, restaurants, cafes, pubs, entertainment and sporting facilities, and a great range of shops to cater for all tastes and budgets.
Visitors find it a breath of fresh air from the rushed pace and pollution of the metropolitan areas.
Transport links to Armidale are excellent, with two airlines operating daily flights from Sydney and another from Brisbane, as well as connecting and charter flights available to other centres, including the coast. No 1, is an excellent roadway providing good links for motorists between Brisbane and Sydney and other highways connect the region to the coast and the major centres in the State's north west. In Armidale itself, there is a regular bus service between major points within the city, including regular trips between the city centre and the University, as well as surrounding villages. Visually and architecturally, Armidale is a beautiful city. Many buildings are of great heritage value, including civic, commercial and institutional buildings as well as private dwellings, in addition to the two major cathedrals, Catholic and Anglican.