sentences:  The Mechanics' Institution of Hobart, Van Diemen's Land Agricultural Society and Van Diemen's Land Scientific Society had each attempted to found a museum earlier than this date, the most successful of these being the Mechanics' Institution, but little record remains of what happened to these efforts.Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet, during his period was Lt.Governor of Tasmania, did much of the work that led to the modern museum.