Caroline Simpson Collection
Home and garden design, history and life
There’s plenty happening every day at our museums, historic houses and gardens, with entry free for all!
Explore our curriculum-linked programs, excursions and resources for stages 1 to 6. Inquire or book now
Find out how you can access diverse experiences through a unique calendar of events
Home and garden design, history and life
Making history every day
Place-based collections at our historic houses and museums
We thank all our donors who contributed to the 2024 Annual Appeal: Engaging with History. With your generous support, MHNSW raised over $210,000, which will help to fund accessible learning programs, transportation subsidies for schools from low socio-economic areas and free virtual learning events to help schoolchildren across NSW engage with history
At Museums of History NSW, we strive to create memorable and meaningful experiences for school students – bringing history to life in the places where it happened
As part of an ongoing partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW, our Curatorial and Digital teams have been hard at work making a suite of vocational videos that explore the importance of assessing and communicating the significance of museum collections
We are donning our speleological hard hats and highlighting digitised material relating to Jenolan Caves held in the State Archives Collection
A space and place to celebrate and engage with First Nations cultures, knowledge and perspectives
WelcomeSeveral of the postcards featured in our current library display depict Machattie Park in Bathurst. Postcard collector Vera Bell lived in Bathurst between 1905 and 1908 while her father, John, acted as the police superintendent
Tracing the evolution of the Parramatta Female Factory to a hospital
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wasmuth Portfolio, is regarded as one of the most influential architectural treatises of the 20th century
A dispute over potatoes farmed by convict-settler Antonio Roderigo was one of many hostile events between colonists and Wiradyuri people that led to the Bathurst War of 1824