Museums of History New South Wales

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There’s plenty happening every day at our museums, historic houses and gardens, with entry free for all!

Learning

Explore our curriculum-linked programs, excursions and resources for stages 1 to 6. Inquire or book now

2025–26 Annual Giving: Interpreting our Past

For the first time in more than two decades, the Justice & Police Museum is embarking on a bold transformation that reimagines how stories of justice, crime and community are told

Strategy 2025-2030

Our first MHNSW five-year Strategy marks a new chapter of immense possibility

Museums of History NSW joins the Sunflower

As we celebrate International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) on 3 December 2025, Museums of History NSW proudly joins the Hidden Disability Sunflower Program

Make the home your muse: apply for the Caroline Simpson Library Creative Residency

Take rich inspiration from the home and unlock creative possibilities with the inaugural Caroline Simpson Library Creative Residency

Bridge Street Social with Heineken at the Museum of Sydney

The Museum of Sydney forecourt comes alive this spring and summer with the arrival of Bridge Street Social, a vibrant new pop-up in the heart of the city featuring the Heineken Silver Airstream Bar

Not so black and white

Digitising photos from Rouse Hill Estate

Creatives selected for inaugural Vaucluse House Creative and Cultural Residency

Museums of History NSW is pleased to announce the four creatives who will be participating in the inaugural Vaucluse House Creative and Cultural Residency program

The ‘crooked R’

At Rouse Hill Estate, reminders of the property’s rural past are everywhere, from fence lines and machinery to farm buildings and the myriad odds and ends stored inside them

Flat out access: unfolding the parchment pardon of Samuel Henry Horne

The conservators at the Western Sydney Records Centre treat items from across Museums of History NSW collections. A recent example is the 1832 absolute pardon of convict Samuel Henry Horne

Uncovered at Susannah Place

During extensive conservation work at Susannah Place, previously hidden elements of the four terrace houses were revealed