Caroline Simpson Collection
Home and garden design, history and life
Home and garden design, history and life
Making history every day
Place-based collections at our historic houses and museums

An eye-catching object in the People’s House: Sydney Opera House at 50 exhibition reveals an unexpected story of the opening ceremonies, of performance, and of international diplomacy

Residents’ photos and testimony submitted to the government inquiry into the devastating NSW floods of 2022 tell raw and powerful stories of the disaster and its aftermath, and expose the impact of climate change

Located in the heart of The Rocks, Susannah Place is a terrace of four houses that has been home to more than 100 families

With its deep, shady verandahs and elegant symmetry, Elizabeth Farm is an iconic early colonial bungalow

In 1835 colonial secretary Alexander Macleay set about building the ultimate trophy house, a shimmering, classical styled jewel box, perched in rugged bushland on the northern side of present day Potts Point, high above Elizabeth Bay with majestic views across Sydney harbour and beyond
3D models: a fascinating exploration of some seemingly innocent objects modified for nefarious purposes from the Justice & Police Museum collection
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Over the past week, our Collection Digitisation Team has been facilitating an in-situ photoshoot at Rose Seidler House

We are delighted to announce that our partner Ancestry has digitised, indexed and published an important set of 19th century NSW immigration records held in the NSW State Archives Collection

The conservation works to the perimeter fence of the historic Wentworth Mausoleum have been successfully completed