Kids trails
Looking for activities during the school holidays? We have family-friendly events across our properties! Enjoy free entry to all our museums and historic houses, with extended opening hours at select sites.
Hyde Park Barracks
Queens Square, Macquarie Street, Sydney CBD
Come on an adventure through time at the Hyde Park Barracks with a tailored audio guide and activity trail for kids. Hear the fascinating story of the Barracks as told in the words of convicts and immigrants who lived there, listen for clues and complete fun activities.
Opening hours
Daily 10am–6pm
Last entry at 4.30pm
Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day
Free entry
Elizabeth Farm
70 Alice Street, Rosehill
Have fun in the garden playing quoits, a popular 19th-century game. Make a mini greenhouse to take home, or step back in time to experience what it was like to do the laundry the old-fashioned way – by hand!
Connect with local First Nations history through the Tony Albert/Dharug-designed ‘memory exchange’ activity. Designed to complement Healing land, remembering Country, this activity allows you to reflect on the experiences and stories of the children in Governor Macquarie’s Native Institute.
Opening hours
Friday and Saturday
10am–4pm
Open daily during school holidays
Free entry
Justice & Police Museum
Corner Albert and Phillip streets, Sydney CBD
Pick up a kids trail and explore our captivating displays, and discover the stories of Sydney’s original Water Police Station and courts.
Earn your own police badge, dress up in costume and perform a mock trial with your family. Unlock secrets and solve mysteries as you move through the museum.
Opening hours
Saturday and Sunday
10am–5pm
Open daily during school holidays
Free entry
School holiday activities
Various dates
Workshop
Mobile making at Meroogal
This drop-in creative mobile-making activity takes inspiration from Tina Matthews’s mobile work currently on display in the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2024 exhibition
Corner West and Worrigee streets, Nowra NSW 2541
Saturday 12 April
Special event
Macquarie Street Adventure
These school holidays, Museums of History NSW is partnering with the Parliament of NSW and State Library of NSW for Macquarie St Adventure
Queens Square, Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000
Tuesday 15 April 10am–3pm
Special event
Accessible History Kids
Join us for a tactile and sensory workshop where kids will discover what life was like at Elizabeth Farm 200 years ago.
70 Alice Street, Rosehill NSW 2142
Tuesday 15 April 9.30am–10.30am
Special event
History Kids – The Hunt for Clues at Vaucluse House
These school holidays, step into the past and become a history detective at Vaucluse House!
Wentworth Road, Vaucluse NSW 2030
Wednesday 16 April 10.30am–11.30am
Workshop
Weaving the Colours of Country
Join us for a creative, hands-on workshop with Gumbaynggirr textile artist Sancia Ridgeway inspired by the exhibition Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country
Corner Phillip and Bridge streets, Sydney NSW 2000
Thursday 17 April 11am–12pm
Special event
History Kids – The Hunt for Clues at Elizabeth Farm
These school holidays, step into the past and become a history detective at Elizabeth Farm!
70 Alice Street, Rosehill NSW 2142
Thursday 17 April 10.30am–11.30am
Workshop
Spinning Threads of Knowledge
Inspired by the exhibition Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country, Gumbaynggirr textile artist Sancia Ridgeway will teach you how to spin yarn
Corner Phillip and Bridge streets, Sydney NSW 2000
Tuesday 22 April 11am–12pm