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 original 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
Now showing
Featured display
Cast in cast out
An evocative artwork by Sydney-based Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay artist Dennis Golding
Corner Phillip and Bridge streets, Sydney NSW 2000
16 March – 17 November 2024
Now showing
Featured exhibition
Ngaya (I am)
‘A cut-and-paste, punked-up look at my Country’ is how Peter Waples-Crowe describes his video installation, a self-portrait of the artist as a queer Ngarigo person from the Snowy Mountains region of south-eastern NSW
Corner Phillip and Bridge streets, Sydney NSW 2000
Saturday 16 March
Now showing
Featured exhibition
Coomaditchie: The Art of Place
Experience community life by the ocean through the works of First Nations artists in Coomaditchie: The Art of Place at the Museum of Sydney. These loving and lyrical artworks, which include paintings, ceramics and screen-prints, speak of life in and around the settlement of Coomaditchie, its history, ecology and local Dreaming stories
Corner Phillip and Bridge streets, Sydney NSW 2000
Saturday 30 March
Various times
Special event
Story Time at the Museum – Coomaditchie Dreaming
Join us for a relaxed and fun story time session followed by a craft activity inspired by First Nations Dreaming stories
Corner Phillip and Bridge streets, Sydney NSW 2000
Tuesday 1 October 11am–12pm