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Jacaranda tree at Vaucluse House

Saying goodbye to spring: the jacarandas at Vaucluse House

For those who visit Vaucluse House, the annually blossoming jacarandas are a friendly and gentle reminder that spring is coming to a close for another year

19 Nov 2024
Sydney Opera House - Red Book

Envisioning the ‘Sydney National Opera House’: A different ‘Red Book’

A variant version of the ‘Red Book’ – with additional plans dated May 1958 – has recently been generously donated to Museums of History NSW by Mr Mark Matheson

7 Nov 2024
Employment opportunity

Casual Curriculum Program Deliverer

This role will deliver high quality curriculum-based programs to a range of audiences across all Museums of History NSW’s sites and through virtual excursions to enable formal learning audiences to learn about, engage with and enjoy the agency’s sites and activities

6 Nov 2024
page from an 1836 bundle of correspondence

Languages alive 2024

In the second annual NSW Aboriginal Languages Week, held on 20–27 October, we celebrate the determination and courage of First Nations peoples to maintain and revitalise languages

14 Oct 2024
Two men pushing a heavy object on a wooden trolley

Conservation works at Rouse Hill Estate

After detailed condition inspections of the state heritage–listed Rouse Hill Estate, MHNSW’s Capital Works and Heritage teams have begun a large-scale conservation project that will sensitively address a range of identified issues

14 Oct 2024
North range of the Hyde Park Barracks

Hyde Park Barracks conservation works complete

In collaboration with experienced heritage consultants and tradespeople, MHNSW has now completed challenging and complex conservation works on the northern range buildings on the Hyde Park Barracks site

24 Sep 2024
A large register sits open showing handwritten entries of wages paid to orphans

Wages Paid to Orphans – a regional tour

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent Collections on Tour program on Wages paid to orphans, 1849-1851

23 Sep 2024
Image of the front of the coloumns on the Rum Hospital verandah

Major conservation works completed on the Rum Hospital verandah

In the 2023–24 financial year the MHNSW Capital Works team completed detailed conservation works on the ‘Rum Hospital’ building at The Mint

16 Sep 2024
Cover label Small debts registers [Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions]

Archives for Everyone

The Archives for Everyone project has seen us partner with 14 groups who have nominated Small Debts registers from Courts of petty sessions throughout NSW

11 Sep 2024