News
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
23 Oct 2025
Vaucluse House, Waterfall, Ponds & Rill Conservation Project
Watch the update on this conservation project that has preserved the integrity and heritage significance of this important waterway
16 Sep 2025
Making Home: Collections on Tour
MHNSW was proud to present Making Home: A Short History of Houses, Interiors and Gardens in NSW in 2025
4 Sep 2025
Volunteer for Sydney Open 2025
Sydney Open is Australia’s premier architectural event. It’s when Museums of History NSW opens the doors of many of Sydney’s most significant buildings for fans of architecture and heritage to explore
13 Aug 2025
Conservation in action: What it takes to repair a lantern
Perched proudly atop the 1870s stables at Rouse Hill Estate is a beautiful timber lantern. The lantern was inspected and critical repair works undertaken as part of the current conservation works at the estate
28 Jul 2025
New transfer of Parramatta and Rydalmere hospital records
The State Archives Collection has just received an important set of mental health records from Western Sydney Local Health District. The transfer is particularly exciting as we thought that these records were lost!
17 Jul 2025
Strategy 2025-2030
Our first MHNSW five-year Strategy marks a new chapter of immense possibility
1 Jul 2025
Donors’ special viewing of conservation works at Vaucluse House
On a perfect autumn day in late May, Museums of History NSW donors attended a special behind-the-scenes presentation to learn about the conservation works currently underway on the waterfall, ponds and stone-lined rill (creek) in the grounds of Vaucluse House
5 Jun 2025