Alexander Macleay
![The library, lit by candle light at Elizabeth Bay House](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/03/ef654bd5946a474981c8ec102f23a5dd.jpg)
Tour
Elizabeth Bay House from dusk to darkness
Join us for an exclusive and intimate tour of this elegant property and enjoy a drink and a snack at the end of this special visit
Friday 6 September 6pm–8pm
![Spines of Burney's 'South sea voyages'](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/00f7cba6533d40d184b55f988967cd81.jpg)
The Elizabeth Bay House 'lost' library project
Following an extensive hunt, almost 300 volumes from the long dispersed Macleay family library have been returned to the bookshelves at Elizabeth Bay House
![The sofa in the morning room at Elizabeth Bay House](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/11/1fe38b2da9d0460b9d9b0214a072c5b6.jpg)
Museum stories
The finest house
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