Children & family

Child exploring the How to Move a Zoo exhibition.

About How to Move a Zoo

During the summer of 2021–22 this exhibition showed how hundreds of animals journeyed across the city to their new home at Taronga Zoological Park in 1916

Illustration of man

Adam Gilmour

Gilmour Space CEO & Founder

Sydney Opera House Barbie doll

An icon wearing an icon: Sydney Opera House Barbie

Stepping away from her signature pink, Barbie honours the Sydney Opera House with more subtle tones in her gown, that reflect the Opera House and its Harbourside location

Child's stoneware tea set

Child's play

The imagination of a child can turn the simplest toy into a prized possession

Black and white photo of children playing on equipment.

Childhood at Susannah Place

Growing up in a small inner-city house in mid 20th century Sydney involved being outdoors pretty much most of the time

Elizabeth Farm Brand shoot
January School Holidays
Workshop

Convict Kids at Elizabeth Farm

Join us for a hands-on workshop where kids will discover what life was like in colonial times for a convict servant

A group of children looking at objects on a table in Vaucluse House Kitchen
January School Holidays
Workshop

Convict Kids at Vaucluse House

Join us for a hands-on workshop where kids will discover what life was like in colonial times for a convict servant

Campaign photos for Cutter and Coota, featuring a performer dressed in a possum skin cloak posing within the grounds of the Hyde Park Barracks.

Cutter and Coota: a children’s play by Bruce Pascoe

Meet author and historian Bruce Pascoe and the main characters from his play Cutter and Coota as they reflect on the play’s themes and the experience of performing at the Hyde Park Barracks

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Dick Whittington and his Cat

The tall tale of Dick Whittington and his adventurous cat reminded children that good deeds and generosity will ultimately lead to great fortune