Collections
Talk
In conversation: Community Policing, Policing a Community
On the anniversary of the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (24 June 1978), join us for this special Collections Series event
Tuesday 24 June 6pm–7.30pm
![Tapis linoleum : saisons 1893-94 / John Barry, Ostlere & Co. Ltd., fabricants a Kirkcaldy (Ecosse) [trade catalogue]](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2025/03/8165e4349beb43d798932be0abf711f6.jpg)
Featured display
Repurposed: Creative reuse in the library collection
Our current library display explores the unique and sometimes surprising ways in which items from the library collection have been repurposed
Tuesday 11 March
Women police in NSW: a history of firsts
A collection of photographs at the Justice & Police Museum document the hard-won firsts, beginning in 1915, that led to women attaining equal status within the NSW Police Force
Online talk
First Nations Community Access to Archives: Bridging Now to Next
The First Nations Community Access to Archives team at Museums of History NSW will be discussing how improving access to archival material can support the revitalisation and reclamation of First Nations Languages and Cultures
Friday 30 May 10.30am–11.30am
Online talk
Mental Health Patient Records
This webinar will explore the surviving patient records created by government mental health facilities that are held within the State Archives Collection
Friday 27 June 10.30am–11.30am
Love in the Library – Members Hour at the Caroline Simpson Library
In February, to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Collections Discovery Assistant Mel Flyte shared with our members expressions of love discovered in the Caroline Simpson Library
Murphy Wallpaper Collection
The recent donation to the Caroline Simpson Library of thousands of wallpapers in the John and Phyllis Murphy Collection means that Museums of History NSW now has the largest holding of historical wallpapers in Australia