Elizabeth Bay House
Tour
Members Hour: Elizabeth Bay House
Ever wondered how the furnishings in our historic houses are created or re-created and maintained? And equally importantly, who are the people behind this work? Meet some of our Soft Furnishings volunteers, led by Museums of History NSW’s Joanna Nicholas
Monday 11 August 9.30am–10.30am
Watch pockets
Watch pockets hung on the head cloth of a four-post bedstead and originally served in place of bedside tables, which were uncommon in the 19th century
Conservation in action: Elizabeth Bay House external joinery work
Museums of History NSW is undertaking external joinery conservation works to the front facade thanks to the funds generously donated by our supporters during the 2022 Annual Appeal
Here and there: concert playlist
Experience a concert at Elizabeth Bay House showcasing a magical evening contrasting two different musical worlds
Florilegium plants
Queensland kauri pine
The kauri’s journey from the rainforests of Queensland to the garden at Elizabeth Bay illustrates the close links between gentlemen gardeners and the Botanic Garden
King's Cross: bohemian life In Sydney
Artists, intellectuals, writers, radicals, revellers and misfits made Sydney's King's Cross home from the early years of the 20th century well into the 1970s
The inspiration behind Iridescent: Elizabeth Bay House
Find out more about the curatorial research that inspired artist Gerwyn Davies’s flamboyant response to Elizabeth Bay House, featured in the Iridescent exhibition
The Oxley piano
An unusually well-preserved 19th-century piano is helping MHNSW to authentically re-create the sounds of the early colony
Stitching for our house museums
For almost 15 years, a dedicated group of volunteers has gathered to sew, crochet, knit, embroider and stuff historically authentic soft furnishings for our houses