Vaucluse House
19 March, 10am
Tour
Forage to feast at Vaucluse House
Join us for a seasonal, edible adventure with renowned forager and environmental educator Diego Bonetto and stylist and weed convert Marnee Fox
Plant Your History
Sumptuous Cape Bulbs light up late summer gardens
Belladonna Lilies and Crinum Lilies are tough bulbs that never say die and can survive years of neglect
16 February 2023
Tour
Members tour: Wentworth Mausoleum at Vaucluse House
Join us for a Members only walking tour to the rarely opened Wentworth Mausoleum and learn about William Charles Wentworth’s extravagant 1873
Wentworth Mausoleum perimeter fence conservation
MHNSW is undertaking the first comprehensive conservation works to the fence surrounding the 1870s resting place of William Charles Wentworth
Not a lovelier site
‘There is not a lovelier site in the known world’, wrote the Sydney-born barrister and novelist John Lang about the Wentworth family’s estate of Vaucluse
Plant Your History
Queen of the Night
The Queen of the Night is an epiphytic spineless cactus that originates from the rainforests of Central America.
Onsite
Child's play
Students learn about what it was like to live at Vaucluse House for the wealthy family of William Charles and Sarah Wentworth, with their ten children and many servants
From the collection: staff favourites
We invite staff to write about their favourite object from our collections