Vaucluse House
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Absconding with the silver
Why we recreated the butler's pantry at Vaucluse House along with a fascinating tale of 'light fingered' servants
![The Vaucluse House dining room fully set and lit by candlelight](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/05/88cd39f1302e432fa5af20e7ff750955.jpg)
Tour
An Evening Visit to Vaucluse House
Experience the Wentworths’ picturesque estate and harbourside retreat on an exclusive and intimate tour after dark
Thursday 3 October 6pm–8pm
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Plant your history
Angel’s Trumpet (Brugmansia arborea) at Vaucluse House
Angel’s Trumpet (Brugmansia arborea) is a beautiful perennial shrub native to South America. It was introduced to the colony from Rio de Janeiro for its attractive trumpet flowers
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Plant your history
As the seasons turn
As the seasons turn there are those plants we look out for, those changing leaf colours and flowers that punctuate the year and remind us that time is rolling on
![Objects in storage at Vaucluse House.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/3e0a2c8ff4c640bf876169caee2d2816.jpg)
Barcoding our collection
During the 2021 COVID lockdown, a team was busy working behind the scenes to implement technology that will improve how we manage our collections & make them more discoverable for our audiences
![Pineapples fruiting at Vauclue House Kitchen Garden](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/09/efa3360488b9488cb4d3360669b69e85.jpg)
Plant your history
Beautiful & tasty
One of the stars of the kitchen garden is the pineapple plant (Ananas comosus), which do not fail to surprise and put a smile on our visitor’s faces
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Plant your history
Beautiful bountiful bamboo
One of the most recognisable plants growing at Museums of History NSW today is bamboo. This colourful plant has a long history in colonial gardens
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Plant your history
Billbergia nutans 'Queen's tears'
As it's bursting into bloom right now in MHNSW gardens, we are revisiting a bromeliad with the evocative name of ‘Queen’s tears’
![Camellia sasanqua 'Rosea' - the mild pink Camellia with its contrasting yellow stamens at Vaucluse House](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/09/c28f941b57db426dbf16cfb64a473f92.jpg)
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Camellia blooms at Vaucluse House
With the autumn leaves still falling, winter is the time to come and see our large collection of stunning heritage camellias at Vaucluse House