Vaucluse House
Absconding with the silver
Why we recreated the butler's pantry at Vaucluse House along with a fascinating tale of 'light fingered' servants
Various times
Workshop
All in a day’s work at Vaucluse House
Join us for a hands-on workshop where kids will discover what life was like at Vaucluse House 170 years ago
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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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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
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
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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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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
Bicornes, bonnets & boaters
There’s a variety of headwear across our collections ranging in date from early to late nineteenth century
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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’