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White Bay Power Station Control Room
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Tour

White Bay Power Station Behind the Scenes Tours

Decommissioned in 1984, Sydney’s longest serving power station, at White Bay, will once again energise the city as part of the 2024 Power Up festival

Friday 20 September 10.30am–11.30am
Government Printing Office; NRS 4481, Parramatta [Gaol] [Department of Public Works] [no date]
Online talk

Tracing NSW Gaol Inmates: Researching criminal offenders in the State Archives Collection

This webinar will show you how to use the State Archives collection to trace your ancestors through the NSW prison system, uncovering their crimes and incarcerations

Friday 27 September 10.30am–11.30am
Playroom, Rose Seidler House
Tour

Members Hour: Rose Seidler House

Experience Members Hour at Rose Seidler House, providing members with exclusive access to our properties

Sunday 29 September 9am–10am
Various times
Special event

Story Time at the Museum – Coomaditchie Dreaming

Join us for a relaxed and fun story time session followed by a craft activity inspired by First Nations Dreaming stories

Tuesday 1 October 11am–12pm
Elizabeth Farm school holidays shoot
2 & 9 October
Special event

History Kids in the Garden at Elizabeth Farm

Get hands-on in the garden and learn about how gardens were used in the past!

Wednesday 2 October 10.30am–11.30am
Two kids juicing lemons at a big wooden table in the kitchen at Elizabeth Farm.
Workshop

History Kids - Accessible Program

Join us for a tactile and sensory workshop where kids will discover what life was like at Elizabeth Farm 200 years ago

Thursday 3 October 9am–10.30am
The Vaucluse House dining room fully set and lit by candlelight
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
Family wandering through the Kitchen Garden at Vaucluse House
4 & 11 October
Special event

History Kids in the Garden at Vaucluse House

Get hands-on in the garden and learn about how gardens were used in the past!

Friday 4 October 10.30am–11.30am
Nevra Winter prepares to lay bricks at Convict Escapades
Workshop

Family Fun Day

Join us for a range of free drop-in activities at the Hyde Park Barracks and The Mint

Friday 11 October 10am–3pm
Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden
Tour

Wendy Whiteley’s Secret Garden Tours

Join us for a tour of Wendy Whiteley’s Secret Garden and learn how a disused railway dump was transformed into a public garden oasis

Sunday 13 October 10am–11am
Soft Furnishings Volunteers Group at work in the dining room, Elizabeth Bay House
14 October, various times
Event

Sources of the Past

See the Soft Furnishings volunteers at work in the wonderful surrounds of Elizabeth Bay House

Monday 14 October 10.15am–11.15am
Donor event
Tour

Convict Sydney Walking Tour

Join one of our knowledgeable and expert Guides in a tour of Convict Sydney

Wednesday 16 October 10.30am–12.30pm
The polychromatic ornament of Italy / by Edward Adams, architect.
Tour

A designer’s inspiration: 19th century ornament source books

Lavishly illustrated Ornament Source Books provided creative inspiration to 19th century designers. A wide variety will be on view for this Rare Book Week event

Wednesday 23 October 2.30pm–3.30pm
Address presented to Lord Carrington Governor of NSW from the Murrumbidgee P & A Association, 1890.
Special event

Lord Carrington’s illuminated addresses

Join us for a special Rare Book Week event showcasing the Carrington Albums, a jewel in the State Archives Collection

Thursday 24 October 10.30am–12pm
Government Printing Office; NRS 4481, Glass negatives NRS-4481-4-161-[AF00198139] Agricultural College Boys [Department of Agriculture] [no date]
Online talk

Raising the Farmer: Glass negatives taken for the Agricultural Gazette of NSW, 1890-1914

Explore with us some of the 6,000 unique and beautiful glass negatives taken to illustrate articles in the Agricultural Gazette of NSW - now digitally available on our website as a unique slice of rural life

Friday 25 October 10.30am–11.30am
Tea blending workshop
26 October, 10.30am & 1pm
Workshop

The art of blending tea with T Totaler

Join Museums of History NSW Curator Dr Scott Hill and T Totaler for a tour followed by a tea blending workshop

Saturday 26 October 10.30am–12pm
Mausoleum showing perimeter fence
Tour

Wentworth Mausoleum walking tour

Join us for a walking tour to the rarely opened Wentworth Mausoleum and learn about William Charles Wentworth’s extravagant 1873 state funeral

Thursday 7 November 2pm–3.30pm
Government Printing Office; NRS 4481, Glass negatives.  NRS-4481-3-[7/15880]-M1925 Government Printing Office 1 - 34395 - General dining room, Liverpool Asylum [From NSW Government Printer series: Department of Public Health]
Online talk

The records of Liverpool Asylum

This webinar will explore the records of the Liverpool Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute (1862-1933) and was later known as the Liverpool State Hospital and Home (1933-1961)

Friday 22 November 10.30am–11.30am
GML heritage logo for First Nations Speaker Series
27 November, 6pm
Talk

First Nations Speaker Series: Partnering with dignity with Jason Ardler

When our value is recognised and our dignity is honoured, we flourish. On the other hand, when our value is denied and our dignity is violated, we suffer. Join Yuin man Jason Ardler as he explores this subject in our First Nations Speaker Series

Wednesday 27 November 6pm–7pm
Painting of 3 masted cutter [no date]; [alternate title 'Copy of painting of unidentified schooner. This is possibly from the Dufty Collection']
Online talk

Assisted immigrant records

This webinar will provide an overview of our assisted immigrant indexes and the digitised passenger lists

Friday 6 December 10.30am–11.30am

On display

Madjeri
Featured display

Madjeri

Madjeri (pronounced mud-jer-ee) is the Dharawal word for canoe or small floating vessel

Saturday 3 August
Postcard design with photo of cows crossing a creek
Featured display

A Passion for Postcards: The Postcard Collection of Miss Vera Bell

Our current library display draws from the postcard collection of Miss Vera Bell, a young Sydney woman, and provides a snapshot of an era: the golden age of postcards

Sergeant Tracker Alexander ‘Alec’ Riley, standing in police uniform
Permanent display

Alexander Riley, legendary Aboriginal police tracker

The remarkable talents of Aboriginal trackers who worked for NSW Police in the 20th century are featured in a display at the Justice & Police Museum

Monday 18 September
Tony Albert, Healing land, remembering Country, 2020. Installation view for Elizabeth Farm (2020).
Permanent display

Healing land, remembering Country

A powerful work by Kuku Yalanji artist Tony Albert

Sunday 1 January
Permanent display

Yura Nura: People & Country

Yura Nura: People & Country presents contemporary Aboriginal reflections on the history of Sydney and colonisation

Wednesday 1 January

Sydney Open Series

Year-round focus tours, talks and workshops

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