What’s on

Glenn Murcutt Birthday Celebration and Tours of Littlemore House

This is your chance to wish one of Australia’s most celebrated architects, Glenn Murcutt AO, a happy 90th birthday with friends at the Littlemore House in Woollahra – a project completed 40 years ago this year and opened publicly for this event only

Members Hour: Caroline Simpson Library for Burdekin House

Experience Members Hour at the Caroline Simpson Library for Burdekin House

Catalogues of Lost Dreams

House contents have been sold by auction in Sydney for over 200 years. Discover the gossip behind these sales and view auction catalogues

House/Music: Believe

In the charged atmosphere of the Justice & Police Museum, this live performance unfolds in a space shaped by layered stories. Believe is a new free jazz supergroup comprising four of the most inventive improvisers and composers in Sydney’s creative music scene

Members: Convict Sydney Walking Tour

Experience a members-only Convict Sydney Walking Tour

Vital Records: Tracing Births, Deaths and Marriages in NSW

Join us for a full-day seminar on the vital records that are key to all forms of historical research – births, deaths and marriages

Convict Sydney Walking Tour

Join one of our knowledgeable and expert guides for a tour of Convict Sydney

Firestick

A new six-part talk series featuring First Nations visionaries who are blazing a trail and lighting the way for future generations in diverse industries from video game design to global fashion

House/Music: Wytchings

The historic Elizabeth Farm homestead creates a fitting backdrop for this exclusive listening experience. Wytchings is the music project of artist Jenny Trinh. Trinh creates electronic soundscapes that are introspective yet familiar, and that soundtrack the abstract experiences of growing up amid the changing urban landscapes of Western Sydney

Copy, Paste, Profit

Discover the dark and tangled tales of Indian design woven through this historic textile collection

Holding Hatred

Behind the walls where Sydney’s accused, convicted and condemned were charged and sentenced lie objects too disturbing for regular public display

House/Music: Hilary Geddes Quartet

Take a seat at the historic Justice & Police Museum and be transported through improvisation and sound as the Hilary Geddes Quartet play music from the album Redleaf. Hilary Geddes is an Australian guitarist and composer whose work moves between jazz, indie and experimental music

‘Most came because their fare was paid for them’: NSW assisted immigration

Join us for this webinar led by Dr Richard Reid, to get a glimpse of the treasures in the NSW State Archives Collection that illuminate the assisted emigrant journey

Members Hour: Rose Seidler House

Experience Members Hour: Rose Seidler House

Members: Wentworth Mausoleum Tour

Enjoy a members-only walking tour of the rarely opened Wentworth Mausoleum and learn about William Charles Wentworth’s extravagant 1873 state funeral

22 – 25 September 2026

Distillation

This multisensory performance will transport you to the Irish bog landscape through scent. Presented in partnership with Sydney Fringe

Members Hour: Hyde Park Barracks

Experience Members Hour 2026 at the Hyde Park Barracks

Eora by Michael Riley

Eora, by the late Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi filmmaker and photographer Michael Riley (1960–2004), is a 20-minute digital film that tells the story of Sydney’s First Nations people – before and after colonisation

Madjeri

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

Leaving Only Memories: The loss of Burdekin House

Our current display showcases objects and artworks related to Burdekin House, a grand colonial mansion that once stood on Macquarie Street but was demolished in 1933, a victim of Sydney’s urban development

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

Healing land, remembering Country

A powerful work by Kuku Yalanji artist Tony Albert

Yura Nura: People & Country

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