What’s on
This Month
Featured display | Exhibition
Madjeri
Madjeri (pronounced mud-jer-ee) is the Dharawal word for canoe or small floating vessel
Now on display
Museum of Sydney
Featured display | Exhibition
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
Now showing
Museum of Sydney
Featured exhibition | Exhibition
Dig It!
Head to our dig site, grab your tools and become an archaeologist at the Museum of Sydney
From 5 December 2025
Museum of Sydney
Featured exhibition | Exhibition
Unearthed
Even the most ordinary object has many stories to tell, depending on how you look at it
From 5 December 2025
Museum of Sydney
Featured display | Exhibition
A Century of Paint Colour Charts: 1880–1980
Contemporary interiors seem to reject colour in favour of ‘greige’, off-whites, and neutrals. Yet for many centuries the choice and concentration of colour for the decoration of interiors reflected wealth, status, and fashion
2 March – 26 June 2026
Caroline Simpson Library
Exhibition | Exhibition
Treading Feintly
This exhibition showcases select pieces from fashion house Nicol & Ford’s runway presentation for Australian Fashion Week 2026
Sunday 17 May – Monday 13 July
Elizabeth Bay House
Talk | Event
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
The Mint
Tour | Event
Members Hour: Museum of Sydney for Unearthed
Experience Members Hour at the Museum of Sydney
Museum of Sydney
Talk | Event
Searching Early Colonial Records 1788–1856
Join us for a full-day seminar on Searching Early Colonial Records 1788-1856 featuring talks by renowned expert historians Adjunct Associate Professor Carol Liston AO, Gary Sturgess AM, Dr Terry Kass, Bonnie Wildie, and Michael Flynn
State Archives Reading Room
Special event | Event
Dream Feast – Vivid Food
Prepare to be indulged at Dream Feast, part of Vivid Food 2026. This multisensory communal dining experience will embrace nostalgia to transport you through time with music and visuals
The Mint
Tour | Event
An Evening at Vaucluse House
Experience the Wentworths’ picturesque estate and harbourside retreat in an exclusive and intimate tour after dark
Vaucluse House
Tour | Event
Sin City: Sydney Crime Stories
Visit real crime scenes from the past and hear the stories behind the crimes
Justice & Police Museum
Online talk | Event
‘Confused heaps’ and ‘systemic order’: Keeping records in 19th-century NSW
Join us for a fascinating talk that uncovers how official records were created, kept and carefully (and sometimes not so carefully) stored in 19th–century NSW
Tour | Event
Guided Tours of The Lands by Capella
Explore the newly opened The Lands by Capella in a one-hour guided tour that shares stories of the site’s unique heritage and showcases the transformed spaces within the historic Department of Lands building. Various times
16 May & 13 June
Tour | Event
White Bay Power Station Behind-the-Scenes Tours
As part of the 25th Biennale of Sydney, go behind the scenes at Sydney’s longest-serving power station, at White Bay. Various dates
Performance | Event
House/Music
From June to August, we’re transforming our historic houses and museum spaces through a series of intimate and diverse live music experiences
Fridays
19 June
3, 17 & 31 July
14 & 28 August
Multiple performance times
Multiple locations
Permanent display | Exhibition
First Fleet Ships
This display explores the journey, arrival and first contacts of this fleet’s largely unwilling human cargo
Display
Museum of Sydney
Permanent display | Exhibition
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
Display
Justice & Police Museum
Permanent display | Exhibition
Yura Nura: People & Country
Yura Nura: People & Country presents contemporary Aboriginal reflections on the history of Sydney and colonisation
Display
Museum of Sydney
Permanent display | Exhibition
Healing land, remembering Country
A powerful work by Kuku Yalanji artist Tony Albert
Display
Elizabeth Farm