What's on
This Month
Now showing
Featured display | Exhibition
Cast in cast out
An evocative artwork by Sydney-based Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay artist Dennis Golding
16 March – 17 November 2024
Museum of Sydney
Now showing
Featured exhibition | Exhibition
Ngaya (I am)
‘A cut-and-paste, punked-up look at my Country’ is how Peter Waples-Crowe describes his video installation, a self-portrait of the artist as a queer Ngarigo person from the Snowy Mountains region of south-eastern NSW
16 March – 17 November 2024
Museum of Sydney
Now showing
Featured exhibition | Exhibition
Coomaditchie: The Art of Place
Experience community life by the ocean through the works of First Nations artists in Coomaditchie: The Art of Place at the Museum of Sydney. These loving and lyrical artworks, which include paintings, ceramics and screen-prints, speak of life in and around the settlement of Coomaditchie, its history, ecology and local Dreaming stories
30 March 2024 – 2 February 2025
Museum of Sydney
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
Talk | Event
History Week 2024: Marking Moments
Join us for History Week 2024 - talk, optional tour of the Western Sydney Records Centre, and special viewing of State archives
13 September 2024 12:00 AM - 2:15 AM
State Archives Reading Room
Lahznimmo Architects Tour
Join us on a tour of Powerhouse Castle Hill’s newest architectural accomplishment, Building J
14 September 2024 12:30 AM - 1:30 AM
Sold out
Tour | Event
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
Various session times available:
Friday 20 September
Saturday 21 September
Sunday 22 September
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Online talk | Event
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
27 September 2024 11:30 PM - 12:30 AM
Tour | Event
Members Hour: Rose Seidler House
Experience Members Hour at Rose Seidler House, providing members with exclusive access to our properties
29 September 2024 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Rose Seidler House
Various times
Special event | 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 the Dreaming stories
01 October 2024 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM
Museum of Sydney
2 & 9 October
Special event | 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!
02 October 2024 12:30 AM - 1:30 AM
Elizabeth Farm
Tour | Event
An Evening Visit to Vaucluse House
Experience the Wentworths’ picturesque estate and harbourside retreat on an exclusive and intimate tour after dark
03 October 2024 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Vaucluse House
Workshop | Event
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
03 October 2024 11:00 PM - 12:30 AM
Elizabeth Farm
4 & 11 October
Special event | 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!
04 October 2024 12:30 AM - 1:30 AM
Vaucluse House
Workshop | Event
Family Fun Day
Join us for a range of free drop-in activities at the Hyde Park Barracks and The Mint
11 October 2024 11:00 PM - 4:00 AM
Hyde Park Barracks
Tour | Event
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
13 October 2024 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM
Permanent display | Exhibition
Australian monument to the Great Irish Famine
The Australian monument to the Great Irish Famine is located on the southern wall of the Hyde Park Barracks
Display
Hyde Park Barracks
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
Edge of Trees
This site-specific piece commissioned for the forecourt of the Museum of Sydney at its opening in 1995 was created by artists Fiona Foley and Janet Laurence
Display
Museum of Sydney
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
Healing land, remembering Country
A powerful work by Kuku Yalanji artist Tony Albert
Display
Elizabeth Farm
Permanent display | Exhibition
Rouse Hill Estate in LEGO® Bricks
Featuring amazing models of the iconic Rouse Hill House, outbuildings, stable and barns constructed from LEGO® bricks
Display
Rouse Hill Estate
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