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
![Burdekin House, Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney Mint, Old Sydney 1933-35 / [Thomas J Lawlor, photographer] [photograph album]](https://api.mhnsw.au/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.mhnsw.au%2Ffotoweb%2Fembed%2F2026%2F06%2F209e4a0ba5c7492a8076056e64557c47.jpg&w=1920&h=400&fit=inside&format=webp)
Featured display | Exhibition
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
7 July – 23 October 2026
Caroline Simpson Library
Tour | Event
Copy, Paste, Profit
Discover the dark and tangled tales of Indian design woven through this historic textile collection
Caroline Simpson Library
Tour | Event
An Evening at Vaucluse House
Experience the Wentworths’ picturesque estate and harbourside retreat in a whole new light. Join us for an exclusive and intimate tour through the house after dark
Vaucluse House
Tour | Event
Holding Hatred
Behind the walls where Sydney’s accused, convicted and condemned were charged and sentenced lie objects too disturbing for regular public display
Justice & Police Museum
Performance | Event
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
Justice & Police Museum
Online talk | Event
‘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
Talk | Event
Members Hour: Rose Seidler House
Experience Members Hour: Rose Seidler House
Rose Seidler 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
Talk | Event
Contested Ground: What Do We Do Now?
As our cities continue to expand, the past is not left behind – it re-emerges. Beneath construction sites, roads and new developments, traces of earlier lives surface, raising urgent questions not just of discovery, but of responsibility
Museum of Sydney
![Portrait of an unidentified family [no date]](https://api.mhnsw.au/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.mhnsw.au%2Ffotoweb%2Fembed%2F2026%2F07%2F36d49ad7aad44d688fc4cfc6a6f55090.jpg&w=1920&h=400&fit=inside&format=webp)
Talk | Event
The Stories of Us: Researching Family History in the NSW State Archives Collection
Join us at the Western Sydney Records Centre to hear from our archivists about finding your own family stories within the NSW State Archives
State Archives Reading Room
Talk | Event
Firestick
Hear from leading figures who have spent decades at the forefront of news and politics to understand how far we’ve come and how we can truly create more effective change
The Mint
Tour | Event
Leaving Only Memories: the loss of Burdekin House tour
Join us for a guided tour through remnants and photographs of Burdekin House, whose loss helped to galvanise Sydney’s heritage movement
Caroline Simpson Library
Tour | Event
Behind-the-Scenes Tours of the Opera Centre
Go behind the scenes at the Opera Centre in Surry Hills, the creative heart of Opera Australia, on Saturday 12 September as part of the Sydney Open Series
Tour | Event
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
Vaucluse House
Tour | Event
Dusk to Darkness at Elizabeth Bay House
Join us for an exclusive and intimate tour of this elegant property at night and see the ‘finest house in the colony’ in a whole new light
Elizabeth Bay House
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