What’s on
This Month
Performance | Event
Sonic Spaces
Sonic Spaces returns for 2025 with an exciting new series of music performances, held in one of the city’s most unique venues
Friday 4 April
6.30pm–7.30pm Sold Out
8.30pm–9.30pm
Hyde Park Barracks
Tour | Event
Up Close and Personal
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Susannah Place Collection
05 April 2025 2:00 AM - 4:00 AM
Tour | Event
Heritage Tours of Cockatoo Island’s Powerhouse
In our latest Sydney Open Series event, the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust is opening the doors to Cockatoo Island’s Powerhouse
12 April 2025 12:00 AM - 12:45 AM
Various dates
Workshop | Event
Hope Garden Workshops
Experience the transformative power of art and community with Hope garden
Saturday 12 April to Sunday 27 April, closed 18 April for Good Friday
11am–3pm
Hyde Park Barracks
Opening 12 April
Featured exhibition | Exhibition
Hope by Hiromi Tango
Museums of History NSW is delighted to announce a dramatic new art installation by renowned multidisciplinary artist Hiromi Tango, on display at the Hyde Park Barracks from 12 April 2025
12 April – 15 June 2025
Hyde Park Barracks
Various dates
Workshop | Event
Mobile making at Meroogal
This drop-in creative mobile-making activity takes inspiration from Tina Matthews’s mobile work currently on display in the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2024 exhibition
Every Saturday, 12 April – 24 May
Meroogal
Special event | Event
Self-guided walking meditation
A bustling, city location might not seem like an obvious place to meditate, but did you know you can practice mindfulness anywhere?
12 April – 15 June 2025
10am – 6pm, last entry at 4.30pm
Hyde Park Barracks
Talk | Event
In Conversation with Hiromi Tango
Join multidisciplinary artist Hiromi Tango and Museums of History NSW Curator Kim Tao for an in-depth discussion
13 April 2025 3:00 AM - 4:00 AM
Hyde Park Barracks
Special event | Event
Accessible History Kids
Join us for a tactile and sensory workshop where kids will discover what life was like at Elizabeth Farm 200 years ago.
15 April 2025 11:30 PM - 12:30 AM
Elizabeth Farm
Special event | Event
Macquarie Street Adventure
These school holidays, Museums of History NSW is partnering with the Parliament of NSW and State Library of NSW for Macquarie St Adventure
15 April 2025 12:00 AM - 5:00 AM
Hyde Park Barracks
Special event | Event
History Kids – The Hunt for Clues at Vaucluse House
These school holidays, step into the past and become a history detective at Vaucluse House!
16 April 2025 11:30 PM - 12:30 AM
Vaucluse House
Special event | Event
History Kids – The Hunt for Clues at Elizabeth Farm
These school holidays, step into the past and become a history detective at Elizabeth Farm!
17 April 2025 11:30 PM - 12:30 AM
Elizabeth Farm
Opening 17 April
Featured exhibition | Exhibition
Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country
This exhibition depicts the development of the NSW colony through a selection of historical maps, plans, sketches, artworks and objects
17 April – August 2025
Museum of Sydney
Workshop | Event
Weaving the Colours of Country
Join us for a creative, hands-on workshop with Gumbaynggirr textile artist Sancia Ridgeway inspired by the exhibition Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country
17 April 2025 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM
Museum of Sydney
Workshop | Event
Spinning Threads of Knowledge
Inspired by the exhibition Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country, Gumbaynggirr textile artist Sancia Ridgeway will teach you how to spin yarn
22 April 2025 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM
Museum of Sydney
Tour | Event
Digging Up the Neighbourhood
Starting at Susannah Place, this walking tour explores some of the fascinating archaeological sites in The Rocks and Millers Point
23 April 2025 12:30 AM - 2:30 AM
Susannah Place
Tour | Event
Members Hour: Meroogal
Make yourself at home at Meroogal with Members Hour
24 April 2025 12:00 AM - 2:00 AM
Meroogal
Online talk | Event
Soldier Settlement in NSW
This webinar will explore records in the NSW State Archives Collection that tell the stories of these soldier settlers
24 April 2025 12:30 AM - 1:30 AM
Various dates
Workshop | Event
Sound Bath with Peta Morris
Sound bathing is a practice that harnesses the power of sound vibrations to promote wellbeing and relaxation
01 May 2025 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Hyde Park Barracks
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
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
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