What’s on

This Week

Madjeri
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
Eora by Michael Riley
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 display | Exhibition

Rustic Adornment

Design imitating nature

3 November 2025 – 27 February 2026
Caroline Simpson Library
People looking at a wall of archaeological finds
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
Visitors looking at a display at Unearthed exhibition.
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
Family exploring in the kitchen at Vaucluse House
Special event | Event

School holiday activities

Looking for fun activities over the summer holidays? Come along to our properties and enjoy a range of free family-friendly experiences

Monday 22 December – Monday 26 January
An Gorta Mor, The Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine, southern wall, 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
First Fleet ship models, 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
Boy playing with LEGO.
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
Sergeant Tracker Alexander ‘Alec’ Riley, standing in police uniform
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
Tony Albert, Healing land, remembering Country, 2020. Installation view for Elizabeth Farm (2020).
Permanent display | Exhibition

Healing land, remembering Country

A powerful work by Kuku Yalanji artist Tony Albert

Display
Elizabeth Farm