What’s on
This Week
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
Museum of Sydney
Featured exhibition | Exhibition
Unearthed
Even the most ordinary object has many stories to tell, depending on how you look at it
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 – February 2027
Caroline Simpson Library
Featured exhibition | Exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2026
Exhibition on now
19 September 2026 – 24 April 2027
Meroogal
Featured display | Exhibition
Residents
Vaucluse House Creative and Cultural Residency 2025–26
Wednesday 30 September – Sunday 1 November 2026
Vaucluse House
Workshop | Event
Family Kitchen: Saaj Flatbread–Making Workshop
Join Dayaa School & Kitchen for a hands-on saaj flatbread–making workshop rooted in reviving ancestral recipes that have been lost through displacement
Elizabeth Farm
Workshop | Event
Hyde Park Barracks Family Fun Day
Bring the whole family for a journey through history at Sydney’s iconic Hyde Park Barracks museum
Hyde Park Barracks
Workshop | Event
Shadow Play Workshop with Jumaadi
Craft your own shadow figures with artist Jumaadi. This hands-on family workshop is inspired by the traditional Indonesian art of shadow puppetry
Rouse Hill Estate
Performance | Event
Sunday Sessions curated by Music in Exile
Music in Exile curates three Sundays of intimate live music at Elizabeth Farm, spotlighting bold new voices reshaping Australian music
Elizabeth Farm
Tour | Event
Members Hour: Hyde Park Barracks
Experience Members Hour 2026 at the Hyde Park Barracks
Hyde Park Barracks
Talk | Event
Museum Careers Series
Unearthing Community-Engaged Research in Museums and Archives
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
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
Permanent display | Exhibition
Collections on display at the Museums Discovery Centre
Some of Museums of History NSW’s most intriguing and historically significant collection items are on display to the public at the Museums Discovery Centre (MDC) in Castle Hill
Permanent display