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
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
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
Performance | Event
House/Music: Wytchings
The historic Elizabeth Farm homestead creates a fitting backdrop for this exclusive listening experience. Wytchings is the music project of artist Jenny Trinh. Trinh creates electronic soundscapes that are introspective yet familiar, and that soundtrack the abstract experiences of growing up amid the changing urban landscapes of Western Sydney
Elizabeth Farm
Tour | Event
Copy, Paste, Profit
Discover the dark and tangled tales of Indian design woven through this historic textile collection
Caroline Simpson Library
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