What's on
Events
![The Strand Arcade, QVB Sydney Open Series 2024](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/06/e3f00328d2c1450686b8aee4b66d4e4b.jpg)
25 July & 22 August, 5.30pm & 7pm
Tour
The Strand Arcade Twilight Tour
Join us for an exclusive guided tour of the Strand Arcade – the last surviving Victorian-era shopping arcade in Sydney
Thursday 25 July 5.30pm–6.30pm
![Coomaditchie: The Art of Place marketing photoshoot](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/07/ae7e7ad750504d649999aa4676cf4334.jpg)
31 July, 6pm
Talk
First Nations Speaker Series: Coomaditchie
This winter the First Nations Speaker Series will explore activism in the Illawarra region of NSW and beyond
Wednesday 31 July 6pm–7pm
![Mausoleum showing perimeter fence](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/a712b0f6ef23f44f5c4257239269fb7aa3c22b1a-2048x1536.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
9 August, 2pm
Tour
Wentworth Mausoleum walking tour
Join us for a walking tour to the rarely opened Wentworth Mausoleum and learn about William Charles Wentworth’s extravagant 1873 state funeral
Friday 9 August 2pm–3.30pm
![Candle light tour, Elizabeth Farm](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/07/10ad35c272594ddc8cc7b0d5012acce4.jpg)
10 August, 6pm
Tour
A Winter's Night at Elizabeth Farm
Join us on a unique, informative, behind-the-scenes insight into life in the Macarthur home, at night-time
Saturday 10 August 6pm–8pm
![Wide shot of two visitors exploring Parbury Ruins during Sydney Open](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/05/ab325cb7bda04806ad41b6b16cea9738.jpg)
14 August, 10.30am
Tour
Digging Up the Neighbourhood Walking Tour
Starting at Susannah Place, this walking tour explores some of the fascinating archaeological sites in The Rocks and Millers Point
Wednesday 14 August 10.30am–12.30pm
![Rag rug - Vita Cochran](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/05/4b4f7af7a42c4753bf80f5c0bf56cd83.jpg)
17 August, 10.30am & 1pm
Workshop
Making a house a home with Vita Cochran
Join us for a creative rag rug making workshop with textile artist Vita Cochran
Saturday 17 August 10.30am–12.30pm
![Clock mechanism, tower clock construction at Sydney Railway Terminal (Central Station), c1920](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/07/8a6905b3946c4087bd83b9c607532123.jpg)
Talk
History Week 2024: Marking Moments
Join us for History Week 2024 - talk, tour of the Western Sydney Records Centre, and special viewing of State archives
Friday 13 September 10am–12.15pm
![Coomaditchie: The Art of Place marketing photoshoot](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/07/befcbda0ae9f42beae568f2ebf18033a.jpg)
Talk
Members Hour: Museum of Sydney
Welcome to Members Hour at the Museum of Sydney, providing members with exclusive access to our properties
Wednesday 28 August 9am–10am
![Government Printing Office; NRS 4481, Glass negatives. NRS-4481-3-[7/15883]-M2439 | Government Printing Office 1 - 30700 - Supreme Court, King and Elizabeth Streets, Sydney [From NSW Government Printer series: City Views]](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/03/f7a6a9f8f25142b999e7637488f5d01c.jpg)
30 August, 10.30am
Online talk
'Equitable Relief': Equity Court records in the State Archives Collection
This webinar will explore records of the Equity Division of the Supreme Court, how to find them, and what they can tell you
Friday 30 August 10.30am–11.30am
![The library, lit by candle light at Elizabeth Bay House](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/03/ef654bd5946a474981c8ec102f23a5dd.jpg)
Tour
Elizabeth Bay House from dusk to darkness
Join us for an exclusive and intimate tour of this elegant property and enjoy a drink and a snack at the end of this special visit
Friday 6 September 6pm–8pm
![Nielsen-Vaucluse Park Trust photographs : [volume 3 : Vaucluse House comes to life]](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/07/a7e676d0c4604632bf429e66c53e4c2b.jpg)
8 September, 11am
Talk
Making History from a House: The story of Vaucluse House as a museum
Join research curator, Dr Paige Gleeson, in exploring the history of Australia’s first publicly owned house museum, Vaucluse House
Sunday 8 September 11am–12pm
![Government Printing Office; NRS 4481, Parramatta [Gaol] [Department of Public Works] [no date]](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/03/21e77f8e81374bf4825a185b2892aa80.jpg)
27 September, 10:30am
Online talk
Tracing NSW Gaol Inmates: Researching criminal offenders in the State Archives Collection
This webinar will show you how to use the State Archives collection to trace your ancestors through the NSW prison system, uncovering their crimes and incarcerations
Friday 27 September 10.30am–11.30am
![The Vaucluse House dining room fully set and lit by candlelight](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/05/88cd39f1302e432fa5af20e7ff750955.jpg)
Tour
An Evening Visit to Vaucluse House
Experience the Wentworths’ picturesque estate and harbourside retreat on an exclusive and intimate tour after dark
Thursday 3 October 6pm–8pm
![Soft Furnishings Volunteers Group at work in the dining room, Elizabeth Bay House](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/07/c40019a5f78a4869ac62977d8b8b853e.jpg)
14 October, 10.15am
Event
Sources of the Past
See the Soft Furnishings volunteers at work in the wonderful surrounds of Elizabeth Bay House
Monday 14 October 10.15am–11.15am
![Donor event](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/05/f86191a87279418d958ada7068df73d7.jpg)
16 October, 10.30am
Tour
Convict Sydney Walking Tour
Join one of our knowledgeable and expert Guides in a tour of Convict Sydney
Wednesday 16 October 10.30am–12.30pm
![Government Printing Office; NRS 4481, Glass negatives NRS-4481-4-161-[AF00198139] Agricultural College Boys [Department of Agriculture] [no date]](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/03/f581a61afbe34dc1967b5d4d34dfb191.jpg)
25 October, 10:30am
Online talk
Raising the Farmer: Glass negatives taken for the Agricultural Gazette of NSW, 1890-1914
Explore with us some of the 6,000 unique and beautiful glass negatives taken to illustrate articles in the Agricultural Gazette of NSW - now digitally available on our website as a unique slice of rural life
Friday 25 October 10.30am–10.30am
![Tea blending workshop](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/05/73f3d74677104912be1262fcadb33ac4.jpg)
26 October, 10.30am & 1pm
Workshop
The art of blending tea with T Totaler
Join Museums of History NSW Curator Dr Scott Hill and T Totaler for a tour followed by a tea blending workshop
Saturday 26 October 10.30am–12pm
On display
![Postcard design with photo of cows crossing a creek](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/bbfb6462eeec19c496d7829f67565951067c4e03-2000x1292.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Featured display
A passion for postcards: The postcard collection of Miss Vera Bell
Our current library display draws from the postcard collection of Miss Vera Bell, a young Sydney woman, and provides a snapshot of an era: the golden age of postcards
![Sergeant Tracker Alexander ‘Alec’ Riley, standing in police uniform](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/92e8deb95e9d0497e4d992b2166fd5c2851d3fc6-1600x1884.jpg?rect=0,0,1600,1247&fit=max&auto=format)
Permanent display
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
Monday 18 September
![Tony Albert, Healing land, remembering Country, 2020. Installation view for Elizabeth Farm (2020).](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/aac8b5adad244944bac0cae7acdac043.jpg)
Permanent display
Healing land, remembering Country
A powerful work by Kuku Yalanji artist Tony Albert
Sunday 1 January
![](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/0d4f5131ff52436e992c9908a5debe8d.jpg)
Permanent display
Yura Nura: People & Country
Yura Nura: People & Country presents contemporary Aboriginal reflections on the history of Sydney and colonisation
Wednesday 1 January
On tour
![A federation style house under construction](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/f0a0c6e828a8bc2badb8890fcf47d0f3e393a6d5-2000x1128.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Collections on Tour 2024
Museums of History NSW is on the road again, sharing our stories with the people of regional NSW