What's on

25 July & 22 August, 5.30pm & 7pm

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

31 July, 6pm

First Nations Speaker Series: Coomaditchie

This winter the First Nations Speaker Series will explore activism in the Illawarra region of NSW and beyond

9 August, 2pm

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

10 August, 6pm

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

14 August, 10.30am

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

17 August, 10.30am & 1pm

Making a house a home with Vita Cochran

Join us for a creative rag rug making workshop with textile artist Vita Cochran

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

Members Hour: Museum of Sydney

Welcome to Members Hour at the Museum of Sydney, providing members with exclusive access to our properties

30 August, 10.30am

'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

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

8 September, 11am

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

27 September, 10:30am

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

An Evening Visit to Vaucluse House

Experience the Wentworths’ picturesque estate and harbourside retreat on an exclusive and intimate tour after dark

14 October, 10.15am

Sources of the Past

See the Soft Furnishings volunteers at work in the wonderful surrounds of Elizabeth Bay House

16 October, 10.30am

Convict Sydney Walking Tour

Join one of our knowledgeable and expert Guides in a tour of Convict Sydney

25 October, 10:30am

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

26 October, 10.30am & 1pm

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

Collections on Tour 2024

Museums of History NSW is on the road again, sharing our stories with the people of regional NSW

On the Move

Now on tour

Street Photography

Available for hire

How cities work

Now on tour

Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties

Available for hire

Captured: Portraits of Crime, 1870 – 1930

Now on tour