Holding Hatred
Behind the walls where Sydney’s accused, convicted and condemned were charged and sentenced lie objects too disturbing for regular public display
Confront the artefacts the city would rather forget, carrying brutal stories, contested histories and connections to a dark underbelly that still pulses beneath the surface today.
From illicit pleasures to ideologies that refuse to die, this rare curator-led tour asks the hard questions: what do we keep, what do we hide, and what refuses to stay forgotten? This tour contains adult themes and content.
Dangerous Excursions is a tour series delivered in partnership with the Festival of Dangerous Ideas and Sydney’s cultural institutions, exploring objects that are too controversial, fragile or complex for public view.
Justice & Police Museum
Corner Albert and Phillip streets, Sydney NSW 2000- Wheelchair accessible
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Groundbreaking crimes from the archives
Within the sandstone walls of the Justice & Police Museum are countless stories of crime, courage and justice – some famous, many forgotten
From Water Police Office to museum
The complex that now houses the Justice & Police Museum was once one of the colony’s busiest legal hubs, with a daily parade of offenders – and the odd goat. Additions and improvements mark the evolution of the site’s function as courts and police station
Flat out access: unfolding the parchment pardon of Samuel Henry Horne
The conservators at the Western Sydney Records Centre treat items from across Museums of History NSW collections. A recent example is the 1832 absolute pardon of convict Samuel Henry Horne