Living with Modernism: Inside Rose Seidler House

Step inside one of Australia’s most celebrated modernist homes and discover the life and work of visionary architect Harry Seidler AC OBE.

In partnership with Chau Chak Wing Museum, and in association with the exhibition Migrating Modernism: The Architecture of Harry Seidler, Museums of History NSW Curator Michael Lech and exhibition curator Dr Ann Stephen will explore how Seidler incorporated the radical thinking of the Bauhaus school of design into a family home.

Please note that this event is not accessible.

Members get more: Members enjoy a 20% discount on tickets.

Photo of Rose Seidler house at night with lights shinning through windows

Over-loved modern – conserving Rose Seidler House

Once perceived as the ‘modern’ and most robust house in our collection, Rose Seidler House is now seen as quite possibly the most fragile

Deck and Harry Seidler mural at Rose Seidler House.

A new way of living

Once word spread about the newly built Rose Seidler House in 1950, it was the ‘most talked about house in Sydney’. Seventy years on, it's impossible to deny the strength and daring of Seidler's vision

71 Clissold Road, Wahroonga NSW 2076

Rose Seidler House

71 Clissold Road, Wahroonga NSW 2076Plan your visit
  • Saturday 7 November 10am–11am