Members Hour: Elizabeth Bay House

Welcome to Members Hour at Elizabeth Bay House.

Members will have the unique opportunity to visit two areas of the house that are rarely open to the public – the back stairs and the attics – as well as the cellars.

Our museum staff will guide you up the back stairs. Screened from the saloon, these provided discreet access to all levels of the house while emphasising the separation between the Macleay family and their servants.

You will then be led down beneath the house to an undercroft of two large and entirely separate cellars. The northern cellar was originally accessible internally via a continuation of the back stairs and contained the wine and spirit cellar, while the cellar to the south contained a larder, dairy and coal storage.

Members Hour is an exclusive time dedicated to Museums of History NSW members at each of our historic houses, gardens and museums. You can wander around and enjoy each property at your leisure. Plus, you can ask our expert museum staff all your questions, as you will have them to yourselves.