Multiple points of view: introduction to the museum
Introduction part 2
When the Hyde Park Barracks museum was redesigned in 2019–20, the goal was to tell history from multiple viewpoints. In this site study you will explore:
- the role of the Hyde Park Barracks in building the town of Sydney and its impact on Aboriginal nations
- the experiences of convicts who lived at the Barracks from 1819 to 1848
- the lives of immigrant women who passed through the Barracks from 1848
- the stories of women who lived in the Barracks after 1862, when it also became an asylum for and women
- your own perspective as a museum visitor. How do you connect with each space and display? What resonates with you? What stories speak to you?
Watch this YouTube video for a brief virtual tour of the Barracks:
Further reading
Real. Life. History
The reopening of the Hyde Park Barracks introduced Sydney to a new way of exploring our past
Site study main page
Resource
Hyde Park Barracks site study
The Hyde Park Barracks is an important historical site. It has been recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site because of its significance to the convict History of Australia
