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A visitor looking out from the balcony at the Registrar General's Building on the Sydney Open Sunday Program 2019

Sydney Open 2025: expressions of interest for building partners

Expressions of interest are now open to join Sydney Open 2025 as a building partner

Employment opportunity

Senior Advisor, Collection Logistics and Valuation

This role will manage, develop and deliver high quality and compliant management, movement, retrieval, capacity planning, collection valuation, documentation/cataloguing and transfer/accession functions for the NSW State Archives Collection

Nevra Winter prepares to lay bricks at Convict Escapades

Macquarie Street Adventure

The Macquarie Street Adventure is a full day of activities held along Macquarie Street, bringing together the NSW Parliament, Museums of History NSW with the State Library of NSW

Settlers' Muster Book, 1800

State Archives Collection: Customer Satisfaction Survey 2025

Every year we undertake a survey to gather customer feedback on the State Archives Collection services we provide in the Reading Room, on our website and through our inquiry and copying services

House covered with scaffold

Rouse Hill Estate – what’s been going on?

The conservation works are up and running at Rouse Hill Estate! The scaffolds are up, allowing the team to look closely at windows and roofs

Love in the Library – Members Hour at the Caroline Simpson Library

In February, to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Collections Discovery Assistant Mel Flyte shared with our members expressions of love discovered in the Caroline Simpson Library

Bullion Bar and Dining

Bullion Bar and Dining launches at The Mint

The 200-year-old Mint building has welcomed a new dining era with the launch of Bullion Bar and Dining, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney opening on the first floor

Hiromi Tango

Call for participants: Hope Garden by Hiromi Tango

Museums of History NSW is delighted to announce a dramatic new art installation, 'Hope', by renowned multidisciplinary artist Hiromi Tango, to be displayed at the Hyde Park Barracks from 11 April 2025

Dr Aaron De Souza (standing, right), Research Manager at Museums of History NSW, presenting archaeological artefacts from the site of Australia’s first Government House

Exploring the archaeology of the first Government House

Donors joined Dr Aaron De Souza, Research Manager at Museums of History NSW, for a fascinating bespoke talk and behind-the-scenes viewing of a selection of the more than 140,000 archaeological finds from the site of Australia’s first Government House