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Small child flying brightly coloured kite in field.

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Kite-flying at Rouse Hill House & Farm. Photo © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums

Children & Family

From our beautiful historic houses and gardens, to our city museums and programs especially designed for families to enjoy - Sydney Living Museums is the perfect place for imaginations to run wild.

Throughout the year we offer a fantastic range of children and family-friendly programs, exhibitions and events across our 12 museums, including interactive exhibitions, school holiday programs, family house tours, and loads of other fun things to do.

Join us and unlock your imagination today.

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Exhibitions

How Cities Work

Saturday 15 December 2018 - Sunday 21 July 2019

Museum of Sydney

Explore the city inside and out, top to bottom in a whole new way! From sewers to skyscrapers, this interactive exhibition reveals the secret workings of the city.

Rouse Hill House & Farm in LEGO® Bricks

Bookings essential on weekends and holidays

Rouse Hill House & Farm

Visitors young and old will be limited only by their imagination as they add their creations for all to admire inside this exhibition at Rouse Hill House & Farm.

Events

News

Two children running in garden in front of two storey farmstead building.

School holidays

Summer 2019: school holiday opening hoursTuesday 27 November 2018

Stalls in corner of sandstone-walled courtyard with visitors and city skyline in background.

Hyde Park Barracks

Bright Lights: Big CityFriday 30 November 2018

Steep yourself in the festivities of the annual Christmas Fare at Hyde Park Barracks.

Boy flying kite in field.

School holidays

Spring School Holidays 2018: opening hoursMonday 17 September 2018

Man holding lit candelabra in candlelit room draped in black.

Vaucluse House

Vaucluse House dressed in mourningFriday 31 August 2018

The drawing room at Vaucluse House is dressed in mourning for History Week 2018 – Life & Death.

Girl dressed as convict carrying bricks.

Donors

Thank you to donorsFriday 24 August 2018

Boy and girl making craft related to homes in the Oak Tree Court at Elizabeth Farm. Photograph © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums

Craft & activities

Explore our treasury of children’s activities to keep them amused and occupied on rainy days or quiet moments at home. Here you’ll find print-out patterns, quizzes, stories, games and more.

Girl and boy chopping vegetables in the kitchen, Vaucluse House. Photograph © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums

Recipes

for kids

Foraged from the history books of our houses these recipes are sure to delight the young mind.

Online shop

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Alphabetical Sydney & Numerical Street

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A to Z of Convicts In Van Diemens Land

2015 Children's Book Council Award winner $45

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Shapes of Australia

Bronwyn Bancroft $24.99

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All the buildings in Sydney

...that I've drawn so far $29.95