Discover SLM
See what’s new across our channels, look up activities to do at home with the family, including in the kitchen and the garden, explore our properties and our collections, and settle in for some good long reads.
This year’s theme, Reflections on Identity underpins an integrated program of exciting installations, exhibitions and public programs and explores the immense collections held by Sydney Living Museums and NSW State Archives.
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(Re)making a home
An evocative and deeply personal collection of household items belonging to the last tenants of Susannah Place was recently acquired by Sydney Living Museums.
Collection
Interior design training in the 1940s
Helen Burgess studied design at Sydney Technical College almost 80 years ago. Her work was acquired by SLM and illustrates the school’s role in educating designers in NSW.
Craft
Recipe
Hot cross buns
Fill your kitchen with the sweet smells of Easter, the Mrs Beeton way, with a recipe from our Cook and Curator blog.
Online puzzles
Get puzzling
Take a moment to relax and recharge with one of our online puzzles featuring our beautiful collections and museums.
Artisan Encounters
Thread Folk
Learn how to embroider with a project inspired by Sydney Living Museums’ collection with Libby Moore from Thread Folk in our latest Artisan Encounters online program.
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Bees and honey
Duration: 30:40
Duration: 30:40
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Children & Family
Celebrate Easter with usTuesday 23 February 2021
Jump, hop and spring into the Easter weekend with our Egg-cellent Easter Trail at Elizabeth Farm and Vaucluse House.Enjoy a range of fun activities inspired by traditional Easter games, meet some feathered...
Media release
Reflections on IdentityThursday 4 February 2021
Sydney Living Museums, with NSW State Archives, announce a bold, expansive and thought provoking program for 2021.
Culture Up LateFriday 11 December 2020
This summer Sydney Living Museums will join other major arts and cultural institutions for Culture Up Late, a NSW Government initiative aimed at revitalizing Sydney’s cultural life.
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Bessie Rouse’s scrap album & the first Australian Christmas cards
A nineteenth-century scrap album, carefully stored in a bookcase at Rouse Hill House, holds hidden treasure – if you know what you’re looking at.