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Events

Interior of the White Bay Power Station
9 Mar–10 Jun, various times
Tour

Heritage tours: White Bay Power Station

Decommissioned in 1984, Sydney’s longest-serving power station at White Bay will once again energise Sydney as part of the 2024 Biennale of Sydney.

Student exercise painted in gouache at the Shillito Design School, 1976/77, by Eva Fay.
20 March, 5.30pm
Special event

Phyllis Shillito and her colour curriculum 1945–79

This event explores the colour curriculum of pioneering Sydney-based designer and educator Phyllis Shillito

Mausoleum, Vaucluse House
21 March, 2pm
Tour

Members Tour: Wentworth Mausoleum

Members-only walking tour to the rarely opened Wentworth Mausoleum

Inquisition before Coroner sitting alone
22 March, 10.30am
Online talk

Inquest index: 1916-1963

This webinar will show you how to use the recently updated Inquest Index and explore the new additions.

Mausoleum showing perimeter fence
22 March, 2pm
Tour

Wentworth Mausoleum walking tour

Join us for a walking tour to the rarely opened Wentworth Mausoleum and learn about William Charles Wentworth’s extravagant 1873 state funeral

Dining room, Rose Seidler House
24 March, 9am
Tour

Members Hour: Rose Seidler House

Experience Members Hour at Rose Seidler House

The library, lit by candle light at Elizabeth Bay House
11 April, 6pm
Tour

Elizabeth Bay House from dusk to darkness

Join us for an exclusive and intimate tour of this elegant property and enjoy a drink and a snack at the end of this special visit

Honey bee
14 April, 10.30am & 1pm
Workshop

Beekeeping workshop with The Urban Beehive

Join beekeepers Vicky Brown and Doug Purdie from The Urban Beehive for a buzzy introduction to beekeeping

Elizabeth Farm Brand shoot
Various times
Workshop

All in a day’s work at Elizabeth Farm

Join us for a hands-on workshop where kids will discover what life was like at Elizabeth Farm 200 years ago

A group of children looking at objects on a table in Vaucluse House Kitchen
Various times
Workshop

All in a day’s work at Vaucluse House

Join us for a hands-on workshop where kids will discover what life was like at Vaucluse House 170 years ago

Two kids juicing lemons at a big wooden table in the kitchen at Elizabeth Farm.
17 April, 9am
Workshop

All in a day’s work at Elizabeth Farm, accessible program

Join us for a tactile and sensory workshop where kids will discover what life was like at Elizabeth Farm 200 years ago

Portrait of a man in formal attire
19 April, 10.30am
Online talk

Colonial Secretary's Minutes, 1826-1927

This webinar will take a deep dive into the Colonial Secretary's minutes

Sonic Spaces 2023
21 April, 6pm
Performance

Sonic Spaces

Join us for an intimate series of music performances in one of the city’s most unique spaces, the hammock room at the Hyde Park Barracks

Arcade at Rouse Hill Estate
28 April, 9am
Tour

Members Hour: Rouse Hill Estate

Experience Members Hour at Rouse Hill Estate

Exterior of Rose Seidler House
4 May, various times
Tour

Curator-led tour of Rose Seidler House & Julian Rose House

Enjoy a tour of Rose Seidler House with Museums of History NSW curator Michael Lech, plus a rare peek at the Julian Rose House with Brian Seidler AM

Three children in fancy dress
17 May, 10.30am
Online talk

Unlocking Past Lives

Join Mathew Stephens, research librarian at the Caroline Simpson Library, as he uses the library’s specialist collection to explore the contexts of a selection of historic family photographs.

The first three decades (decade 3), Coomaditchie artists and community members, 2022, acrylic on unstretched canvas, 302cm x 213.5 cm. 
Coomaditchie United Aboriginal Corporation
25 May, 11.30am
Tour

Coomaditchie: The Art Of Place Curator Talk

Join First Nations Curator Tess Allas for a tour of the thought-provoking exhibition Coomaditchie: The Art of Place

Government Printing Office 1 - 02086 - Oyster bed [From NSW Government Printer series: Ballina], 1926
21 June, 10.30am
Online talk

Oyster leases

This webinar will focus on the Oyster Lease Cultures files, which tell the stories of the people who held these leases between 1920 and 1978.

Government Printing Office; NRS 4481, Glass negatives. NRS-4481-3-[7/15883]-M2439 | Government Printing Office 1 - 30700 - Supreme Court, King and Elizabeth Streets, Sydney [From NSW Government Printer series: City Views]
30 August, 10.30am
Online talk

'Equitable Relief': Equity Court records in the State Archives Collection

This webinar will explore records of the Equity Division of the Supreme Court, how to find them, and what they can tell you.

On display

Watercolour of a group of people landing ashore
Featured display

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Caroline Simpson Library

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Caroline Simpson Library, which was created through an extraordinary cultural gift donated by the children of Caroline Simpson OAM (1930–2003).

Sergeant Tracker Alexander ‘Alec’ Riley, standing in police uniform
Permanent display

Alexander Riley, legendary Aboriginal police tracker

The remarkable talents of Aboriginal trackers who worked for NSW Police in the 20th century are featured in a display at the Justice & Police Museum

Tony Albert, Healing land, remembering Country, 2020. Installation view for Elizabeth Farm (2020).
Permanent display

Healing land, remembering Country

A powerful work by Kuku Yalanji artist Tony Albert

Permanent display

Yura Nura: People & Country

Yura Nura: People & Country presents contemporary Aboriginal reflections on the history of Sydney and colonisation

Sydney Open Series

Year-round focus tours, talks and workshops

Find out more

On tour

A federation style house under construction

Collections on Tour 2024

Museums of History NSW is on the road again, sharing our stories with the people of regional NSW

Girl with superimposed illustration of aeroplane and clouds
Touring exhibition

On the Move

Now on tour

Black and white photo of two women in street
Touring exhibition

Street Photography

Available for hire

How Cities Work illustration.
Touring exhibition

How cities work

Now on tour

Patsy Neill (or Niell), Special Photograph number D96, 12 August 1929, Central Police Station
Touring exhibition

Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties

Available for hire

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