We’ve all heard the age-old saying that home is where the heart is, and, when you look around our 12 unique places, it’s easy to see why. From the rare and precious gem of Meroogal, built in the 1880s and home to four generations of women, to Rouse Hill House & Farm, owned by six generations of the one family, where today, every object, stain and repair has a story to tell to Elizabeth Farm, Australia’s oldest homestead, built for John and Elizabeth Macarthur, every one of our ‘living museums’ has been a home to doers and dreamers, families and lovers.

If you love architecture, interiors, gardens or Australian history, a visit to any one of Sydney Living Museums’ historic homes and museums will reveal the fascinating people and stories of Sydney’s living history. But look closer and you’ll see how these remarkable properties tell the evolving story of architecture in Sydney.