We will however continue to offer our interactive, curriculum-linked virtual excursions throughout the term, bringing our museums, stories and collection straight to your class.
Contact bookings@slm.com.au to find out more, or to make a booking.
Primary programs
Students step into history during an excursion to our historic houses and museums to discover how people lived in the past and the important events and stories that unfolded in these special places. Our excursions are immersive, curriculum-linked and unforgettable.
Secondary programs
Our secondary school excursions cover a diverse range of topics and issues, from colonisation and the history of contact with Aboriginal people to archaeology, food technology and crime and punishment.
Learning resources
Sydney Living Museums offers a range of free online learning resources. Designed by teachers for primary and secondary school students to use in class or at home.
Virtual excursions
Bring the richness of our onsite museum programs right into your classroom with a curriculum-linked virtual excursion.
Learning subsidy
Sydney Living Museums Learning is pleased to offer support to selected students to attend our learning programs.
Access & inclusion
We have developed a social story for each of our excursion locations to support teachers visiting our museums with students.
Live events
Our live virtual events bring our museums programs right to your classroom. Connect live with a museum educator for interactive and curriculum-linked sessions.
Teacher Professional Development
Teaching History in the primary classroom
Delivered by expert museum educators and curators, our courses are NESA accredited and provide practical strategies for teaching History that you can take back to your own classroom.
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Hyde Park Barracks learning precinct
Help us to develop a dynamic learning precinct at the Hyde Park Barracks that will provide engaging and meaningful educational experiences for more than 30,000 people every year, of all ages and abilities.
More about the learning precinct
Twilight Teachers’ Event
Teachers are invited to join us at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery for the launch of new programs for primary and secondary students in 2021.
Contact us
The Learning Team
Sydney Living Museums
The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
T 02 8239 2288
F 02 8239 2299
E learningteam@slm.com.au
Bookings
For all Learning bookings, please contact Bookings at +61 2 8239 2211 or email bookings@slm.com.au
Learning eNews
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Teacher professional development
Sydney Living Museums offers professional development for primary teachers. Delivered by expert museum educators and curators, our courses offer practical strategies for teaching History that you can take back to your own classroom.
Internships
We offer project-based internships that give students direct experience of working in a museum.
Tertiary & adult education
We tailor visits for tertiary and adult education groups, including English language groups, specifically to the needs of each group.
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Learning news
Learning
Learning subsidyTuesday 1 June 2021
From 1 July 2021, we are pleased to offer support to selected students to attend our learning programs.
Learning
Touching historyMonday 31 May 2021
To design the new learning precinct at the Hyde Park Barracks, we engaged with a key group of intended users – school students.
Learning
Learning during lockdownFriday 19 February 2021
Sydney Living Museums’ Learning Team found a range of ways to stay connected with students after the cancellation of school excursions in 2020.
Learning
Twilight Teachers’ EventWednesday 17 February 2021
Donations
Support the Hyde Park Barracks learning precinctThursday 26 November 2020
With your help, Sydney Living Museums has an incredible opportunity to develop a dynamic learning precinct at the Hyde Park Barracks.