Virtual excursions
Bring the richness of our onsite museum programs right into your classroom with a curriculum-linked virtual excursion.
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.
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Free virtual excursion:
Go back to the past at Vaucluse House
Take a virtual journey back to the past at Vaucluse House and meet Annabel Crabb and the Ferrone family, stars of the ABC’s hit show Further Back in Time for Dinner.
Thursday 19 November
Free virtual excursion:
Wanted! Bushrangers
Stage 3 classes can come face-to-face with bushrangers during this live event, streamed from the Justice & Police Museum.
Thursday 26 November
Shortlist announced:
A Thousand Words writing competition
Congratulations to the students who have been shortlisted in our A Thousand Words writing competition.
Winners will be announced soon
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
Primary programs
Students step into history during a curriculum-linked 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.
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. Temporarily suspended.
Learning eNews
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Teacher professional development
Explore engaging ways to teach history in the primary classroom with our NESA-accredited courses.
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
News
Sydney Living Museums to reopen from 1 JuneThursday 21 May 2020
News
Update on COVID-19Monday 16 March 2020
Learning
Teachers and students to experience new Hyde Park BarracksFriday 7 February 2020
Students and teachers can discover the history of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Hyde Park Barracks like never before after undergoing its major renewal.Teachers are invited to register for an
Learning
Not your average classroomTuesday 24 September 2019
From playing Victorian children’s games to making ‘convict’ bricks, the Experience & Learning Team deliver inspiring and fun educational experiences at eight of our 12 historic places.
Learning
Raising the prominence of Aboriginal perspectivesThursday 12 September 2019
With federal funding assistance, the Learning Team have seen a number of successes in in their efforts to raise the prominence of Aboriginal perspectives related to the site of first Government House.