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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Sydney Living Museums Learning Advisory Panels - Primary and Secondary
Become part of our Learning Advisory Panels and provide advice on current and new learning programming and projects at SLM museums and heritage places.
Applications now open until 25 January 2021.
History Extension Project:
Online Seminar
Enjoy a day of online talks and workshops, delivered by practising historians, archaeologists, and museum and library professionals.
Friday 6 November
Winners announced:
A Thousand Words writing competition
Congratulations to the students who are winners in our A Thousand Words writing competition.
Winners announced!
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
Sign up to our mailing list to receive updates on our Learning program.
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
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EOI: 2021 Learning Advisory Panels – Primary and SecondaryTuesday 24 November 2020
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Excursions return in Term 4Monday 26 October 2020
Sydney Living Museums is pleased to announce the return of onsite learning programs at a selection of our houses and museums in Term 4, 2020. Available programs include:
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Sydney Living Museums to reopen from 1 JuneThursday 21 May 2020
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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