MUSEUMS

19 hot spots recommended for you

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, All Areas 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Sydney is an non profit arts organisation located in Chinatown. It has a regular program of exhibitions, performances, and public programs with local and international Asian and Australian artists with the aim of presenting different cultures through the arts. 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Sydney is an non profit arts organisation located in Chinatown. It has a regular program of exhibitions, ... [ + more ]

Australian Museum, All Areas The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. It features collections of vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as mineralogy, palaeontology, and anthropology. Apart from exhibitions, the museum is also involved in indigenous studies research and community programs. It is located in College Street, Sydney and was originally known as the Colonial Museum or Sydney Museum. The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. It features ... [ + more ]

Australian National Maritime Museum, All Areas The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) is a federally-operated maritime museum located in Darling Harbour, The museum was built around seven main galleries, focused on the discovery of Australia, the relationships between the Australian Aborigines and the water, travel to Australia by sea, The museum has four additional galleries spaces for temporary exhibits. The main attractions are the ships: the HM Bark Endeavour Replica, the destroyer HMAS Vampire, and the submarine HMAS Onslow open to the public to visit. The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) is a federally-operated maritime museum located in Darling Harbour, The museum was built around seven main galleries, ... [ + more ]

City of Canada Bay Museum, All Areas for free This museum is nowadays located in the suburb of Concord. The museum has a collection of artifacts from 1915 to the 1970s about the history of Canada Bay and its like Arnott's or Bushells. It includes displays of contemporary history, and information on the local history. Here you can find an large collection of toys, material from the First and Second World Wars. This museum is nowadays located in the suburb of Concord. The museum has a collection of artifacts from 1915 to the 1970s about ... [ + more ]

Elizabeth Bay House, All Areas This house 19 century is a historic home in the suburb of Elizabeth Bay, known as 'the finest house in the colony'. It had an Regency style, because of its surrounding garden. Today is an example of Australian colonial architecture history, known by its central elliptical saloon and staircase. This house 19 century is a historic home in the suburb of Elizabeth Bay, known as 'the finest house in the colony'. It ... [ + more ]

Hyde Park Barracks Museum, All Areas Built in 1819, Hyde Park Barracks was built to clothe and feed convict men and boys. Here you can see dormitories for female immigrants and destitute women were added upstairs and the Barracks became known as the Hyde Park Asylum. This builfing is one of the examples of convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts. Today Hyde Park Barracks became a hub of government departments and renamed Chancery Square. Built in 1819, Hyde Park Barracks was built to clothe and feed convict men and boys. Here you can see dormitories for female immigrants ... [ + more ]

Justice and Police Museum, All Areas Mainly because of unruly waterfront, the Justice and Police Museum offers a view on a large collection of criminal weapons and a mug-shot gallery of offenders that stare defiantly back at you from the walls. This 1856 building is an archive documenting police investigation with over 9000 objects, the Justice & Police Museum examines the social history of law, policing and crime in New South Wales. Mainly because of unruly waterfront, the Justice and Police Museum offers a view on a large collection of criminal weapons and a mug-shot gallery of ... [ + more ]

Macleay Museum, All Areas for free One of the most important natural history and ethnography collections in Australia, lies on The Macleay Museum. Located on the main campus of the University of Sydney, the collections of this museum are based largely on the efforts and acquisitions of the Macleays, one of the pre-eminent families in colonial Sydney. On this museum you can see collection in entomology, ethnography, scientific instruments, and historic photographs. Many of the biological specimens in the collection represent rare or extinct species, while some of the specimens have historic remarks collected by famous explorers like Charles Darwin and Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay. The George Masters Exhibition Space of the museum is devoted to temporary exhibitions. One of the most important natural history and ethnography collections in Australia, lies on The Macleay Museum. Located on the main campus of the ... [ + more ]

Museum of Australian Currency Notes, All Areas for free he Museum of Australian Currency Notes represents the history of Australian currency since the first settlement was established in 1788 through nowadays. This museum tells you the story of australian banknotes and how they reflect the country economic's, social and political development. Is a journey through the different stages of our banknotes history, from pre-Federation era to polymer banknotes we use today. he Museum of Australian Currency Notes represents the history of Australian currency since the first settlement was established in 1788 through nowadays. This museum ... [ + more ]

Museum of Contemporary Art, All Areas for free Opened in 1991 and placed on the western edge of Circular Quay. , the Museum of Contemporary Art ( MCA) Australian museum exclusively dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art from Australia and other countries. Opened in 1991 and placed on the western edge of Circular Quay. , the Museum of Contemporary Art ( MCA) Australian museum exclusively dedicated to ... [ + more ]

Museum of Sydney, All Areas Built on the ruins of the house of New South Wales' first Governor, The Museum of Sydney explores colonial and contemporary Sydney through objects, pictures and new digital media techniques. You can go back on time and see views of Sydney from 1788 until today through walls and video screens. Sydney's convict era is explored in a giant showcase of goods and chattels recovered from more than 25 archaeological digs. Built on the ruins of the house of New South Wales' first Governor, The Museum of Sydney explores colonial and contemporary Sydney through objects, pictures ... [ + more ]

Nicholson Museum, All Areas The Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney you'll find the largest collection of antiquities in both Australia and the southern Hemisphere. Built in 1860, the collection includes ancient world with primary collection areas including Greece, Italy, Egypt, Cyprus, and the Near East. We highlight the Egyptian collection with artefacts from a variety of ancient sites including Abydos, Alexandria, Bubastis, Fayum, Heliopolis, Memphis, Saqqara, and Thebes. Egyptian material formed a large part of Sir Charles Nicholson's founding donation. Here you can find a fragment of a red granite thought to be from Hatshepsut's obelisk The Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney you'll find the largest collection of antiquities in both Australia and the southern Hemisphere. Built ... [ + more ]

Powerhouse Museum, All Areas The Powerhouse Museum offers science and design. This museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney, the other being the historic Sydney Observatory. It has science exhibitions, a collection of all sorts of technology including Decorative arts, Science, Communication, Transport, Costume, Furniture, Media, Computer technology, Space technology and Steam engines. It has existed in various guises for over 125 years, and is home to some 400,000 artifacts, many of which are displayed or housed at the site it has occupied since 1988, and for which it is named — a converted electric tram power station in the Inner West suburb of Ultimo. The Powerhouse Museum offers science and design. This museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney, the ... [ + more ]

Sydney Bus Museum, All Areas Open sice 1988, Sydney Bus Museum , also known as the Sydney Bus and Truck Museum is a not-for-profit transportation museum and education centre for public benefit located in the suburb of Leichhardt, in Sydney, Australia. The museum restores, maintains and displays buses from the 1920s to recent eras. Is scheduled to open to the public in 2013.because of its restoration Open sice 1988, Sydney Bus Museum , also known as the Sydney Bus and Truck Museum is a not-for-profit transportation museum and education centre for ... [ + more ]

Sydney Jewish Museum, All Areas The Sydney Jewish Museum collects the Holocaust's documents and the history of the Jewish people in Australia. On the Permanent Exhibitions you can see: Culture & Continuity, The Holocaust and Serving Australia. Also there are the Temporary Exhibition Gallery, the Sanctum of Rememberance, the Library and the Resource Centre and finally the War Memorial Forecourt. Visitors to the Sydney Jewish Museum are fascinated as much by the story itself, as by the way it is told, with its emphasis on excellence of design and technology. Within eight spectacular exhibition areas, visitors experience soundscapes and powerful audiovisual displays, confront life-size sculptures and dioramas, examine original documents and newspapers, and interact with sophisticated multimedia displays. The Sydney Jewish Museum collects the Holocaust's documents and the history of the Jewish people in Australia. On the Permanent Exhibitions you can ... [ + more ]

Sydney Observatory, All Areas Sydney Observatory, located on a hill now known as 'Observatory Hill' It is now a working museum where evening visitors can observe the stars and planets through a modern 40 cm schmidt-cassegrain telescope and a historic 29 cm refractor telescope built in 1874, the oldest telescope in Australia in regular use. Sydney Observatory, located on a hill now known as 'Observatory Hill' It is now a working museum where evening visitors can observe ... [ + more ]

The Rocks Discovery Museum, All Areas for free Featuring the history of The Rocks area, this museum sits in a mid 1800s sandstone warehouse property. Inside you can find various historical artefacts and images that can be found in The Rock. Divided into four chronological displays – Warrane (pre-1788), Colony (1788–1820), Port (1820–1900) and Transformations (1900 to the present) – this excellent museum digs deep into The Rocks’ history and leads you on an artefact-rich tour. Sensitive attention is given to The Rocks’ original inhabitants, the Cadigal people. Its highly interactive exhibits feature visual and audio productions designed to captivate the interest of visitors. Featuring the history of The Rocks area, this museum sits in a mid 1800s sandstone warehouse property. Inside you can find various historical artefacts ... [ + more ]

Vaucluse House, All Areas An 19th-century estate with house, kitchen wing, stables and outbuildings, surrounded by 28 acres (9 hectares) of formal gardens and grounds, Vaucluse House is a historic estate in Gothic Revival style in the harbourside suburb of Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. Decorated with beautiful European period pieces including Bohemian glass, heavy oak ‘Jacobethan’ furniture and Meissen china, the house offers visitors a rare glimpse into early (albeit privileged) colonial life in Sydney. An 19th-century estate with house, kitchen wing, stables and outbuildings, surrounded by 28 acres (9 hectares) of formal gardens and grounds, Vaucluse House is a ... [ + more ]

White Rabbit Gallery, All Areas The White Rabbit Gallery is specialised in contemporary Chinese art and considered as one of the world’s largest and most significant collections. Near the Sydney Central Station in a former knitting factory and warehouse. Exhibition shows are re-hung twice annually. The gallery has four floors of exhibition space, a theatrette, a library and a teahouse. Only a fraction of the Collection is on show at any time. The entire contents of the gallery are rehung twice a year. The White Rabbit Gallery is specialised in contemporary Chinese art and considered as one of the world’s largest and most significant collections. Near the ... [ + more ]