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West elevation (front) of Hyde Park Barracks, from across Queens Square

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Student research fellowship

Museums of History NSW is delighted to announce that applications for the inaugural Museums of History NSW Dr Zeny Edwards OAM Student Research Fellowship are now open

A visitor looking out from the balcony at the Registrar General's Building on the Sydney Open Sunday Program 2019
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Sydney Open 2025: expressions of interest for building partners

Expressions of interest are now open to join Sydney Open 2025 as a building partner

House covered with scaffold
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Rouse Hill Estate – what’s been going on?

The conservation works are up and running at Rouse Hill Estate! The scaffolds are up, allowing the team to look closely at windows and roofs

Bullion Bar and Dining
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Bullion Bar and Dining launches at The Mint

The 200-year-old Mint building has welcomed a new dining era with the launch of Bullion Bar and Dining, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney opening on the first floor

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A space and place to celebrate and engage with First Nations cultures, knowledge and perspectives

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A closer look at bricks

A high-tech research collaboration is giving us new insights into some very familiar objects from our vast archaeological collection

Hope by Hiromi Tango

Finding hope: Q&A with artist Hiromi Tango

Hope is a digital projection artwork by Japanese-Australian artist Hiromi Tango that uses the facade of the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Hyde Park Barracks as its canvas

Women police in NSW: a history of firsts

A collection of photographs at the Justice & Police Museum document the hard-won firsts, beginning in 1915, that led to women attaining equal status within the NSW Police Force

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Advocacy, allyship and the rise and fall of the Aborigines Protection Board

In the lead-up to 26 January, the State Archives Collection provides opportunities to explore and reflect on past examples of advocacy and allyship in the fight for First Nations rights

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