Becoming a Convict: Caught, Tried and Sentenced

Use the virtual tour (matterport) below to explore the northern range. This area is where visitors start their museum experience and enter the first gallery, Becoming a Convict: Caught, Tried and Sentenced.

Instead of traditional written wall labels, the museum uses a story guide on an audio headset to tell the stories of the Hyde Park Barracks. Location technology and sensors activate the story guide based on where visitors are in the museum and what exhibit they are looking at. 

The story guide connects visitors to the experiences of the men, women and children who lived at the Barracks through first-person narratives voiced by actors, and soundscapes.

The video clips below include sections of audio from the story guide. You can also listen to this audio ‘in situ’ as you explore the virtual tour.