Making your voice heard at the Hyde Park Barracks

The goal of the redesigned Hyde Park Barracks museum was to tell the history of the site from multiple perspectives.

We have looked at a number of the exhibition spaces and the storytelling devices used in each space. 

We want to give you the chance to add your voice to the story of the Hyde Park Barracks. We would like you to reflect on (think about) your visit and how it has made you think or feel and give you the opportunity to express yourself in a way that works best for you.

You can choose how to express your voice. Here are some suggestions:

Written reflection

• Personal reflection (like a diary or blog entry)
• Short response
• Essay
• Creative writing (short story or poem)

Multimedia

• Collage of photographs of your experience and thoughts
• Slide show with music/sound effects
• Vlog
• Radio play
• Artwork
• Music
• Model

Become the curator/museum designer!

(Re)design a Hyde Park Barracks gallery or exhibit to:

• express a new point of view
• add in a missing voice from the past.

When you have completed your work please send it to us. There are prizes, events and a chance to have your work displayed. 

Send your entries to Learning.team@mhnsw.au

Ideas bank

Need some help getting started? Watch these videos of work made by artists Jonathan Jones, Tony Albert and Angela Tiatia, and Fiona Hall to see their creative responses to the Hyde Park Barracks.