Media
Media contact
For media inquiries and opportunities please contact Emma Heath, Media Manager.
Phone: 0413 768 588 | Email: emma.heath@mhnsw.au
Media releases
Collections on Tour - Orphan wages
29 July 2024
NAIDOC Week at Rouse Hill Estate
1 July 2024
First Nations exhibits at Museum of Sydney
26 February 2024
MHNSW on Evenings (ABC Radio)
Museums of History NSW features regularly on the ABC Evenings program segment for interesting subjects relating to the history and heritage of our state. For your listening pleasure, please see links to previous interviews here.
Catch up
9 July 2024
40th anniversary of Elizabeth Farm
A restful homestead with a restless history, Elizabeth Farm today is an ‘access all areas’ museum. There are no barriers, locked doors or delicate furnishings. Hear Curator Dr Scott Hill talk about Australia’s oldest surviving homestead, set in a re-created 1830s garden.
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11 June 2024
Coomaditchie: The Art of Place
Coomaditchie: The Art of Place evokes life by the ocean through loving and lyrical works by First Nations artists. Hear Curator Tess Allas talk through this showcase of paintings, ceramics and screen-prints that speak to life in and around the settlement of Coomaditchie, in the city of Wollongong.
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28 May 2024
Crimes in colonial Australia
Hear Dr Penny Stannard talk about four repeat prisoners and what their personal stories tell us about the times they lived in.
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2 April 2024
Learning in museums
Our sites offer students the opportunity to learn about history in the places where it happened. We explore how children make meaning in museums and connect with the past, and consider approaches to learning design.
Learning Manager Dr Rebecca Kummerfeld and Learning Program Developer Tamsin Birch talk about our Learning program and how we share our knowledge with others.
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19 March 2023
The State Archives Collection and the 1828 Census
The State Archives Collection at MHNSW is vast, comprising over 14 million items related to the history of NSW, its environment and the lives of its people.
Listen to Martyn Killion, Director of Collections, introduce the State Archives Collection and the 1828 Census.
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5 March 2024
Food history
Hear Curator Dr Jacqui Newling talk about cookbooks and recipes in MHNSW’s collections.
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20 February 2024
The People’s House: Sydney Opera House at 50 exhibition
Curator Dr Scott Hill talks about this exhibition that celebrates five decades of extraordinary performances and unforgettable moments at the Sydney Opera House.
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Envisioning the ‘Sydney National Opera House’: A different ‘Red Book’
A variant version of the ‘Red Book’ – with additional plans dated May 1958 – has recently been generously donated to Museums of History NSW by Mr Mark Matheson
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Languages alive 2024
In the second annual NSW Aboriginal Languages Week, held on 20–27 October, we celebrate the determination and courage of First Nations peoples to maintain and revitalise languages
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Conservation works at Rouse Hill Estate
After detailed condition inspections of the state heritage–listed Rouse Hill Estate, MHNSW’s Capital Works and Heritage teams have begun a large-scale conservation project that will sensitively address a range of identified issues
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Hyde Park Barracks conservation works complete
In collaboration with experienced heritage consultants and tradespeople, MHNSW has now completed challenging and complex conservation works on the northern range buildings on the Hyde Park Barracks site