Children & family

Oak tree courtyard, Elizabeth Farm
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Life-changing encounters with the past

Visits from teachers who first visited our sites as children themselves have become increasingly common, revealing the lifelong impact of place-based learning

Children collecting mail at the letterbox

NSW Correspondence School

These photos show the NSW State Correspondence School, Blackfriars. It began in early 1916 for children living in remote and country areas

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Adam Gilmour

Gilmour Space CEO & Founder

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Activities

How to make Christmas ornaments

Get crafty this Christmas with some homemade ornaments for your tree

Child exploring the How to Move a Zoo exhibition.

About How to Move a Zoo

During the summer of 2021–22 this exhibition showed how hundreds of animals journeyed across the city to their new home at Taronga Zoological Park in 1916

Coomaditchie: The Art of Place marketing photoshoot
Museums

Museum of Sydney

Explore the character, cultures and soul of the city

Sepia toned photo of two young girls in light dresses, socks and mary jane style shoes seated on step with their arms around each others' shoulders.

Miriam Ann Hamilton (1924-2014)

Miriam Hamilton nee Terry, a descendant of both the Rouse family of Rouse Hill and the Thorburns of Meroogal, was, with her late husband Ian, one of the last co-owners of Rouse Hill House and its collection

Woman using a washboard and laundry bucket in a courtyard
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Memorable learning experiences at Elizabeth Farm

At Museums of History NSW, we strive to create memorable and meaningful experiences for school students – bringing history to life in the places where it happened

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Special event

Story Time at the Museum – Coomaditchie Dreaming

Join us for a relaxed and fun story time session followed by a craft activity inspired by the Dreaming stories

Tuesday 1 October 11am–12pm