Elizabeth Bay House

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Conservation in action: Elizabeth Bay House external joinery work
Museums of History NSW is undertaking external joinery conservation works to the front facade thanks to the funds generously donated by our supporters during the 2022 Annual Appeal

Here and there: concert playlist
Experience a concert at Elizabeth Bay House showcasing a magical evening contrasting two different musical worlds

King's Cross: bohemian life In Sydney
Artists, intellectuals, writers, radicals, revellers and misfits made Sydney's King's Cross home from the early years of the 20th century well into the 1970s

The finest house
In 1835 colonial secretary Alexander Macleay set about building the ultimate trophy house, a shimmering, classical styled jewel box, perched in rugged bushland on the northern side of present day Potts Point, high above Elizabeth Bay with majestic views across Sydney harbour and beyond

The inspiration behind Iridescent: Elizabeth Bay House
Find out more about the curatorial research that inspired artist Gerwyn Davies’s flamboyant response to Elizabeth Bay House, featured in the Iridescent exhibition

21 & 22 June, 6.30am
Special event
Winter Solstice at Elizabeth Bay House
Wrap up warm and arrive before dawn to experience a magnificent display as the sun rises over the horizon