Rouse Hill Estate
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Rouse Hill Estate – what’s been going on?
The conservation works are up and running at Rouse Hill Estate! The scaffolds are up, allowing the team to look closely at windows and roofs
Fun family activities at Rouse Hill Estate
Come to Rouse Hill Estate and join a basket weaving activity with Muru Mittigar or explore the LEGO® Bricks. You can also feed the animals!
Permanent display
Rouse Hill Estate in LEGO® Bricks
Featuring amazing models of the iconic Rouse Hill House, outbuildings, stable and barns constructed from LEGO® bricks
Sunday 1 January
Layered histories: refurbishing the visitor centre at Rouse Hill Estate
Refreshed and renewed, the refurbished visitor centre at Rouse Hill Estate, on Dharug Country, offers visitors an invitation to explore the property and discover its richly layered history
Rouse Hill conservation works 2024–25
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 at the site
Latest News
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
History with flavour
Good food and generous hospitality were part of the rhythms of domestic life at Rouse Hill House. A collection of cookbooks and handwritten recipes accumulated over more than a hundred years remains in the house, and provides a taste of the family’s culinary repertoire through times of boom and bust
Rouse Hill Estate: a preservationist approach
Six generations of one family occupied Rouse Hill House from its construction until the late 1990s when it opened as a museum. Each generation added another layer of belongings, improvements and memories