What's on

9 October

Stitchers at work

Needles fly when Museums of History NSW Soft Furnishings volunteers converge twice a month at Elizabeth Bay House

11 October, 6.30pm

Experiencing a Technical Difficulty

Join Dr Catriona Quinn on a journey through Australia’s rich interior design heritage and a deep dive into the studios of design educators in Sydney in the 1940s, 50s and 60

12 October 5pm

The People’s House: Up Late

As the sun sets, join us for a celebratory series of late-night activations at the Museum of Sydney in association with the exhibition 'The People’s House: Sydney Opera House at 50'

15 October, 10am & 1pm

Natural dyeing workshop with Leah Giblin

This spring, join us for a bespoke fabric-dyeing workshop with renowned textile designer and environmental advocate Leah Giblin

18 October, 6pm

First Stories of the House: The Life, Contribution & Legacy of Opera Singer Harold Blair AM

Join us for an evening celebrating the life of Harold Blair with a panel discussion moderated by Bundjalung and Kullilli journalist and broadcaster Daniel Browning

22 October, 9am

Members Hour: Elizabeth Bay House

Members will have the unique opportunity to visit two areas of the house that are rarely open to the public: the back stairs and the attics

25 October, 2pm

A matter of taste

Explore 250 years of discussion about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ taste in the home in this tour of rare book treasures

26 October, 1pm

Behind the scenes tour - State Archives Collection

Rare Book Week 2023

26 October, 6pm

First Nations Speaker Series

Aboriginal Languages Trust Panel Discussion

27 October, 10.30am

Webinar: Divorce records revisited

This webinar is an update of one of our favourites, providing tips and techniques for researching Divorce Case Papers in our Collection

27 October, 5pm-9pm

After Dark: Dis(order)

Join us for this year’s final After Dark, an evening of live music, discussion and dis(order) as we delve into Sydney’s nightlife and cultural history

7 November, 5pm

Members Curator Up Close: The People’s House: Sydney Opera House at 50

Come backstage at The People’s House: Sydney Opera House at 50, with Museums of History NSW curator Dr Scott Hill

7 & 9 November, 9.30am

Sydney Opera House Sustainability Tour

Join us on this special sustainability tour and discover what makes the Sydney Opera House a 6-star Green Star–rated building

10 November, 10.30am

Webinar: Deceased estate files revisited

This webinar examines deceased estate files in the State Archives Collection and the techniques you can use to find them

11 November, 9.15am & 11.15am

Sydney Opera House Heritage Tour

Join a tour of the Sydney Opera House with architect and author Alan Croker

19 November, 10am & 11.30am

Seidler Office & Penthouse tour

Harry Seidler's award winning office building and later adjoining penthouse

7 December 6pm

Sails, Octopuses, and Telescopic Cranes

An evening celebrating the construction of the Sydney Opera House through a talk, panel discussion and virtual reality experience

8 December, 10.30am

Webinar: Public Works photographs: an unsung treasure

The amazing quality and variety of the photographs taken by the Public Works Department is a testament to the photographers. This webinar will explore these images in depth

Alexander Riley, legendary Aboriginal police tracker

The remarkable talents of Aboriginal trackers who worked for NSW Police in the 20th century are featured in a display at the Justice & Police Museum

Home in the Hunter

A look at the changing fortunes of pastoral estates of the Hunter Region

Healing land, remembering Country

A powerful work by Kuku Yalanji artist Tony Albert

How cities work

Now on tour

Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties

Available for hire

Captured: Portraits of Crime, 1870 – 1930

Now on tour