Caroline Simpson Collection
Home and garden design, history and life
There’s plenty happening every day at our museums, historic houses and gardens, with entry free for all!
Explore our curriculum-linked programs, excursions and resources for stages 1 to 6. Inquire or book now
Find out how you can access diverse experiences through a unique calendar of events
Home and garden design, history and life
Making history every day
Place-based collections at our historic houses and museums
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
As part of an ongoing partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW, our Curatorial and Digital teams have been hard at work making a suite of vocational videos that explore the importance of assessing and communicating the significance of museum collections
We are donning our speleological hard hats and highlighting digitised material relating to Jenolan Caves held in the State Archives Collection
On a perfect autumn afternoon in late May, donors were immersed in the musical world of the Wentworths and their contemporaries at the 'Syrens of Sydney' concert held at Vaucluse House
A space and place to celebrate and engage with First Nations cultures, knowledge and perspectives
WelcomeFrank Lloyd Wright’s Wasmuth Portfolio, is regarded as one of the most influential architectural treatises of the 20th century
A dispute over potatoes farmed by convict-settler Antonio Roderigo was one of many hostile events between colonists and Wiradyuri people that led to the Bathurst War of 1824
This year Elizabeth Farm celebrates 40 years open to the public as a house museum!
Its architectural style is not all that is gothic about Vaucluse House. Discover the dark history of the house’s first owner, Henry Browne Hayes