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Sydney has an excellent collection of museums. Most are open daily from 9 or 10 till 4pm or 5pm. Some open later and some of the smaller Sydney Museums are closed on Mondays and is a good idea to phone to check. Not all the Sydney museums we list are in the city centre.

 

Sydney Museums

 

Australian Aviation Museum
A number of aircraft some of which were made at Bankstown airport. Starkie Drive, Bankstown Airport.

Australian Museum

Australian National Maritime Museum

Bradman Museum

Buran
Buran is a Russian space ship and it lives just outside Star City. It is open for inspection, with a space simulation and small museum. Star City, Darling Harbour.

Harris Street Motor Museum
A display of over 150 classic motor cars and other vehicles. 320 Harris Street. (02 9552 3375).

Justice and Police Museum
Housed in three former courthouses, this is a museum of crime and criminals in Sydney. The museum includes a Magistrates Court, a police charge room, a remand cell, a gallery of mug shots of Sydney's early criminals and many more displays. Corner of Albert and Philip Streets, (02 9252 1144).

La Perouse museum
The Laperouse Museum is in the Cable Station building at La Perouse and was used as the landing point for the underwater telegraph cable that came from New Zealand. The museum tells the story of the French navigator Laperouse who arrived in 1788. La Perouse, Botany Bay National Park. (02 9311 3379).

Macleay Museum
A museum of the history of Science at the University of Sydney with a large insect collection and even a flea found by Charles Darwin. Gosper Lane. (02 9351 2274).

Manly Art Gallery & Museum
The history of Manly and the associated beach culture along with changing exhibits. West Esplanade, Manly (02 9976 1420).

Mary Mackillop Place

Museum of Contemporary Art
This 1930s building used to be the home of the Maritime Services Board, but has served in its present capacity since 1991. Circular Quay West, The Rocks. (02 9252 4033).

Museum of Fire
All of the drama and danger of firefighting. There is a horse drawn manual engine built in 1841 and many restored fire engines. Castleragh Roar, Penrith (02 4371 3000).

Museum of Sydney

Nutcote
May Gibb's harbourside home now a museum that features memorabilia and notebooks reminding us of her bush stories Snugglepot and Cuddlepie first published in 1918. 5 Wallaringa Ave, Neutral Bay (02 9953 4453).

NSW Sporting Hall of Fame Museum
Photos and memorabilia of athletes from 1890’s to the present. Sydney Olympic Park. (02 9763 0111).

Outback Centre

Experience the sights and sounds of the outback in a free 30 minute live show ‘Sounds of the Outback'. Darling Harbour (02 9283 7477).

Powerhouse Discovery Centre
The storehouse for the Powerhouse Museum spread over a number of warehouses and has many exhibits that have never been display at the Powerhouse Museum. It is only open in the second saturday of every month. 172 Show ground Road, Castle Hill (02 9762 1300).

Powerhouse Museum

Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre
Australian Navy history on the harbour at Garden Island that can only be reached by ferry. Along with the museum there are shady grounds that provide good views of the harbour. Garden Island, Sydney Harbour (02 9359 2003).

State Library of New South Wales

Sydney Bus Museum
The Sydney bus museum has about 90 restored buses the oldest being a 1924 Ruggles. Along with buses there is a vintage petrol station, Sydney's first traffic lights and other motoring relics. Old Tempe Tramshed, 1B Gannon Street, Tempe (02 9558 1234).

Sydney Jewish Museum
The museum is dedicated to documenting and teaching the history of the Holocaust. The Jewish museum also tells the stories of Jewish life in Australia. 148 Darlinghurst Road. (02 9360 7999).

Sydney Observatory

Sydney Tramway Museum

The Rocks Discovery Museum
Learn about the Cadigal People who were the traditional owners of the area, explore the history of the English colony and see how the whalers, sailors and traders lived. Delve into the reasons behind the 1970's protests which preserved the Rocks. And try out the interactive technology on the archaeological artifacts found in the area. 2- 8 Kendall Lane, The Rocks with entry from Argyle Street or Mill lane (02 9251 8804).

Westpac Museum
Trace the history of the bank from 1817 to the modern day. 6 Playfair Street (02 9763 5670).

 
 

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