Museum of Sydney
Contact Information
37 Phillip St. Phone 02/9251 5998
Hours: Daily 9:30am-5pm Transportation:
CityRail, bus, or ferry: Circular Quay. Sydney Explorer bus: Stop 3. Prices:
Admission A$6 (U.S.$4.20) adults, A$3 (U.S.$2.10) children under 15, A$15 (U.S.$10.50)
families.
You'll need your brain in full working
order to make the most of the contents of this three-story post-modern building that
encompasses the remnants of Sydney's first Government House. This place is far from being
a conventional showcase of history; instead, it's a rather minimalist collection of
first-settler and Aboriginal objects and multimedia displays that invite the museum-goer
to discover Sydney's past for him or herself. By the way, that forest of poles filled with
hair, oyster shells, and crab claws in the courtyard adjacent to the industrial-design
cafe tables is called Edge of Trees. It's a metaphor for the first contact between
Aborigines and the British.
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