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Museum of Sydney

Address: Bridge and Phillip Sts., Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales | Map It
Phone: 02/9251-5988
www.hht.nsw.gov.au

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Macquarie Street

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Fodor's Review:

This museum, built on the site of the original Government House, documents Sydney's early period of European colonization. Aboriginal culture, convict society, and the gradual transformation of the settlement at Sydney Cove are woven into an evocative portrayal of life in the country's early days. A glass floor in the lobby reveals the foundations of the original structure. One of the most intriguing exhibits, however, is outside: the striking Edge of the Trees sculpture, the first collaborative public artwork in Sydney between an Aboriginal and a European artist.

Near the Museum of Sydney, at the intersection of Bridge and Phillip streets, is an imposing pair of sandstone buildings. The most impressive view of the mid-19th-century Treasury Building, now part of the Hotel Inter-Continental, is from Macquarie Street. The Chief Secretary's Building —designed by James Barnet, who also designed the Lands Department—stands opposite the Treasury Building. Note the buildings' similarities, right down to the figures in the corner niches.

Cost: A$10
Open: Daily 9:30-5

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