Contributing to the cultural life of Australia

The University of Sydney has one of the largest and finest university collections of antiquities, art, ethnography and natural history in Australia.

Come and enjoy our very special museums and collections in the historic settings of the University of Sydney. The Macleay Museum, Nicholson Museum and University Art Gallery are open to the public and entry is free.

Upcoming events

• Goethe’s Italian Journey: Travels in Search of Beauty, Sex and the Meaning of life

  

  Dr John Armstrong will discuss the extraordinary two years (1788 -88) that Goethe spent travelling in Italy – much of that time incognito.

• The Olympic Games

  

  School Holiday Activities in the Nicholson Museum

• Siri Hayes – Landscapes

  

  With an eye to the romantic sublime and another on the burgeoning urban sprawl, Siri Hayes' photographic landscapes are at once lyrical and down-at-heel.

• People Power and Politics

  

  The first generation of Sydney University anthropologists.