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.

Exhibitions and events

  • Mirror Mirror – Then

    Richard Hamilton - Palindrome

    Mirror Mirror presents classic mirror pieces from the 1960s and early 1970s by such major artists as Shusaku Arakawa, Art & Language, Ian Burn, Richard Hamilton, Joan Jonas, Yoko Ono, Meret Oppenheim, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Smithson.

  • Egyptians, Gods and Mummies: Travels with Herodotus

    Carving of Hathor

    In about 450 BC, Herodotus journeyed throughout the Delta, up the Nile as far as Elephantine, and headed into the desert towards Giza to see the Pyramids and the Sphinx. They were already, in his day, 2000 years old. This exhibition looks at Egypt through the eyes of Herodotus

  • Makarr-garma: Aboriginal Collections from a Yolŋu Perspective

    Image of Aboriginal artwork

    The Makarr-garma is a ceremony of formal invitation and introduction to Yolŋu land and culture. Guest curator, Dr Joseph Neparrŋa Gumbula uses this concept as a way of welcoming us to share in his understanding of the Yolŋu world.