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

• Anne Marie Grgich: Archaeologies of the extraordinary everyday

  

  The texturally rich and distinctive work of self-taught Oregon-based artist Anne Marie Grgich will be on display in a new exhibition at the University of Sydney

• Egyptians, Gods and Mummies: Travels with Herodotus

  

  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

  

  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.