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Chau Chak Wing Museum

Art, natural history and ancient cultures

Chau Chak Wing Museum Find the unexpected

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A free public museum at the University of Sydney

Find the unexpected

The University of Sydney's museum of art, science, history and ancient cultures.

Two patrons view the Omie exhibition at the Chau Chak Wing Museum

New Exhibitions

Explore three new major exhibitions: 'Photography and the Performative', 'The Staged Photograph' and 'Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature'.

Exhibition view of Light & Darkness

What's on

Explore the depths of our collections and discover new ideas at our latest exhibitions, talks and tours.

Latest news

The latest stories from our collections, exhibitions, research and more.

Patrons wander the Chau Chak Wing interior

Future exhibitions

Discover what exhibitions will be opening in 2023.

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Be part of our history

We acknowledge that we work on Aboriginal land, traditionally the home of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.

Opening hours

Weekdays 10am – 5pm
Thursday evenings until 9pm
Weekends 12pm – 4pm
Closed public holidays

Connect with us

Chau Chak Wing Museum

Phone

+61 2 93512812

Email

ccwm.info@sydney.edu.au

Latest news

21 September 2023

Museum's teaching program wins international prize

The University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum has won the 2023 University Museums and Collections Prize for its object-based learning (OBL) program.

12 September 2023

A close up of butterfly specimens in a cabinet

Visiting scholar rediscovers 'long lost' collection of historical butterflies and moths

A visiting scholar has revealed hundreds of type specimens, long considered lost, in the entomological collection at the University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum.

Exhibition of Chinese miniature treasures used on clothing

An exquisite exhibition of miniature wearable sculptures, once worn on traditional Chinese robes, is on display at the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney until April 2024.

From Henson to Christo

Some of photography's best-known luminaries feature in a new Chau Chak Wing Museum exhibition examining the interaction between photography and performance.

staged photo from the chau chak wing museum with children in Halloween costumes

Discover staged photos before the smartphone

The Chau Chak Wing Museum presents The Staged Photograph, an exhibition exploring images from the mid-19^th and early 20^th centuries from Australia, Britain and the United States.

Mikala Dwyer among holograms in her exhibition

Seahorses, chariots and making memories

New works from renowned Australian artist Mikala Dwyer meld with antiquities in a Chau Chak Wing Museum exhibition examining the vulnerability of species, memory and Greek mythology.

Kamay spears on display at the museum during the 2022 exhibition

Kamay spears to be repatriated to La Perouse

The Chau Chak Wing Museum is thrilled to learn of Trinity College’s decision to permanently return the Kamay Spears to the La Perouse Aboriginal community in response to their formal repatriation request.

25 January 2023

Michael Dagostino standing in the University of Sydney quadrangle

University appoints new Director, Museums and Cultural Engagement

Michael Dagostino is the new Director of Museums and Cultural Engagement, looking after the Chau Chak Wing Museum and Seymour Centre, and other cultural outreach activities.

10 January 2023

Ancient art form empowers modern women artists of PNG

A new exhibition of contemporary artworks from Papua New Guinea (PNG) celebrates how a unique art form from the country's remote highlands has gained a global foothold and allowed a community of female artists to participate in the wider economy.

Featured images (top of the page), clockwise from top: Axe head; Tiwi Islands (Bathurst & Melville), Northern Territory, Australia, South Sea Beauty; Nicholas Chevalier, 1881, Ornithoptera priamus; Aru Islands, Maluku Province, Indonesia, Gold dinar of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad Caliphate; AD 741-742; Syria.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the country on which the University of Sydney campuses stand and our responsibility to respect and care for country, people and spirit.