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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.

Omie Barkcloth

Penelope and the seahorse

Mikala Dwyer’s aquatic-themed installation bristles with allusions to hippocampus, the genus name of the seahorse, derived from the Ancient Greek meaning ‘horse’ and ‘sea monster’.

Exhibition view of Light & Darkness

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

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Seahorse

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Discover what exhibitions will be opening in 2023.

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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

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Museum Chau Chak Wing

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+61 2 9351 2812

Email

ccwm.info@sydney.edu.au

Latest news

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.