A new public museum at the University of Sydney

Free entry

The University of Sydney's new museum of art, science, history and ancient cultures is now open to the public. Featuring 18 new exhibitions across four floors of galleries, engaging public events and hands-on learning programs for students.

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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

The Museum will be closed Monday 14 June for the Queen's Birthday public holiday. Read more

Connect with us

Chau Chak Wing Museum

Phone

+61 2 9351 2812

ccwm.info@sydney.edu.au

Latest news

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10 June 2021

A collection of Yolngu artworks in the exhibition space.

Chau Chak Wing Museum wins three national museum awards

The Chau Chak Wing Museum has received the Museums & Galleries National Award for its Yolŋu Indigenous Project and two Museums Australasia Multimedia & Publication Design Awards.

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27 May 2021

Five black and white photographs of oceans and horizons.

Head above water

Curator Katrina Liberiou discusses how 'Coastline' artists use photography to chart their experience of the space where land meets sea.

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18 May 2021

The best things to see and do at the Chau Chak Wing Museum

With a dizzying collection of art, history, science and ancient cultures sprawling over four floors, where do you start? What should you do? Well, this guide is for you.

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.

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