A new public museum at the University of Sydney

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

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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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Chau Chak Wing Museum

Phone

+61 2 9351 2812

ccwm.info@sydney.edu.au

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22 April 2022

visitors wearing special glasses look at paintings on the wall

Glasses bring colour to the museum

In an Australian first, colour blind visitors to the Chau Chak Wing Museum will be able to experience exhibitions in vibrant colour thanks to a partnership with EnChroma, creators of glasses for colour blindness.

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15 April 2022

Egypt in Australia

The ties between Egypt and Australia are brought into a new light in our latest publication co-authored by Candace Richards, Richard Vokes, Yvonne Inall, Victoria Lowry and Jewel Oreskovich.

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04 April 2022

Four Indigenous spears on a dark background

Botany Bay spears obtained in 1770 to be displayed in Sydney

The Kamay spears, taken by Lieutenant James Cook from Botany Bay in 1770, are finally returning to Sydney.

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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