Exhibitions

Kerameikos
the potters' quarter

This exhibition offers new ways of understanding some of Australia's oldest collections, by challenging historical narratives and pushing the boundaries of ceramic practice today.

The trace is not a presence ...

Five Australian artists from different Chinese diasporic communities embrace their material histories to celebrate the process of becoming.

Union Made: Art from the University of Sydney Union

This dazzling exhibition showcases rare European works, contemporary Indigenous art and Australian modernism.

Consuelo Cavaniglia, seeing through you

Consuelo Cavaniglia has been commissioned to develop a major contemporary art project to engage with the Museum’s extensive collections and architecture.

Micro:Macro

Micro:Macro explores the role of models in understanding and exploring our world, and features models from science, mathematics, medicine, engineering, art, and architecture.

The Egyptian Galleries

Two exhibitions, The Mummy Room and Pharaonic Obsessions, reveal new ideas about life in ancient Egypt and explore our fascination with the land of the Pharaohs.

Instrumental 4

Exploring the science of life, this is the fourth display in our ongoing series showcasing a range of tools used by physiologists and University students from the Macleay Collection.

Student Life: Max Dupain at the University of Sydney

This photographic exhibition introduces Dupain’s modernist approach to photography in a brilliant and frequently hilarious series of candid shots.

Impressions of Greece

Ancient Greek artefacts meet the landscapes of modern Greece captured by William J Woodhouse.

Roman Spectres

Ghostly faces and names recorded in stone are reanimated through stories of life in the vibrant cities of the Roman world.

Natural Selections: animal worlds

The most intriguing bird, mammal, insect, fish and shell specimens from the Macleay Collections.

Ambassadors

Meet the 'Ambassadors', cultural materials gathered to speak the ancient knowledge of this country. An ongoing First Nations display.

Ancient Cultures of the Middle East

From Ice Age villages to the Islamic world, encounter some of the earliest cities, writing, and religion.

Mediterranean Identities

Homer named the Mediterranean ‘wine-dark sea’, its dangers disguised by its beauty.

Hercules: Myth and Legacy

Explore the labours of Hercules through the animals, art and cultural artefacts that have carried his name through the ages..

Crossroads

Working across clay, stone and metal, Cypriot artists developed rich creative traditions making Cyprus one of the cultural powerhouses of antiquity.