Past exhibitions

Delve into our previous exhibitions

Revisit our past temporary exhibitions and explore some of the exhibitions held in the Macleay Museum, Nicholson Museum and University Art Gallery.

2022

Kamay (Botany Bay) spears: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

Three spears taken by Lieutenant James Cook from Kamay (Botany Bay) in 1770 are on display for the first time in Sydney since they were taken more than 250 years ago.

Sarah Goffman: Applied Arts

An immersive installation of intricate ‘objet d’art’ museum replicas alchemically created from waste materials.

2021

Gululu dhuwala djalkiri: welcome to the Yolŋu foundations

For Yolŋu people, knowledge is shared and demonstrated through their art. Paintings and sculptures embody their spiritual, philosophical and legal foundations.

The business of photography

Turning a lens onto the first commercial photography studios in NSW

Daniel Boyd: Pediment / Impediment

‘Pediment/Impediment’ was Contemporary Art Project #1, the inaugural exhibition in a series of new contemporary art commissions in the Chau Chak Wing Museum's Penelope Gallery.

2020 and earlier

We’ve developed a wide range of entertaining and scholarly exhibitions over the past decades.

It is possible to explore many of the past exhibitions through our collection search, and discover where our objects have been exhibited in Australian galleries and museums from around the globe.

Featured image (top of the page): Daniel Boyd, Pediment/Impediment, 2020, installation view, Penelope Gallery, Chau Chak Wing Museum.

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