press kit - The International Council of Museums
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Museum <strong>of</strong> Sydney<br />
Concession entry for everyone (9.30am - 5pm)<br />
Visit.<br />
<strong>The</strong> site <strong>of</strong> First Government House is on the National Heritage List. At the Museum <strong>of</strong> Sydney you will meet<br />
our city’s first people, inspect models <strong>of</strong> the First Fleet ships and peer at the archaeological remains <strong>of</strong> first<br />
Government House and the intriguing objects uncovered by a number <strong>of</strong> digs on the site. Fast forward<br />
through 200 years and you will learn about the distinctiveness <strong>of</strong> this great city, its harbour, transport, people<br />
and particular personality via a changing exhibitions program.<br />
Phone: 61 2 9251 5988<br />
Email: sarao@hht.net.au<br />
Address: Cnr Bridge & Phillip St – 2000 Sydney, Australia<br />
Website: http://www.hht.net.au/museums/mos<br />
Justice & Police Museum<br />
Concession entry for everyone (10am - 5pm)<br />
Visit.<br />
Step into the dark side <strong>of</strong> Sydney’s past with a visit to a historic police and court building (1856 –1886) that<br />
once imposed authority on Sydney’s unruly waterfront. Explore the building’s atmospheric interior – spiked<br />
gates, Court Room and the corridor <strong>of</strong> cells. In the 1890s police Charge Room you can stand before the Duty<br />
Sergeant’s desk and imagine yourself being fingerprinted. Encounter a spine-chilling collection <strong>of</strong> criminal<br />
weapons and a mug-shot gallery <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fenders that stare defiantly back at you from the walls.<br />
Phone: 61 2 9252 1144<br />
Email: sarao@hht.net.au<br />
Address: Cnr Phillip & Albert St – 2000 Circular Quay, Austral<br />
Website: http://www.hht.net.au/museums/justice_and_police_museum<br />
Hyde Park Barracks<br />
Concession entry for everyone (9.30am-5pm)<br />
Visit.<br />
A World Heritage Australian Convict Site.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hyde Park Barracks was built in 1819 to house, clothe and feed convict men and boys. This im<strong>press</strong>ive<br />
brick building and walled compound, located at the head <strong>of</strong> Sydney’s historic Macquarie Street, was designed<br />
by convict architect Francis Greenway. After 1848 the main dormitory held newly arrived female immigrants<br />
while a handful <strong>of</strong> government agencies made use <strong>of</strong> surrounding buildings. In 1862, separate wards for<br />
destitute women were added upstairs and the Barracks became known as the Hyde Park Asylum. Sydney<br />
celebrated the 50th anniversary <strong>of</strong> Queen Victoria’s reign in 1887 with the construction <strong>of</strong> major public<br />
buildings and monuments. <strong>The</strong> Hyde Park Barracks became a hub <strong>of</strong> government departments and renamed<br />
Chancery Square. Until the late 1970s, thousands <strong>of</strong> public servants, legal workers and litigants occupied dingy<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice spaces, courtrooms and corridors, scattered throughout the increasingly crowded complex. Today the<br />
Hyde Park Barracks is a museum about itself.<br />
Phone: 61 2 8239 2311<br />
Email: sarao@hht.net.au<br />
Address: Queens Square, Macquarie St – 2000 Sydney, Australia<br />
Website: http://www.hht.net.au/museums/hyde_park_barracks_museum<br />
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