What's on in Sydney

Justice & Police MuseumCircular Quay

Water Police Court, Charge Room & Cells

Now showingPermanent collectionFree

The museum's 1890s heart: an imposing magistrate's courtroom, original charge room and a corridor of holding cells restored to their busiest era.

Exhibition website

More in Sydney

On now All of October 2026

Also at Justice & Police Museum

On now nearby

Robyn Kahukiwa, Maori Never Ceded Sovereignty to the Crown, 2023

Robyn Kahukiwa: My Ancestors Are Always With Me

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Remember Royalty by Yhonnie Scarce in Connections: MCA x Tate

Connections: MCA x Tate

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Portrait of Ai Weiwei, 2018

Ai Weiwei: Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission 2026

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

All exhibitions in Sydney this month Coming up in November

Nearby

Exterior of the Museum of Sydney building on the corner of Phillip and Bridge Streets

Museum of Sydney

Local HistoryFree2 min walk

Exterior of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia building at Circular Quay, Sydney

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

The heritage sandstone facade of the State Library of New South Wales on Macquarie Street, Sydney

State Library of New South Wales

HistoryFree6 min walk

Sydney Observatory building on Observatory Hill with its time ball

Sydney Observatory

ArchitectureFree9 min walk

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Robyn Kahukiwa: My Ancestors Are Always With MeCourtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Connections: MCA x TateCourtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Ai Weiwei: Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission 2026Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Justice & Police Museumsv1ambo, CC BY 2.0
Museum of SydneyElekhh, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum of Contemporary Art AustraliaTony Hisgett / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
State Library of New South WalesBidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sydney ObservatoryDicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0

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