What's on in Sydney

State Library of New South WalesSydney CBD

The Objects Gallery

Now showingPermanent collectionFree

Nearly 1,000 objects from the Library's realia collection, gathered over the past century, on permanent display.

Exhibition website

More in Sydney

On now All of October 2026

Also at State Library of New South Wales

On now nearby

Painting by Sidney Nolan from the Nolan: Origins exhibition

Nolan: Origins

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Natasha Bieniek's winning 2026 Portia Geach portrait, The Folding

Portia Geach Memorial Award 2026

S.H. Ervin Gallery

Black Myth

White Rabbit Gallery

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 HistoryFree4 min walk

Georgian sandstone-trimmed brick facade of Hyde Park Barracks on Macquarie Street, Sydney

Hyde Park Barracks

ArchitectureFree4 min walk

Exterior view of the Art Gallery of New South Wales's classical sandstone building, viewed from The Domain, Sydney

Art Gallery of New South Wales

ArtFree5 min walk

Sandstone exterior of the Justice & Police Museum, the former Water Police Courts, on Phillip Street, Sydney

Justice & Police Museum

ArchitectureFree6 min walk

Image credits

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Nolan: OriginsCourtesy of Art Gallery of New South Wales
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2026Courtesy of S.H. Ervin Gallery
State Library of New South WalesBidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum of SydneyElekhh, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hyde Park BarracksJ Bar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Art Gallery of New South WalesBidgee / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5 AU
Justice & Police Museumsv1ambo, CC BY 2.0

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