Hyde Park Barracks Museum

Museum Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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What to expect

The Hyde Park Barracks is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed museum that showcases the history of Australia's convict foundations, immigration, and institutional care. The museum provides an immersive experience, with cutting-edge innovation and audio technology that allows visitors to follow in the footsteps of real people who lived and worked there. The barracks also display over 4,000 original artifacts, including an intact convict shirt and leather shoe. The museum is wheelchair accessible and caters to people with disabilities, including those who are blind or have vision loss, deaf or have hearing loss, and those who use a wheelchair. The museum also welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding, and behavior

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Hyde Park Barracks Museum to learn about its history as a convict barracks, immigration depot, asylum, law courts, and government offices

Highlights: We all enjoyed learning about the history of the Barracks and seeing the exhibits. The kids loved the opportunity to lay in the old convict hammocks and participate in the Sydney school holiday activities ✨