Contributing to the cultural life of Australia

The University of Sydney has one of the largest and finest university collections of antiquities, art, ethnography and natural history in Australia.

Come and enjoy our very special museums and collections in the historic settings of the University of Sydney. The Macleay Museum, Nicholson Museum and University Art Gallery are open to the public and entry is free.

Exhibitions and events

  • Coral: art science life

    Coral art

    Examining the boundaries of our concern for the coral reefs that sustain life on the east coast of Australia, this exhibition will include contributions from artists, scientists from The University of Sydney and Torres Strait Islander schools.

  • The Etruscans: A Classical Fantasy

    Etruscan walal painting

    In popular imagination the Etruscans are the very stuff of fantasy, myth and legend. Who are they, where did they come from, what does their language mean?

  • Jeffrey Smart: Unspoken

    Coogee Baths - Winter Jeffrey Smart (1962)

    Drawing on the University’s rich collection of Smart works, the University Art Gallery’s Jeffrey Smart: Unspoken explores the striking but deceptive simplicity of the artist’s style and probes some of the artist’s cherished themes.