Exhibitions

Chau Chak Wing Museum

What's on

Current exhibitions at the Chau Chak Wing Museum

What's on

Current exhibitions at the Chau Chak Wing Museum

Discover ancient and contemporary cultures through artworks and artefacts displayed in our diverse exhibitions. Our ongoing and temporary exhibitions represent expansive themes across our three collections.

Entry is completely free and booking is not required.

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Temporary exhibitions

Kerameikos

This exhibition offers new ways of understanding some of Australia's oldest collections, by challenging historical narratives and pushing the boundaries of ceramic practice today.

 

Until 2 February 2026

The trace is not a presence ...

Five Australian artists from different Chinese diasporic communities embrace their material histories to celebrate the process of becoming.

 

Until 14 September 2026

Consuelo Cavaniglia, seeing through you

Consuelo Cavaniglia has been commissioned to develop a major contemporary art project to engage with the Museum’s extensive collections and architecture.

 

Until 23 March 2025

 

 

 

Micro:Macro - models of insight and inspiration

Micro:Macro explores the role of models in exploring our world, and features models from science, mathematics, medicine, engineering, art, and architecture.

 

Until 29 June 2025

Student Life: Max Dupain at the University of Sydney

This photographic exhibition introduces Dupain's modernist approach to photography in a brilliant and frequently hilarious series of candid shots.

 

Until 2 February 2026

 

 

Ongoing exhibitions

All levels

Ambassadors

'Ambassadors' are located throughout the Chau Chak Wing Museum featuring Indigenous cultural materials gathered to speak the ancient knowledge of Australia's First Nations peoples.

Level 2

Nicholson Galleries

The Nicholson Collection holds almost 30,000 artefacts of artistic and archaeological significance from Egypt, Greece, Italy, Cyprus and the Middle East.

Level 1

Macleay Galleries

The Macleay Collection is the oldest natural history collection in Australia. Discover exhibitions showcasing these invaluable historical, cultural, scientific and photographic artefacts.

Level 4

Instrumental

Exploring the science of life, this display showcases a range of tools used by physiologists and University students from the Macleay Collection.

Previous exhibitions

Take a look back at some of the Museum's previous exhibitions over the years.

 

 

Header image: Egyptian Galleries (installation view), Chau Chak Wing Museum. Photo by Stefanie Zingsheim.

 

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Contact us

Phone: +61 2 93512812

Email: ccwm.info@sydney.edu.au

Address: Chau Chak Wing Museum
University Place
Camperdown NSW 2050

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