Exhibitions

Ancient and contemporary cultures are explored through artworks, artefacts and diverse perspectives. Our ongoing and temporary exhibitions represent expansive themes across our three collections.

Entry is completely free and booking is not required. Discover our current exhibitions below.

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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.

Open until 3 August 2025

The trace is not a presence ...

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

Open until 3 August 2025

Union Made: Art from the University of Sydney Union

This dazzling exhibition showcases rare European works, contemporary Indigenous art and Australian modernism.

Open until 16 March 2025

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.

Open 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.

Open 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.

Open until 29 June 2025

Ongoing exhibitions

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

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Phone: +61 2 93512812

Email: ccwm.info@sydney.edu.au

Address: Chau Chak Wing Museum
University Place
Camperdown NSW 2050