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68  SY DNEY

Sydney’s Best: Museums and Galleries

Sydney is well endowed with museums and galleries, and,
following the current appreciation of social history, much
emphasis is placed on the lifestyles of past and present
Sydneysiders. Small museums are also a feature of the
Sydney scene, with a number of historic houses recalling
the colonial days. Most of the major collections are housed
in architecturally significant buildings – the Classical façade
of the Art Gallery of NSW makes it a city landmark, while
the MCA or Museum of Contemporary Art
has given new life to a 1950s Art Deco-style The Museum of Sydney
includes The Edge of the
building at Circular Quay. Trees, an interactive
installation (see p96).

The Rocks and
Circular Quay

City Centre and
Darling Harbour
The Museum of Contemporary Art is Australia’s
only museum dedicated to exhibiting national and
international contemporary art (see p82).

The National
Maritime Museum
is the home port
for HMB Endeavour, Endeavour, Endeavour
a replica of the
vessel that charted
Australia’s east coast
in 1770, with Captain
Cook in command
(see pp104–5).

The Powerhouse
Museum, set in a former
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power station, uses both
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displays to explore
Australian innovations in
science and technology
(see pp106–7).