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Sydney Living Museums

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 8239 2288

Address: The Mint, 10 Macquarie St 2000 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au

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25.01.2022 What does a 19th century piece of sheet music discovered at Rouse Hill Estate have in common with an 18th century porcelain figurine, and a 21st century fantasy video game? They’re both called ‘The Ballad Singer’ and are inspired by a romanticised view of hawkers who once roamed the towns of Europe singing and selling songs. Visit our website to hear soprano Amy Moore perform ‘The Ballad Singer’. We’ve provided you with the music score, lyrics and inspiration for you to create and share your own version. https://slm.is/ballad-singer Learn more about the House Music at Your House program inspired by the #RouseHillEstate sheet music collection with new music added weekly on our website. https://slm.is/house-music #SLMhousemusic #DiscoverSLM

25.01.2022 Next Tuesday join NSW State Archives for a special #HistoryWeek2020 exhibition webinar. Curator Dr Penny Stannard presents How to engage with the A Thousand Words website

25.01.2022 Congratulations to the Police Association of NSW who are celebrating 100 years of continuous advocacy today, with their first meeting held #onthisday in 1920. This image from our Justice & Police collection captures the special bond between police and is simply entitled Four mates, c.1930. Image: Justice & Police Museum Collection, Sydney Living Museums #PANSW100years

25.01.2022 Lets buzz back a few years when a major bee operation was underway at Elizabeth Farm... that didnt go quite as planned. Have you ever had to bring in the bee experts at your home? #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

24.01.2022 Enjoy a 30% discount across a selected range of childrens books inspired by transportation and our On the Move exhibition (closing Sunday 20 September). Start shopping at slm.is/shopkids30 Discount available until 21 September, or while stocks last. Discount will automatically be applied at checkout.

24.01.2022 From the Sydney Living Museums collection: Richard Browne watercolours. Richard Browne (17761824) was a Dublin-born convict artist who was transported to NSW in 1811 and spent most of his seven-year sentence at the secondary penal settlement of Newcastle. In 181213 he was commissioned by Lieutenant Thomas Skottowe, the commandant at Newcastle, to make a series of drawings to illustrate Skottowe’s planned natural history publication 'Select specimens from nature of the bird...s, animals &c &c of New South Wales'. Browne produced 32 drawings for the project. Read more online: slm.is/richardbrownewatercolours Image: The Regent, Richard Browne, 1819. Caroline Simpson Collection, Sydney Living Museums #DiscoverSLM #SLMmakers #SLMartists

23.01.2022 Get crafting! Sit back and create your very own embroidered Christmas ornament with Libby Moore from Thread Folk. In this video you’ll learn how to create a simple straight stitch and start to see your Christmas ornament coming to life! Visit slm.is/embroidery for downloadable instructions and more easy to follow videos #DiscoverSLM #christmascountdown #embroidery #artisanencounters

22.01.2022 Bentwood chairs, invented by Austrian cabinet maker Michael Thonet, were a 19th-century furniture success story: made of steam-bent parts, they were mass-produced, durable, lightweight, versatile, and popular throughout the world. In Australia, bentwood chairs were widely used in government and commercial buildings, offices and homes, courts and police stations. Bentwood chairs appear in many mugshot photographs from the 1920s ‘Specials’ collection in the NSW Police Forensic ...Photography Archive. The photos, which are notable for the surprisingly informal poses of the suspects, were mostly taken at Sydney’s Central Police Station and the chairs were part of the police station’s office furniture. A number of surviving chairs and the photo archive are held by the Justice and Police Museum. Read more: slm.is/bentwood #DiscoverSLM Images: 1. Ruby Hardinge, Special Photograph number 441, 7 December 1921, Central Police Station, Sydney. NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, Justice and Police Museum, Sydney Living Museums. 2. Mugshot of Greta Massey, 26 January 1923, Central Police Station, Sydney. NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, Justice and Police Museum, Sydney Living Museums. 3. John Dawson, Special Photograph number 481, 23 August 1921.NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, Justice and Police Museum, Sydney Living Museums. 4. Bentwood chair (after the no 14 design by Michael Thonet), Josef Hofmann, Bielitz Austria, 190014. Justice & Police Museum Collection, Sydney Living Museums. Photo (c) Jamie North.

22.01.2022 There's limited tickets left for this Saturday's special 70th anniversary tour of Rose Seidler House. Join Penelope Seidler AM on an intimate tour of the iconic house, finishing with a walk past the Julian Rose House. Book now https://slm.is/70th-anniversary-rose-seidler-house

22.01.2022 Known as the Queen of the Night, the epiphytic spineless cactus originates from the rainforests of Central America. Its considered to be epiphytic (a non-parasitic plant that use other plants as support while getting nutrients from surrounding air) as they grow in the treetops in their natural environment. They are a rather ordinary cactus until the large elusive fragrant flowers bloom generally lasting for only one night. Another flower blooms each evening over about thre...e weeks until the flowering cycle is finished for the year. The flower colours range from white to pink to fire engine red, and have a faint vanilla fragrance. Youll find these epiphytic spineless cacti growing in pots in the courtyards at Vaucluse House and at Elizabeth Farm look out for them on your next visit! Read more on our Plant Your History blog slm.is/plantyourhistory #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

21.01.2022 FREE WEBINAR next month: Women in the archives Join us online (Oct 16 at 10am) for tips for finding women in the archives - at work, in family life, in the care of institutions & in death. REGISTER > http://ow.ly/uMjQ50xUFbc

20.01.2022 Tell us what you think Please complete our short online survey to let us know what you thought about this year’s digital Sydney Open program. We’re also excited to announce that due to popular demand, you can continue to access our free 2020 digital program including our self-guided audio tours and more via the Sydney Open website. Complete our survey via this link: slm.is/sydneyopensurvey ... Survey closes 9pm Monday 30 November. Continue to access the digital program via the Sydney Open website: slm.is/open #sydneyisopen #sydneyarchitecture

20.01.2022 Members! Join us for creative hands-on workshops this December. -- Make your mark: Drawing with artist Georgia Norton Lodge ... Details: Thursday 3 December, 11am12pm, Museum of Sydney // Free members event, bookings essential: slm.is/membersmakeyourmark -- Bows and Holly Christmas wreath making workshop with Dr Lisa Cooper and curator Joanna Nicholas Details: Saturday 12 December, 10am12.30pm, Vaucluse House // Book now: slm.is/xmaswreathworkshop -- Christmas Pudding workshop with colonial gastronomer Jacqui Newling Details: Saturday 12 December, 2pm3.30pm, Vaucluse House // Book now: slm.is/xmaspudding

19.01.2022 Spinach, chard and warrigal greens Easy and quick growing. Once planted youll be reaping the rewards within weeks. Need more convincing? Lets revisit a The Cook and The Curator blog post to give a brief history of these leafy greens at slm.is/greens #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

19.01.2022 Enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the immersive Enchanted valley, part of the new Paradise on Earth exhibition. Enchanted valley is a digital reimagining of Castlecrag’s Haven Amphitheatre that captures the colour, textures and changing moods of the Australian bushland, and celebrates Marion Mahony Griffin’s fascination with and deep respect for the natural environment. The immersive digital day/night sequence draws on the colours and linework of Mahony’s... evocative Forest Portraits in unexpected and playful ways. Discover Enchanted valley at the Museum of Sydney, open Thursday to Sunday. More: slm.is/enchantedvalley #ParadiseonEarthexhibition #DiscoverSLM

19.01.2022 During the 1920s, inner Sydney was overrun with gangsters looking to make a name for themselves sometimes literally. In April 1927, a rash of burglaries was committed in Sydney’s eastern suburbs by 25-year-old Richard Williams and his mate Thomas Nelson, who broke into a number of homes and stole goods valued at more than 1000. Williams left handwritten notes taunting the homeowners, signing them ‘The Hawk’. One note, a photographic negative of which is held in the Justic...e & Police Museum, commented on the quality of the stolen whiskey and the pleasure his ‘lady friend’ would receive from his ill-gotten gains. But this crim was too clever for his own good: his notes provided police with a clue to his nationality, and Williams, a Welshman, was caught and sentenced to 12 months’ hard labour. Read more: slm.is/thehawk Images: 1. Mugshot of Richard Williams, Central Police Station, Sydney, 17 May 1927. NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive. 2-3. Note left by ‘The Hawk’, 1927. NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive. #DiscoverSLM

19.01.2022 Earlier this year, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Hyde Park Barracks reopened after a visionary transformation into a cutting-edge museum. The final phase of this renewal is the creation of a dedicated learning precinct on the eastern side of the Barracks. The precinct will provide engaging and meaningful educational experiences for more than 30,000 people every year, of all ages and abilities. These experiences will help visitors to develop a greater appreciation for our history, stories and heritage, in ways that add value to their lives. Help us to achieve this final phase of our renewal and support the Hyde Park Barracks learning precinct by making a donation today. No matter how large or small, your gift will enrich the lives of those who visit the learning precinct in the future.

18.01.2022 Did you know we have a Colonial Plants Database? Including more than 11,000 listings of plants known to be available in the colony of NSW prior to the 1870s. The database is compiled from several sources, including Botanic Gardens records, nursery catalogues and manuscript plant lists created by early colonists such as colonial secretary Alexander Macleay. A selection of entries feature beautiful illustrations like the ones pictured here.... Start exploring at slm.is/colonialplants #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

18.01.2022 Discover 20 new images and audience responses from the A Thousand Words exhibition released online today. http://atwonline.com.au/ The A Thousand Words exhibition is also on now at the Museum of Sydney. https://slm.is/atw #ATWexhibition

18.01.2022 Sydney Living Museums gastronomer and author of Eat Your History, Jacqui Newling, will make a guest appearance tomorrow night on ABC TVs new program Further Back In Time For Dinner. Jacqui will join daughter Sienna in the 1910s to prepare Stuffed Marrow, a cheaper, vegetarian meal that families could make for dinner during wartime Australia. Further Back In Time For Dinner is on Tuesday at 8.30pm on ABC TV + iview. For more visit: https://ab.co/FurtherBackInTime ... #BackInTimeAU

17.01.2022 Not sure what to plant in the vegetable garden this spring? Weve dug up a copy of a FL Vines Gardening Guide from 1903 which provides planting suggestions for each month of the year. View the fully digitised guide from the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection at slm.is/vines #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

16.01.2022 Stealing someones tune for a new pop song has caused many a legal dispute. In the 19th century, musical plagiarism was also a problem but adding new words to an existing song was a common tradition. This week weve released Katty Darling in the House Music at Your House program performed here by baritone David Greco. This popular song found at Rouse Hill Estate is based on a tune by Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini, but now has an Irish flavour. Visit our website t...o hear David demonstrate the origins of Katty Darling. Weve also provided you with the music score, guitar chords, and lyrics, for you to create and share your own version. https://slm.is/katty-darling Learn more about the House Music at Your House program inspired by the #RouseHillEstate sheet music collection with new music added weekly on our website. https://slm.is/house-music #SLMhousemusic #MusicMonday Well be sharing more stories of wonderful artists, makers and artisans from across our historic houses, museums and exhibitions via #DiscoverSLM over the next couple of weeks. #SLMmakers

15.01.2022 George B Howard was a prominent police photographer in Sydney during the 1920s, when the use of photography was emerging strongly as an aid to identification and the investigation of crime. He made a significant contribution to police photography, but we still know little about the man behind the lens. At Sydney’s Central Police Station Howard was likely kept busy in the studio and darkroom and on the streets of Sydney, photographing everything from fingerprints, documents, h...andwriting samples and items of evidence to accident or crime scenes and suspects in police custody. Of his surviving work in the archive, the Specials negatives are the most celebrated. The photographs taken in the 1920s have a distinctive, arresting visual style that we believe may be attributable to Howard. Read more about George Howard: slm.is/georgehoward Image 1: Constable George B Howard, photographer unknown, c1910. Courtesy John Howard. Image 2: Elsie Hall, Dulcie Morgan and Jean Taylor, circa September 1920. Special Photograph number 183. NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, Sydney Living Museums.

15.01.2022 Have you ever wondered about the origins of traditional folk songs? This week weve released Annie Laurie in the House Music at Your House program performed here by tenor and composer Dan Walker. What sounds like an ancient Scottish song was actually created in two parts with its 18th-century words set to music in the 1830s. It became popular with middle-class families like the Rouses through locally published editions in the 1850s. Visit our website to hear Dan talk abo...ut the origins of Annie Laurie. Weve also provided you with the music score, guitar chords, and lyrics, for you to create and share your own version. https://slm.is/annie-laurie Learn more about the House Music at Your House program inspired by the #RouseHillEstate sheet music collection with new music added weekly on our website. https://slm.is/house-music #SLMhousemusic #DiscoverSLM

14.01.2022 Our gardens are living links with the past. This is especially true of the venerable Chinese Elm Tree at Elizabeth Farm. The Chinese Elm Tree (Ulmus parvifolia) is believed to have been planted around 1850, possibly by Elizabeth Macarthur or one of her sons. It is one of the oldest mid- century European plantings in Australia. Incredibly, this tree has survived 150 years at Elizabeth Farm, but it hasnt all been smooth sailing. In the 1970s the tree began to lean, a common ha...bit of old Chinese Elms. By the 1980s it was pronounced enough to warrant concern that the tree might collapse under its own weight. In 2017 heavy rainfall & fierce winds caused a spiral fracture in the limb of the tree to split and open, resting one of the heavy branches on the ground. The installation of new steel support props accompanied by selective pruning and end weight reduction has saved the tree from further movement and damage. With careful management by our Gardens team, the tree should continue to enjoy a strong healthy life for many years to come. Discover more stories from our Plant Your History blog at slm.is/gardens #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

14.01.2022 We’re excited to announce Estate Vaucluse House is now open Wednesday-Sunday! Enjoy delicious menus and take a stroll around the beautiful garden and grounds on your next visit. Opening hours Wednesday and Thursday 11am-4pm for lunch Friday, Saturday and Sunday for breakfast and lunch from 9am-4pm... Find out more and book a table: https://www.estatevauclusehouse.com.au/

14.01.2022 Sydney Festival has just launched its huge Australian Made program for 2021. The festival runs 6-26 January, and we’re proud to be helping them to reconnect and re-invigorate Australia’s arts. See what’s on offer at Vaucluse House as part of #SydFest this January including Hive Mind, A Bee Story and Under the Madhan. https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/venues/vaucluse-house

13.01.2022 We invite you to take a virtual wander through a very special garden in Sydney, known as Wendy Whiteleys Secret Garden. For over 25 years Wendy Whiteley has been transforming the steep embankment in front of her Lavender Bay home from an overgrown wasteland into a garden sanctuary. Today, pathways snake their way between giant fig trees, glossy foliage, dramatic flowers, sculptures and found objects, connecting terraced nooks and dappled clearings. What began as guerrilla ga...rdening is now secure with a 30-year lease and a state heritage listing, and provides a much-loved slice of tranquillity. This video was filmed during mid-winter in 2018 and was part of the exhibition Bohemian Harbour: Artists of Lavender Bay, which was on display at the Museum of Sydney in the same year. We hope you enjoy this quiet moment in the garden. #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

13.01.2022 A phrase you’ll often hear in a historic kitchen is batterie de cuisine. Though the term today is not often heard outside of professional kitchens and house museums, every household has one, refering to the moveable collection of pots, pans and equipment used in a kitchen. Vaucluse House has an extensive #batteriedecuisine of 137 pots, pans and jelly moulds. Though not provenanced to the Wentworth family, it represents a typical collection for a large colonial Victorian house...hold. They are made of copper an excellent and even heat conductor lined with tin which stopped any food being poisoned by excessive contact with the copper. Several pieces show signs of repair by a tinker, an indicator of their value and the expense of replacing them. As part of next week’s Spring Harvest: Online Edition resident gastronomer Jacqui Newling, food writer Barbara Sweeney and antique dealer John Cunnington from The Art of Wine and Food will discuss the collection, cooking with copper pots, their care and repair, history and provenance. Find out more: slm.is/springharvest #SpringHarvest #DiscoverSLM

12.01.2022 Australian culture has been influenced by American popular music much longer than many people realise. During the 1850s a wave of performers arrived here with repertoire that dominated Australian music halls and homes well into the 20th century. View Dan Walker’s contemporary performance of ‘Willie We Have Missed You’ by Stephen Foster (1826-1864). First published in the United States in 1854, the song was first mentioned by the Australian press in 1857. Within a year the fam...ily at Rouse Hill Estate had purchased a locally printed copy of the sheet music. Visit our website to hear the music score, lyrics and inspiration for you to create and share your own version. https://slm.is/willie-we-have-missed-you Learn more about the House Music at Your House program inspired by the #RouseHillEstate sheet music collection with new music added weekly on our website. https://slm.is/house-music #SLMhousemusic #DiscoverSLM

12.01.2022 Sydney Living Museums is pursuing a more active and focused acquisition program that seeks to redress the dominant colonial narratives within our collections and on our walls. Recent purchases include works by Indigenous artists, Blak Douglas, Gordon Bennett, Tony Albert, Gordon Syron and Danie Mellor the last of which has been gifted by the artist to SLM.

12.01.2022 Ever heard of Lawrence Hargrave? Join curator Mel Flyte in this video as she finds out more about this transport trailblazer. The story of Lawrence Hargrave features in our childrens exhibition On the Move, which closes this coming Sunday 20 September. Be sure not to miss it! Book your timed tickets at slm.is/onthemovekids

11.01.2022 The City of Shadows exhibition at Justice & Police Museum introduced the world to the museum’s extraordinary and compelling collection of police forensic photography dating from 1912 to 1948. In this video, author and guest curator Peter Doyle delves into the true and personal story of mother and daughter crime duo Ada and Hazel McGuinness. Part of this week's #DiscoverSLM focus on the fascinating story of underworld Sydney from bushrangers to sly grog, razor gangs to forensics. See more: slm.is/discover

11.01.2022 Our online Spring Harvest program is just over a week away, packed with talks, workshops, demonstrations and tours exploring the culinary history of #VaucluseHouse. Book now for our three hands-on workshops and learn tips on preserving with picklery Cornersmith, how to make great scones with Barbara Sweeney from Food and Words and Sydney Living Museums' Jacqui Newling, or take part in bespoke gin-tasting with the team from Archie Rose Distilling Co. All workshops will be brought to you live from the kitchen and cellars of Vaucluse House. Find out more and book now: slm.is/springharvest. #springharvest #DiscoverSLM

11.01.2022 To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Rose Seidler House, join Penelope Seidler AM on an intimate tour of the iconic house, finishing with a walk past the Julian Rose House. This is a rare opportunity for guests to experience one of the finest examples of mid-20th-century modern domestic architecture in Australia through the eyes of Penelope Seidler.

10.01.2022 Take a moment to enjoy this bucolic view of the paddocks of Rouse Hill Estate. We often call these scenes of horses and cows bucolic or pastoral but what does that actually mean? Visit our Cook and the Curator to find out more https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au//a-perfectly-buc/ Video captured by Sydney Living Museums curator Scott Hill. ... #DiscoverSLM #SLMNature

10.01.2022 Art inspired by nature. In the late 19th century, Australian designers in the applied arts had initiated a movement to draw on local flora as sources of inspiration, and the adoption of Australian floral motifs became synonymous with the style of Federation architecture (18901915). One of the most popular Australian native flowers represented in ornament in early-20th-century was the waratah. Read more at slm.is/ornament... #DiscoverSLM #SLMNature

10.01.2022 This week our #DiscoverSLM focus is picturesque Vaucluse House. Built in 1805, Vaucluse House is a rare survival of a 19th century harbourside estate with its magnificent formal rooms, ornate interiors and stunning surrounding estate grounds. Over five decades from 1827 it was the home of explorer, barrister and politician William Charles Wentworth, his wife Sarah and their ten children. Vaucluse House retains most of its domestic offices and kitchen, stables and outbuildin...gs and is still surrounded by more than 10 hectares of gardens and grounds. In 1915 Vaucluse House became Australia’s first official house museum and continues to entice visitors to its lush and still secluded grounds. Today, you can visit Vaucluse House every Wednesday to Saturday. Find out more: slm.is/discover #VaucluseHouse #ilovesydney #lovensw

10.01.2022 This week some our Governors’ Circle members enjoyed a curator-led tour of our fascinating new exhibition Paradise on Earth at the Museum of Sydney. Exhibition curator Dr Anne Watson shared insights on Marion Mahony Griffin’s extraordinary vision through key projects in Australia and her incredible legacy in the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag. Enjoy a deeper engagement with the work of Sydney Living Museums by joining our Governors’ Circle, and make a positive and significant i...mpact on the future of our organisation. Learn more: slm.is/governorscircle

09.01.2022 In our recent History Week webinar, our curators Dr Penny Stannard and Nerida Campbell shared images from our A Thousand Words exhibition that most captured the publics interest during our #OneWordWednesday and #SayitonSaturday social media callouts, and also answered some of your questions during a live Q&A. Catch up now on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C09KsB5Fegw See the A Thousand Words exhibition at the Museum of Sydney this weekend before it temporarily clos...es (reopens 1 October). Book now at slm.is/atw #atwexhibition NSW State Archives History Council NSW

09.01.2022 Mark your diaries! These coming school holidays, join us for an inspiring program of Artisan Encounters with drop-in activities for children and demonstrations to be enjoyed by the whole family. Watch blacksmithing demonstrations by Levi Pendlebury at Elizabeth Farm and see fibre artist Catriona Pollard at Vaucluse House as she weaves creations using natural and found materials. Included with general museum entry. Bookings recommended. ... Find out more at slm.is/artisan

08.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all of the dads out there! As an ode to the classic Fathers Day present, today we are sharing a pair of mens silk socks from the Vaucluse House Collection. Tag a dad to gift them a virtual pair of socks!

07.01.2022 In the collection at #VaucluseHouse a handful of decorative green glazed perforated tiles, or blocks, survive as orphaned relics of 19th century garden ornament on the estate. They are large, 32.5 cm square and 4cm in depth, and can be dated to the middle years of the 19th century when such tiles were imported into the Australian colonies in quantity from China. Chinese tiles first appeared in import lists in the early 1850s: roofing tiles, flowered tiles, red paving tiles an...d green and white ‘fancy tiles’ for flooring halls, verandahs and bathrooms. Judging from the evidence provided by historical photographs and etchings, the tiles that survived at Vaucluse House were used to make planter boxes in the courtyard and as garden edging. Learn more: slm.is/discover. #DiscoverSLM

07.01.2022 Were delighted the Meroogal Womens Art Prize 2020 opens to the public this Saturday 19 September. Discover the work of 40 finalists exhibited throughout the historic house of Meroogal throwing new light on its stories and the houses rich collection of objects. Book now https://slm.is/meroogalartprize Stay tuned winners will be announced next Wednesday 23 September. ... With thanks to Sydney Living Museums Foundation, Bundanon Trust and Shoalhaven Regional Gallery Nowra for supporting the prize. Photo James Horan for Sydney Living Museums.

07.01.2022 In early November 1918, Australians knew that the end of World War I was imminent and that an armistice was about to be signed between Germany and the Allies. After some false reports and premature peace rejoicings, the armistice was finally signed in France at 5am on Monday 11 November and came into effect at 11am Paris time. Learn how news of the armistice reached the Central West town of Forbes, NSW, in a letter written by the Reverend Tom Thorburn to Tot Thornburn of Meroogal. Read more on our WW1 website https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/ww1/bells-are-ringing #RemembranceDay #ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget

07.01.2022 Have you challenged yourself with our online puzzles? Choose from a selection of puzzles featuring beautiful images from our collections and museums, including this gorgeous Paeonia moutan sourced from a Yokohama Nursery catalogue from 1915 in our Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection. To get started, visit slm.is/puzzling ... #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

07.01.2022 Be sure to catch Sydney Living Museums gastronomer, Jacqui Newling in tonights episode of Further Back in Time for Dinner on ABC TV + iview at 8.30pm. Continue your culinary journey at home with Jacquis very own Eat Your History Book featuring more recipes, lost techniques and fascinating stories from Australian kitchens and dining rooms from 1788 to the 1950s. Find out more at slm.is/eatyourhistory ... #BackInTimeAU

06.01.2022 The Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2020 exhibition is on now in the historic house of Meroogal. Discover artworks by 40 women artists across NSW and vote for your favourite work in the People’s Choice Award. Meroogal is open on Saturdays, 10am-4pm. Find out more https://slm.is/meroogalartprize 1. Ebony Russell, 'She could rearrange the flowers', set of decorative urns, porcelain and stain. 2. Julie Patterson, ‘A dozen modest fancies’, printed linen, vintage chair. 3. Sarah Goffma...n, ‘Blue willow’, plastic, permanent marker, clay. 4. Sassy Park, ‘Garden play set’, ceramic, wood (found object). 5. Anita Johnson Larkin Anita Johnson Larkin, 'Between the sheets', bed sheets, salvaged objects, books of love poetry, book of ladies recitations, beeswax. 6. Barbara Huntington, 'Connection', knitted wool. See more

06.01.2022 Gather your friends and cook along at home with our very own colonial gastronomer Jacqui Newling! Join our live-streamed event and see how to prepare a traditional Christmas pudding using a Mrs Beeton's recipe from 1861. Participants will receive the recipe ahead of time and can ask Jacqui questions throughout the online event through the live Q&A function. Details:... Saturday 12 December, 10.30am-11.30am Cost: $20 (Members receive a 20% discount) Find out more: slm.is/puddingdemonstration See more

06.01.2022 Mug shot of William Stanley Moore, 1 May 1925, Central Police Station, Sydney. Special Photograph no. 1399. NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, Justice & Police Museum. This picture appears in the Photo Supplement to the NSW Police Gazette, 28 July, 1926 captioned: 'Opium dealer./ Operates with large quantities of faked opium and cocaine./ A wharf labourer; associates with water front thieves and drug traders.' This picture is one of a series of around 2500 "special pho...tographs" taken by NSW Police Department photographers between 1910 and 1930. These "special photographs" were mostly taken in the cells at the Central Police Station, Sydney and are, as curator Peter Doyle explains, of "men and women recently plucked from the street, often still animated by the dramas surrounding their apprehension". Doyle suggests that, compared with the subjects of prison mug shots, "the subjects of the Special Photographs seem to have been allowed - perhaps invited - to position and compose themselves for the camera as they liked. Their photographic identity thus seems constructed out of a potent alchemy of inborn disposition, personal history, learned habits and idiosyncrasies, chosen personal style (haircut, clothing, accessories) and physical characteristics." Explore our gallery of mugshots online at slm.is/mugshotgallery #DiscoverSLM

06.01.2022 These spring school holidays, bring the family to Elizabeth Farm and Vaucluse House to see artisan demonstrations and get creative with drop-in kids activities. Artisan Encounters at Elizabeth Farm: Thursday 1 to Saturday 3 October Artisan Encounters at Vaucluse House: Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 October... Included with museum entry. Find out more and book tickets at slm.is/artisan

05.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE! Were delighted to announce this years Spring Harvest will be presented as a unique online artisan food event from 19-25 October. Spring Harvest: Online Edition will bring you the rich culinary history of Vaucluse House through an exciting program of online talks, live food demonstrations, workshops, virtual tours and more. Joining in the festivities of Spring Harvest will be chef and host of River Cottage Australia Paul West, picklery Cornersmith, Food and W...ords Barbara Sweeney, The Urban Beehive, Archie Rose Distilling Co. and more. Our full program will be announced shortly. Sign up to hear about the program first and go into the draw to win a spring-inspired prize pack valued at over $300. Visit slm.is/springharvest for details. #DiscoverSLM #SpringHarvest #artisanfood

05.01.2022 This week, we’ve been busy decorating the Vaucluse House drawing room in preparation for Christmas! Following the advice of Cassell’s Household Guide, London 1868-71 when decorating ‘ all kinds of evergreens, everlasting flowers and coloured and gilt papersmistletoeand holly is of course the special tree of the season.let it be conspicuous throughout the decorations’. Our wonderful Christmas tree is sourced from the Penrose State Forest in the Southern Highlands of NSW a...nd donated by the Forestry Corporation NSW, Moss Vale Area Visit NSW State Forests Come and visit us Wednesday-Saturday 10am-4pm. Find out more: slm.is/vauclusehouse Enjoy more festive stories, collection items, recipes and more in our #DiscoverSLM Christmas focus over the next few weeks. See more at slm.is/discover #christmascountdown #placemaking #housemuseums #vauclusehouse

04.01.2022 This Thursday night join A Thousand Words curators Dr Penny Stannard and Nerida Campbell as they share the images that have most captured the publics interest and explore how this approach has engaged and encouraged citizen historians.This talk will be presented as a Zoom webinar. A Zoom link will be sent following registration. Register now https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au//citizen-historians-cur... Have a question for our curators? Comment below for the chance to have it answered during the webinar. This online event is part of History Council NSWs History Week 2020, History: What is it good for? #HistoryWeek2020 NSW State Archives

04.01.2022 Yana Nura, to walk on Country is a native garden at the Museum of Sydney that invites visitors to reflect, reconnect and learn about Aboriginal culture, past and present, on Gadi Country. Located on the outdoor mezzanine that overlooks the site of Australias First Government House and the area that the first colonial garden was installed on Aboriginal landscape, in 1788. The garden was created in collaboration with Dharawal Knowledge Holders Circle and Saltwater Knowledge Keeper Shannon Foster, and is a key learning tool for our school education programs. Read more about the garden, including a list of plantings and their uses at https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/yana-nura/

03.01.2022 In the second half of the 19th century, a craze for Japanese arts and culture swept through Western literary and artistic circles, resulting in an aesthetic style that came to be known as Japonisme. Many Western travellers to Japan, including travellers from Australia, returned home with examples of Japanese woodblock prints, ceramics, textiles and other artefacts. A few travellers, mostly professional plant collectors, also brought back Japanese plants. But few gardeners ...in Australia had access to the plants. That all changed late in the 19th century when a cooperative of four Japanese nurserymen established the Yokohama Gardeners Association with the express purpose of selling Japanese plants to the West. In 1893 the association became the Yokohama Nursery Company Limited. It offered a wide variety of ornamental and economic plants, seeds and bulbs, and issued annual descriptive catalogues in English. The catalogues are now rare collectors items and, thanks to the generous support of the Sydney Living Museums Foundation, the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection has been able to acquire five examples: the catalogues for 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 191011. Find out more at slm.is/yokohama Image: Descriptive catalogue of flowering & ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, etc. [1910-11]. Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Sydney Living Museums #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

03.01.2022 In a city founded on the shores of the harbour, the waterfront has always hummed with adventure and misadventure. This week for #DiscoverSLM we're exploring the fascinating story of underworld Sydney from bushrangers to sly grog, razor gangs to forensics. Through stories, collection objects and our vast archive of crime-scene photographs, journey into the world of those who broke the law and those who enforced it. Delve into Sydney's criminal past online: slm.is/discover... Image: Mug shot of De Gracy (sic) and Edward Dalton. Details unknown. Central Police Station, Sydney, ca.1920. NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, Justice and Police Museum, Sydney Living Museums. #DiscoverSLM

03.01.2022 Just as the interiors of Meroogal were assembled over a century, so too its living collection the garden reflecting the four generations of women who called the Nowra house home. While today the garden bedding at Meroogal is largely recreated, there are many notable long-lived survivors from its earlier history: the iconic jacarandas, a port wine magnolia, a towering lillypilly. A plum which is smothered in white blossom this week is the same one that Helen Macgregor pose...d in front of for a photo in 1930. Read more about Meroogals garden and compare archive photography to images of the garden today at slm.is/meroogalgarden Meroogal is open every Saturday see the spring garden in bloom and view the Meroogal Womens Art Prize which is now open! #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

02.01.2022 we ... went out for the day, I with my drawing paraphernalia and we would find my tree. Marion Mahony Griffin, ‘The Magic of America’, Section III, p127 Mahony’s ‘Forest Portraits’, evocative studies of Australian trees in watercolour on silk or ink on linen, evolved from her enthusiasm for the native flora: ‘I felt that the Archangel who painted Australia was the greatest of them all. Everything is so decorative You don’t have to be an artist there, the picture presents ...itself to you in perfection’.* * Marion Mahony Griffin, ‘The Magic of America’, Section III, p106. Mahony included 24 Forest Portraits, each with a descriptive caption, in her unpublished memoir, ‘The magic of America’. Discover her extraordinary world in our new exhibition Paradise on Earth at Museum of Sydney. Find out more: slm.is/paradiseonearth Images: 1. Marion Mahony Griffin at Southport, Tasmania. Photographer unknown, 1919. Tasmania Archives: PH30/1/7794. 2. Eucalyptus urnigera, Tasmania/Scarlet bark, sunset (Forest Portrait no 11) 1918. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. Gift of Marion Mahony Griffin. 3. Angophora lanceolata/A Castlecrag home in a Castlecrag gully (Forest Portrait no 6) c1925. National Library of Australia: NLA OBJ-150276244. #Paradiseonearthexhibition

02.01.2022 Dont miss your chance to visit our interactive childrens exhibition at the Museum of Sydney before it closes on 20 September! Grab your ticket and take a journey into a world of transport, discover inspiring transport trailblazers, create your own vehicle of the future and tinker in the mechanic shop. Entry by pre-booked timed sessions, with special measures in place for the safety of our visitors. Free entry for SLM members.... Find out more and book your tickets at slm.is/onthemove

02.01.2022 As part of our new exhibition Make Your Mark, we’re delighted to be working with Sydney based artist Digby Webster. Digby creates work across a range of disciplines, embracing a strong and evocative use of colour and has drawn some creative and beautifully colourful responses on our blank gallery walls. Learn more about Digby Webster digbywebster.com Make Your Mark opens this Saturday at the Museum of Sydney slm.is/makeyourmark... #idpwd #MakeYourMarkSLM

02.01.2022 The exquisitely perfumed hanging purple blossoms of the wisteria have been associated with Vaucluse House for over a century. In the 1920s and 1930s, the magnificent vine became famous as one of the finest springtime displays in Sydney. Discover the stories of the annual pilgrimage to Vaucluse House to see the purple blooms at https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au//wisteria-vaucluse-house

02.01.2022 Did you know that the invention of the Wardian Case, also referred to as a terrarium, came about by a failed experiment involving moths? In 1829 London, a physician named Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward was having little success with his fern garden. A man of many interests, he set his garden plans aside and embarked on a new project: the study of a sphinx moth emerging from its chrysalis. He buried a chrysalis in some earth inside a jar, sealed it with a tin lid, and left it in his ...garden for observation. The story did not end happily for the moth. It never emerged. Something else did though: a fern and a blade of grass had begun to grow inside the sealed container. This experiment led to the development of the Wardian Case, a glass case for ferns and other plants that was used in the transport of plants by ship and also as a decorative feature in fashionable homes. Read more about Wardian Cases and the fern mania that took hold in Victorian times at slm.is/wardian-case Image: A Wardian case on the sun drenched windowsill in the childrens bedroom at Vaucluse House. Photo Nicholas Watt for Sydney Living Museums #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

02.01.2022 As part of our #DiscoverSLM focus on #VaucluseHouse this week, we asked curator Mel Flyte what her favourite object is from the Vaucluse House collection. "This silver saltcellar was probably purchased by the Wentworth family on one of their visits to Europe. It’s such a whimsical object. Imagine sitting down at a grand dinner, asking your host to pass the salt, and seeing this little chariot race down the table bearing its savoury cargo. What a treat! Saltcellars are docume...nted from as early as Roman times, and became increasingly elaborate through the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance. One large cellar was placed on a table, either close to the lord or host or in the centre to be shared. By the 19th century, individual cellars had become popular, corresponding with changes in dining fashions. By the 20th century, their use was in decline with the advent of non-clumping table salt and the salt shaker. My mother bred Arabian horses, and I’m often drawn to equestrian objects and images. I’m always reminded of a Bedouin legend that speaks of Allah taking a handful of the southerly wind to create the horse, a creature destined to fly without wings and conquer without swords much like this little steed." Learn more about Vaucluse House at slm.is/discover Image: Silver gilt saltcellar in the form of a horse-drawn chariot being driven by a putto (or cherub), made in Germany, c1860. Photo Jamie North for Sydney Living Museums.

02.01.2022 Uncle Fred from Fred's Bush Tucker is a long-time contributor to Sydney Living Museum’s Indigenous programs and festivals. With his extensive knowledge of bush foods and traditional cooking methods, as well as his captivating delivery, Uncle Fred is always a crowd favourite and a must see at any of our events. Equally impressive is Uncle Fred’s personal journey and story. View his story online on our website and also watch him prepare and cook snapper. https://slm.is/uncle-fred #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek #alwayswasalwayswillbe

02.01.2022 As part of our Underworld exhibition, author, journalist and former editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia, Kirstie Clements, shared her insights into the fashion of the Special photographs. What do the clothes of those captured in these images tell us about the subjects and what influence do these photographs have for fashion designers today? This week for #DiscoverSLM we've been sharing the fascinating story of underworld Sydney through stories, collection objects and our vast archive of crime-scene photographs. See more at slm.is/discover

02.01.2022 For green thumbs, we have an online shop collection blooming with gifts ready for harvesting. Pick from books and botanical puzzles, to hand cream made especially for gardeners at slm.is/gardenshop Sydney Living Museums Members enjoy a 10% discount on all products.... #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

02.01.2022 Sydney Living Museums is delighted to present Healing Land, Remembering Country, a powerful work by Sydney-based artist Tony Albert, at Elizabeth Farm. Previously displayed on Cockatoo Island as part of this year’s Biennale of Sydney, the wooden ‘greenhouse nursery’ is 4 metres high and 8 metres in diameter, and contains woven baskets made by artists from Bula’bula Arts, Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts, Numbulwar Numburindi Arts and Tjanpi Desert Weavers in Central Australia, and ...native plants supplied by the Muru Mittigar nursery. As part of NAIDOC Week, join us for a free opening event this Saturday from 10am-2pm. Register now https://slm.is/healing-land-remembering-country-opening The work is on display at Elizabeth Farm until March 2021. Courtesy Tony Albert and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous support from the Australia Council for the Arts and Create NSW, and generous assistance from The Medich Foundation. Hand woven baskets by: Bula’BulaArts Evonne Munuyngu; Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Dolly Dhimburra Bidingal, Joyce Milpuna Bidingal, Mary Dhapalany, Mavis Marrkula Djuliping, Linda Gagati, Caroline Gulmindilly, Kathy Guyula, Helen Djaypila Guyula, Meredith Marika; Numbulwar Numburindi Arts Nicola Wilfred; Tjanpi Desert Weavers Munatji Brumby, Maureen Cullinan, Niningka Lewis, PunaYanima. Video Blacklock Media #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek2020 #alwayswasalwayswillbe

01.01.2022 Come face to face with bushrangers at the Justice & Police Museum during Sydney Living Museums’ live and free virtual excursion for primary students on 26 November! Bushrangers roamed the countryside from the early days of the colony. They struck fear into the hearts of law-abiding citizens and committed terrible crimes. The discovery of gold caused a huge rise in bushranging and during the 1860s hundreds of men were arrested and punished. Yet today, despite their crimes, bu...shrangers are sometimes thought of as heroes or larrikins because they challenged police and broke the law. But at the time they were active most people thought they were just criminals who belonged in jail. Bookings and information: https://slm.is/wantedbushrangers #PrimaryTeachers #PrimarySchool #VirtualExcursions #TeachNSW

01.01.2022 Last chance! Our fabulous childrens exhibition, On the Move is closing this Sunday at the Museum of Sydney. Grab your timed tickets and get ready for a journey through a world of transport at slm.is/onthemovekids

01.01.2022 Marion Mahony Griffin, in many ways was a woman ahead of her time. Over a five decade career, she and her husband and architectural partner, Walter Burley Griffin, worked according to their strong design and philosophical principles connecting social, architectural and environmental ideals. Like many female architects and innovators of her era, Marion’s role was, for much of the 20th century, relegated to the shadows. Paradise on Earth, our new exhibition at the Museum of Sydney, shines a light on and celebrates the career and legacy of Marion Mahony Griffin architect, artist and a true visionary. Find out more at slm.is/paradiseonearth

01.01.2022 One of the great pleasures of visiting Elizabeth Farm is strolling from the drawing room onto the winding paths of the pleasure garden, just as the original occupants, the Macarthur family, did two centuries ago. But what do we know of the original appearance of the garden created there by Macarthur and his wife, Elizabeth? In the absence of accurate visual sources, the garden we enjoy today was re-created based on records, like letters and account books, where references to ...specific plants abound. Read a fascinating article by curator Scott Hill piecing together Elizabeth Farms garden at slm.is/efgarden Visit Elizabeth Farm and explore the gardens every Wednesday to Saturday. #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

01.01.2022 The gardens at Rose Seidler House are blooming with colour thanks to our gorgeous Azaleas. In flower right now we have Alphonse Anderson (pink flower with dark pink throat), Magnifica (bright pink flower), Splendens (salmon pink), and Alba Magna (white flower). Rose Seidler House is open every Sunday. Plan your visit to see these wonderful spring flowers at slm.is/roseseidlerhouse ... #DiscoverSLM #SLMGardens

01.01.2022 We’re excited for our special members and donors online event tomorrow night! Enjoy an exclusive behind the scenes look at the new architecture podcast Two Point Perspective with hosts Rebecca Hawcroft and Kieran McInerney and hear more about the infamous Glass House in Castlecrag. Listen to the podcast now: slm.is/twopointperspectivepodcast