Jump to our new page of collection stories that bring some of our favourite objects to life – Geoffrey Collins a 1930s correspondence school boy, JS Middenway’s stereographs of his teaching journey and Claude Schumacher’s prized handwriting.
We are not open to visitors during stay-at-home orders and until school excursions are allowed again. Our staff are working remotely, checking emails daily but not checking phone messages. We have online resources for schools who have had excursions cancelled. And we have a YouTube channel with some fascinating videos of objects in our collection. […]
We’ve got the fires lit this term, first time seeing are freshly painted spaces by firelight. Still a few spots left in Term 3 for students to toast some bread and work by firelight.
It is so lovely to hear the excited chatter of students fill our school rooms once more. Our first group travelled from Newcastle to engage in varied hands-on activities to investigate changes and continuities in education over time.
Our education program will recommence in Term 4 for pre-booked school excursions. There are a few available dates – see our availability calendar. All our repainted interiors are re-set and ready to go and Covid-safe measures are in place.
The museum has a new ‘old’ look with all of the building’s interiors and exteriors freshly painted. The NSW Department of Education, who owns the buildings, took the opportunity in the recent closure to repair and restore. We paint-scraped each interior to find the original colours and repainted those. We found the original decorative and […]
View our beautifully restored school rooms and some fascinating items in our collection through our videos on the NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education YouTube channel.
Our Stage 1 online learning resource, School days of long ago, is now available to schools who had booked in for Term 2 excursions. It contains videos, image galleries and activities. The resource is also available for schools outside of greater Sydney who are unable to visit the NSW Schoolhouse Museum due to distance. Please […]
The NSW Schoolhouse Museum Term 2 excursion program is suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This will remain in place until advised by the government. We have created digital resources full of videos, images and activities. We’re hoping to send the Stage 1 resource link to our Term 2 schools by the end of Week […]
All remaining Term 1 school excursions have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. See our Resources page for online resources, including a series of videos showcasing items from our collection on our new NSW Schoolhouse Museum YouTube channel.