| Museums are places, or organizations that display and | | | | constitutional authority of the Australian Government. |
| exhibit a variety of artifacts and historical objects. | | | | Directed by Mary-Louise Williams, this museum exhibits |
| They also serve as educational spots where people | | | | include items illustrating the Australian Aborigines and |
| could take a glimpse of the olden times and how the | | | | Navigators, the long sea voyage of passengers, |
| ancient people had lived. In Sydney, Australia (which | | | | Australia's working sea, the navy which protects |
| itself is regarded as a region whose history started in | | | | Australia and many more including water crafts and |
| prehistoric times) one can find not just a single, but | | | | boats. |
| many historic museums where important items in | | | | - The Australian Museum was established in 1845, it is |
| history could be found. Some museums not only have | | | | regarded as the oldest museum in Australia which |
| a collection of Sydney's historic documents and relics, | | | | was previously called Colonial Museum or Sydney |
| but also those from around the globe. There are | | | | Museum. It features different assemblies of items |
| museums in Sydney that are situated in an ancient | | | | about vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, mineralogy, |
| building while others have cafes, shops and | | | | paleontology, and anthropology. The museum also |
| landscaped gardens. There are also museums which | | | | takes part in aboriginal research and community |
| showcase not only historical items but also artistic | | | | programs. |
| pieces like paintings, sculptures and statues. | | | | - The Sydney Jewish Museum. This museum is |
| Here are some of the popular museums located at | | | | located in the historic Maccabean Hall in Darlinghurst, |
| the heart of Sydney, Australia: | | | | NSW that showcases a general idea of the best and |
| - The Museum of Sydney. This one is located at the | | | | worst concepts and events in history. The three floors |
| corner of Phillip and Bridge Streets in Sydney. It is | | | | presents exhibitions, video presentations, newspaper |
| actually constructed right on the remains and ruins of a | | | | clippings, pictures, narrations, letters and firsthand |
| house that once belonged to Arthur Phillip, New South | | | | accounts about the Holocaust and it intends to |
| Wales' first governor. This house was Australia's first | | | | educate visitors so that mass destruction will not be |
| Government house built in 1788. The museum, built | | | | repeated. This museum also offers guided tours which |
| mainly as a part of the Governor Phillip Tower | | | | interest groups of visitors will find worthwhile and |
| development, is being managed by the Historic Houses | | | | interesting The Powerhouse Museum. This museum |
| Trust of New South Wales. Aside from the rich history | | | | along with Sydney Observatory makes up the |
| of the location, the museum also has many colonial as | | | | Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences located in |
| well as contemporary objects, pictures and modern | | | | Sydney. Referred to as a Science museum, it exhibits |
| digital images of Sydney. Across the building's walls | | | | different collections of all sorts and forms of |
| are Sydney pictures since 1788 up to the present. | | | | technology (Decorative arts, Science, Communication, |
| - The Australian National Maritime Museum. This is a | | | | Transport, Costume, Furniture, Media, Computer |
| naval museum located at Darling Harbor in Sydney. | | | | technology, Space technology and Steam engines). |
| This 1991-established museum operates as a | | | | This is also a well-known tourist spot in Sydney. |