Museum of Sydney is built on the ruins of the building, which housed the residence of the first governor of the colony of New South Wales Arthur Phillip at the corner of Phillip Street and Bridge Street. That building was built back in 1788, and its ruins were found by archaeologists in 1983.

Sydney museum was built as part of a larger complex of buildings in downtown Sydney, which also includes the Governor Phillip Tower, Tower of the Governor and the McGuire area of ​​the first government building.

Today in the Museum of Sydney through the various exhibits, paintings and digital technology, you can discover the history of the colonial past of Australia's largest city and its present. Panoramic views of Sydney from 1788 to the present day stretch along the walls of the building. The era of colonization of the city exiled convicts presented in an extensive exhibition of various objects and personal effects found by archaeologists.

Here you can learn about aboriginal stories and Sydney - the people of the tribe "gadigal" lived on the land around Sydney Harbour for thousands of years before the arrival of the first Europeans. Aboriginal sculptures, unusual hearing the name, artifacts, prehistoric paintings - all visitors to the museum plunges into the mysterious past of this land.

Wandering through the courtyard of the museum, certainly worth a look at his feet to see granite signs that mark archaeological sites. Before becoming a museum, this place serves many functions - it housed the first government building, carter yard for parking.

During the 1980s, archaeologists discovered here drains and foundation of the first building of the Government, as well as thousands of pieces relating to 1788. You can see a lot of artifacts and today in one of the exhibits.

The final chord of visiting the Museum of Sydney can be a climb to the observation deck of one of the skyscrapers that surround the museum, which offers breathtaking views of Sydney Harbour.