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The Rocks Discovery Museum offers free entry. In order to ensure a quality experience for all visitors, school and vacation care groups visiting the Museum MUST be pre-booked, phone (02) 9251 8804 or book online.

Downloads

Rocks Discovery Museum Code of Conduct Agreement
Risk Management documentation
Notes for self-guided groups

Audio tour
Download our free audio tour to enhance your visit to The Rocks Discovery Museum. The tour takes you on a journey through time and features four interactive exhibitions at the museum that tell the fascinating stories of The Rocks from pre-colonial Sydney to the present day.

Download The Rocks Discovery Museum audio tour or listen to the tour online.

School programs
Sydney Learning Adventures run curriculum linked tours of The Rocks Discovery Museum for Stages 2, 3 & 4. We also offer a diverse range of school programs that incorporate a visit to museum to complement the key learning areas of HSIE, Art, Geography, History, ESL, Aboriginal Studies and Ancient History.

Our trained staff come from an eclectic background in education, archaeology, tour guiding and theatre. Your students will be engaged by this highly skilled and energetic team that uses The Rocks Discovery Museum exhibitions, our unique precinct, historical resources, media presentation and theatre techniques to create a contemporary, interactive and exciting learning forum.

We would be delighted to discuss your requirements and recommend the perfect program to enhance your classroom activities.

Information and bookings
To find out more about our programmes or to make a booking contact the Sydney Learning Adventures team:
Telephone: (02) 9240 8680
Fax: (02) 9247 3455
Email: schoolbookings@shfa.nsw.gov.au

View artefacts online
The Collections Australia Network (CAN) website is a cultural heritage resource for researchers, historians, students and the general public. CAN contains artefacts from the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority archaeological collection. The collection is rich with objects from numerous archaeological digs including the Cumberland/Gloucester 'Big Dig', Harrington Street well, Dawes Point Battery and many more. Some of these artefacts are on display in The Rocks Discovery Museum, including the George Cribb alcohol still from the Cribb's Well display.

To search for the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority artefacts using the CAN website, click on the 'FIND collection items' button and type CUGL into the search box. CUGL stands for Cumblerland/Gloucester artefacts. In the future many more artefacts will be added from a variety of different archaeological sites.

View the CAN website.
Watch special projects heritage officer Zac Lambert talk about his work with the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority's online artefact project which allows academics, students and others to access our extensive collection of artefacts.

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