Dinosaurs
Huge skeletons.
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Australia's oldest natural history museum, with roots going back to 1827, in a classical stone building opposite Hyde Park in central Sydney, showing wildlife, fossils, minerals and the cultures of the region. Its best-known halls are the dinosaur gallery with huge skeletons, the gallery of Australia's unique animals from kangaroos to snakes and spiders, the minerals and gemstones collection, and the birds and insects halls, plus touring international exhibitions. The museum gives a large space to the cultures of Aboriginal people and the Pacific islands, with their tools, canoes, art and stories, in displays that help explain Australia before the Europeans arrived. General admission is free, with fees for some temporary exhibitions, per the museum. It suits families and children and is steps from St Mary's Cathedral and Hyde Park.
Huge skeletons.
Unique wildlife.
Tools and art.
William Street, opposite Hyde Park, Sydney
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Art Gallery of New South WalesSydney's largest art museum, on the edge of the Domain parkland near the Royal B9 minutes walk4.8
Darling HarbourA leisure precinct on a small bay west of central Sydney, once wharves and goods14 minutes walk4.6
Royal Botanic GardenA broad botanical garden on Farm Cove at the heart of Sydney, opened in 1816, ma14 minutes walk4.8
The RocksSydney's oldest neighbourhood, where the first settlers landed in 1788 and found21 minutes walkYes, general admission is free; some temporary exhibitions charge.