This is a great museum, we took our 2 1/2 year old mainly to see the dinosaur exhibit and it didn't disappoint he had a great time and the kid space area was a great bonus. Would recommend this to spend a couple of hours at, was lots of fun even if all the taxidermy bird room was a little... More

The Australian Museum is a grand Sydney institution, loved by generations who remember gazing up at the whale skeleton when they first visited as children. The Museum is a classic natural history museum, with excellent exhibits about (mostly) Australian animals, plants and rocks. It also has collections of Aboriginal and Pacific Island culture, and has an exhibition about Australian Indigenous... More

The Australia Museum has extensive collections dealing with Australian animals and geology. If you are interested in those areas, you will really enjoy this museum. We were hoping for exhibits about the people, living conditions, food, housewares, clothing, etc. In other words, we wanted to see the history of the Australia people. The museum did not touch on these areas.

First, they have an extremely nice exploration area for small children and some docents who work with the children and take them to some of the exhibits --- like the dinosaurs. So, if you have small children this could be a place for you. There is also a nice exhibit of mounted birds of the area and another that has... More

This is a good museum to check out on your first day in Australia. It has a large section on indigenous species which is great to learn about and check out before you start exploring. I ended up seeing some of these animals and insects in real life throughout my trip and it was cool to know what I was... More

My husband and I enjoyed this museum tremendously as we are both interested in geology and wildlife. The display of rocks and minerals was fascinating and the Chapman mineral collection was very good. We also enjoyed all the other exhibits and spent about 5 hours in the building. The only downside is the cafe. It is gloomy and has uncomfortable... More

I took my 9 year old daughter to see Alexander the Great Exhibition at the Museum this week. It was an excellent exhibition with a wide variety of artefacts. We did not visit the rest of the museum as we were tired from the Alexander. We had a snack in the cafe which was somewhat chaotic in the school holidays.... More

We spent a couple of hours enjoying this museum and enjoyed the sections of the indigenous Australians and their works of art, the galleries of Birds and Insects - it helped us to identify some of the local birds we had seen during our visit, the Chapman mineral collection and especially the skeletons selection where some of the displays gave... More

Everything except the cafe was great, in particular the Alexander the Great exhibition was one of the best of it's type I have seen for a long time.