I was a lttle aprehensive before going, many reviews mention children friendly, which conjurs up an image of screaming hordes. However the museum was calm, well laid out so that adults can enjoy the displays. Right from the small stuffed animals in the foyer to the more complex cultural displays this museum hit the mark. There are some intriguing areas... More

The kids and I always love the museum. It still has the traditional stuff - skeletons, stuffed animals, geological samples, insect collection, Egyptian sarcophagus etc - but it also has a modern dinosaur exhibition and the best hands-on education room I've been to. We spend as much time in there as in the rest of the museum. More

I visited this museum because I wanted to get a sense of what Australia was all about - culturally, historically, geographically and biologically. I was imagining that the Australian Museum might be a bit like the Smithsonian in Washington or, closer to home, Te Papa in Wellington. The Australian Museum does some aspects of that job well. For example there's... More

Interesting whilst entertaining with a bit of fun added in. Great for all ages. Interactive or not, it's your choice. Great photo opportunities - The Bone Ranger and Domestic Bliss in the skulls meet scapulas exhibition. Talk to the staff about Boomerangs and do they return when thrown? More

Amazing information, lenghty time to walk around without much seating available but all in all a good visit More

If you are interested in history, mineral formations, skeletons and general information on Australia this is a very good museum. More

A natural history museum, it has a good collection of dinosaur skeletons. It has an excellent collection of Pacific indiginous artifacts. Displays are a bit dated. More

Fun for family, especially the nerdy kidz. Spend an entire day there. Interesting. More

This museum, the oldest in Sydney, has an excellent natural history collection of extinct animals. It also has the Albert Chapman minerals collection, one of the most comprehensive private collections in the world, and the mineral collection of Broken Hill and other Australian mineral sites includes the largest gold nugget in the world. The nugget weighs about 160 lbs and... More