Sydney Living Museums

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Sydney Living Museums
Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
Logo of Sydney Living Museums.png
Sydney Living Museums logo
SydneyMint.JPG
The Mint – Headquarters of the HHT
Statutory authority overview
Formed1980
JurisdictionNew South Wales
HeadquartersThe Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney, Australia
Employees251 (2016-2017 annual report headcount)
Annual budgetA$27.664 million
Minister responsible
Statutory authority executive
  • Adam Lindsay, Executive Director
Parent Statutory authorityCreate NSW
Key document
  • Historic Houses Trust Act 1980
Websitehttp://www.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au

Sydney Living Museums is the trading name of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT), a statutory corporation entrusted with the care and maintenance of historic sites throughout New South Wales, Australia, including various gardens, parklands and urban spaces. In 2011 its sites attracted over two million visitors each year.[1]

The chief executive of the Trust, called Executive Director, is responsible to the Office of Environment and Heritage in the Department of Planning and Environment cluster.[1][2] The Trust reports to the Minister for Heritage, who also serves as the Minister for the Environment. Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

History[]

The Historic Houses Trust was established under the Historic Houses Trust Act 1980[3] and originally charged with the running of Elizabeth Bay House and Vaucluse House. Since then, the Trust has expanded to care for 12 houses, gardens and museums in New South Wales. The Trust also looks after over 48,000 catalogued objects across all of the sites. In 2013 the Historic Houses Trust launched its new identity as Sydney Living Museums to refresh and unify its diverse range of properties and highlight its role and relevance for current and future generations.[1]

Sites[]

Sydney Living Museums manages the following sites:

Property Image Acquired/
assumed
management 		Date opened Status
Vaucluse House, Wentworth Road, Vaucluse Vaucluse House 01.jpg 1980 1980 Museum
Elizabeth Bay House, Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay (1)ElizabethBayHouse4.jpg 1980 1980 Museum
Elizabeth Farm, Alice Street, Rose Hill Elizabeth Farm-3.jpg 1984 1984 Museum
Lyndhurst 1984 (sold 2005) Offices and library
Meroogal, Cnr West & Worrigee Streets, Nowra 1985 1988 Museum
Rouse Hill Estate, Rouse Hill Rouse family and others, Rouse Hill House, 1859 - photographer Major Thomas Wingate (7778465508).jpg 1987 1999 Museum
Rose Seidler House, Clissold Road, Wahroonga RoseSeidlerHouseSulmanPrize.jpg 1988 1991 Museum
Hyde Park Barracks, Macquarie Street, Sydney HydeParkBarracks.JPG 1990 1991 Museum
Justice & Police Museum, Circular Quay, Sydney Justice and Police Museum (Former Water Police Courts) - Sydney, NSW (7889996040).jpg 1990 1991 Museum
Museum of Sydney, Cnr Philip & Bridge Streets, Sydney Museum of Sydney 2010.jpg 1990 1995 Museum
Young Street Terraces, Young Street, Sydney 1990  – Offices
Susannah Place Museum, The Rocks, Sydney The-Rocks.jpg 1990 1993 Museum
Walter Burley Griffin House 1993 (sold 1995) Conservation project
The Mint, Macquarie Street, Sydney SydneyMint.JPG 1998 1998 and 2004 Offices and the
former Rouse Hill Public School, Rouse Hill 2003 2010 Museum and education facilities
Tusculum 2007  – Leased
Exeter Farm, Exeter 2007  – Endangered Houses Fund project
Glenfield 2007  – Endangered Houses Fund project
Nissen hut[where?] 2007  – Endangered Houses Fund project
Moruya Presbyterian Manse, Moruya 2007  – Endangered Houses Fund project

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "About us". Sydney Living Museums. Government of New South Wales. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ "NSW Public Sector: Principal Departments and Other Bodies" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. ^ Historic Houses Trust Act 1980 No 94: Accessed 15 May 2021

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