Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SIGHTS
Surry Hills
GALLERY
BRETT WHITELEY STUDIO
(1939-1992) lived fast and without restraint, and when he let fly on the canvas, people took
notice. His hard-to-find studio (look for the signs on Devonshire St) has been preserved as
a gallery for some of his best work. At the door is a miniature of his famous sculpture
Al-
most Once
, which you can see in all its glory in The Domain.
GALLERY
OBJECT GALLERY
the cylindrical former St Margaret's Hospital chapel (a 1958 Modernist classic by architect
Ken Woolley), nonprofit Object presents innovative exhibitions of new craft and design
from Australia and overseas. Furniture, fashion, textiles and glass festoon three levels.
Darlinghurst
SYDNEY JEWISH MUSEUM
10am-4pm Sun-Thu, to 2pm Fri; Kings Cross)
Created as a memorial to the Holocaust, the Sydney
Jewish Museum examines Australian Jewish history, culture and tradition from the time of
the First Fleet (which included 16 known Jews) to the present day, along with the history of
Judaism in general. Video testimony and touch-screen computers are used to good effect.
The sobering Holocaust section includes a moving Children's Memorial.
MUSEUM
Allow at least two hours to take it all in. Free 45-minute tours leave at noon on Monday,
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
MUSEUM
