Hyde Park Barracks Museum

UNESCO World Heritage site reimagined

We partnered with the Sydney Living Museums to bring to life the complex history of the Hyde Park Barracks. The Hyde Park Barracks is a UNESCO World Heritage site that served as the administrative hub for Britain's transportation system and stood at the heart of a sprawling network of convict sites. Its role as an agent of colonial change and its impact on Aboriginal Australia are still felt today.

Client

Sydney Living Museums

Services

Exhibition design Interactive media Immersive sound

Date

2022

Originally built to house convicts, the Barracks also served as a women’s immigration depot and asylum, and later law courts and government offices.

Today this immersive museum tells the stories of the thousands of men, women and children held or housed there, and the Aboriginal communities profoundly impacted by the relentless push of colonial expansion.

Completed with the team at Local Projects; all image and text rights belong to Local Projects.