Sydney is a big, global city, home to almost 5 million people from all over the world. The Museum of Sydney tells the story of the city’s development – from plague outbreaks in the Rocks to ‘making do’ in the Great Depression, from Sydney’s early architecture to the greening of our city today, from the lights of Kings Cross to new developments on the city fringe. 

See images of Sydney then and now, and find out why Sydney looks and feels the way it does today. Learn about important sites, places and people in Sydney’s history.

Watch the city from an elevated lookout, with glimpses of the harbour through the skyscapers that surround this CBD museum.