Sydney Living Museums

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

Sydney Living Museums

Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
Sydney Living Museums logo
The Mint – Headquarters of the HHT
Statutory authority overview
Formed	1980
Jurisdiction	New South Wales
Headquarters	The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney, Australia
Employees	251 (2016-2017 annual report headcount)
Annual budget	A$27.664 million
Minister responsible	Gladys Berejiklian, Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts
Statutory authority executive	Adam Lindsay, Executive Director
Parent Statutory authority	Create NSW
Key document	Historic Houses Trust Act 1980
Website	http://www.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au

The chief executive of the authority, called Executive Director, is Mark Goggin; who is responsible to the Office of Environment and Heritage in the Department of Planning and Environment cluster.[1][2] The authority reports to the Minister for Heritage, the Hon. Gabrielle Upton, MP, who also serves as the Minister for the Environment and the Minister for Local Government. 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 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		1980	1980	Museum
Elizabeth Bay House, Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay		1980	1980	Museum
Elizabeth Farm, Alice Street, Rose Hill		1984	1984	Museum
Lyndhurst		1984	(sold 2005)	Offices and library
Meroogal, Cnr West & Worrigee Streets, Nowra		1985	1988	Museum
Rouse Hill Estate, Rouse Hill		1987	1999	Museum
Rose Seidler House, Clissold Road, Wahroonga		1988	1991	Museum
Hyde Park Barracks, Macquarie Street, Sydney		1990	1991	Museum
Justice & Police Museum, Circular Quay, Sydney		1990	1991	Museum
Museum of Sydney, Cnr Philip & Bridge Streets, Sydney		1990	1995	Museum
Young Street Terraces, Young Street, Sydney		1990	–	Offices
Susannah Place Museum, The Rocks, Sydney		1990	1993	Museum
Walter Burley Griffin House		1993	(sold 1995)	Conservation project
The Mint, Macquarie Street, Sydney		1998	1998 and 2004	Offices and the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection
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		2007	–	Endangered Houses Fund project
Moruya Presbyterian Manse, Moruya		2007	–	Endangered Houses Fund project

References

1. "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.

External links

• Sydney Living Museums website