Liverpool Regional Museum

Preserving and promoting Liverpool's cultural heritage, history and stories

^{Dame Edna (1934 Humber Snipe) visits Liverpool Regional Museum}

Liverpool Regional Museum was opened on 3 June 1989 as part of Australia's Bicentennial celebrations.

The museum presents and collects items reflecting environmental, heritage and social themes within south-west Sydney. Whilst preserving and promoting Liverpool's cultural heritage, history and stories through collections, exhibitions and public programs.

Visitors can experience our permanent exhibition ‘RESONANCES: objects, lives and stories of Liverpool’ accompanied with a program of diverse changing exhibitions, including public programs that engage and inspire the community.

We are available to guide visitors through our exhibitions and assist with enquiries. Visitors can also research their family history from our resident Liverpool Genealogy Society.

To make a booking for your group or school email: liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

TURBANS 4 AUSTRALIA

RESONANCES

EXHIBITION
LIVERPOOL REGIONAL MUSEUM

TURBANS 4 AUSTRALIA
OUR SOUTH-WEST SIKHS

31 October 2023 – 27 April 2024

Hamper of food

Image credit: Food Hamper provided to international students as part of the Turbans 4 Australia COVID -19 Crisis Relief Program

Sikhs have been documented living and working in Australia dating back to the 1830s. Today there are over 210,000 Sikhs in Australia, representing 0.8% of the Australian population.

Founded in 2015, charity organisation Turbans 4 Australia have supported hundreds of thousands of Australians through tough times including natural disasters, homelessness, domestic violence, poverty, unemployment and the isolating Covid - 19 pandemic.

Their story is a continuous journey from the past, embedded with traditions and values from centuries of rich history, into contemporary Australian life and identity today.

This enduring story of selfless service, promoting multiculturalism and religious tolerance, is a celebration of Sikh heritage, arts, culture and values.

Turbans 4 Australia Image set 1

Image credit:

Left: Turbans 4 Australia Our South-West Sikhs exhibition launch, Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji (The Golden Temple in Amritsar)
Ben Williams Photography

Right: Bhagh Phulkari (shawl), Organic hand-woven cotton with silk embroidery
Michael Waite Photography

Turbans 4 Australia Image set 2

Image credit (left & right):

Turbans 4 Australia Our South-West Sikhs, exhibition installation view Cultural Artefacts
Michael Waite Photography

Turbans 4 Australia Image set 3

Image credit:

Left: Sarangi (stringed instrument)
Michael Waite Photography

Right: Turbans 4 Australia Our South-West Sikhs, exhibition installation view Sikhs in Military Service
Michael Waite Photography

RESONANCES
OBJECTS, LIVES AND STORIES OF LIVERPOOL

PERMANENT EXHIBITION

Objects shape who we are, the people we engage with, our attachment to place, our values and ideas.

Resonances takes you on a journey to discover Liverpool’s heritage through its collection of donated objects, unifying a diversity as an eclectic assembly of artefacts and oral histories.

We can only speculate about the personal meanings and significance an object holds for an individual or family; donors provide a trace of their story as a gift for future generations.

Resonances combines the collection within six themes: