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
EXHIBITION
LIVERPOOL REGIONAL MUSEUM
TURBANS 4 AUSTRALIA
OUR SOUTH-WEST SIKHS
31 October 2023 – 27 April 2024
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.
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
Image credit (left & right):
Turbans 4 Australia Our South-West Sikhs, exhibition installation view Cultural Artefacts
Michael Waite Photography
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:
- Home
- Good times
- Hard times
- Community
- Children
- Work
Each theme explores Liverpool’s past, through people and places that shaped Liverpool’s history, culture, social and economic life.
RESONANCES
FREE EXHIBITION
LIVERPOOL REGIONAL MUSEUM
Preserving and promoting Liverpool’s cultural heritage, history and stories
Image credit:
Bakery Keystone
German Internment Camp Collection
Frank Oliveri Bus Company Ticketing Machine
Frank Oliveri Collection
Teapot
Pearce and Learoyd Collection
Flour Sifter
Trimarchi Collection
Pudding Tin
Hammondville Collection
Baby Bonnet
Ashcroft Family Collection
Christening Gown
Ashcroft Family Collection
Jewellery Box
Bartlett Collection
STC Radio
Standard Telephone and Cable Collection
Liverpool Regional Museum Collection
Resonances Exhibition
Liverpool Regional Museum has created the following documents to download for educational purposes:
VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS
Cnr Congressional Drive and Hume Highway, Liverpool NSW, 2170
02 8711 7126
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