The Hyde Park Barracks is one of Australia's most important convict sites. This new exhibition explores the convict experience, from transportation to forging a new life in the colony of New South Wales. It reveals the extraordinary contribution convict workers made to the building of early Sydney. Learn about the everyday lives of convicts who passed through the doors of the barracks between 1819 and 1848.

Get your hands-on cracking contraptions at Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention exhibition now on at the Powerhouse Museum. Step into the home of Wallace & Gromit and play with their incredible inventions like the Blend-o-matic and Tellyscope II. See smashing ideas from Aussie inventors, an implant that helps people hear and even a mousetrap making machine. Plus, find ways to create your own brilliant ideas and how to protect them.

The Rocks Discovery Museum is a free, family friendly museum which tells the story of The Rocks area of Sydney from pre-European days to the present. Housed in a restored 1850s sandstone warehouse, The Rocks Discovery Museum is home to a unique collection of images and archaeological artefacts found in The Rocks. The exhibits are filled with interactive fun, using touch screens, audio and visual elements to bring the history of the area alive.