Museums and Collections of Macquarie University


Macquarie University, contains nine museums, galleries and collections on its main North Ryde campus, each focusing on various historical, scientific or artistic interests. All are open to the public and offer educational programs for students at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.

Galleries and collections

Macquarie University Sculpture Park

Macquarie University Sculpture Park was established in 1992, founded by sculptor, Dr Errol Bruce Davis, OAM.
The university's sculpture collection is exhibited across the entire campus, and focuses upon works by contemporary Australian sculptors with some international sculptors featured also. The collection aims to show a variety of styles, materials and techniques showing works in sandstone, limestone, concrete, steel, stainless steel, painted steel, bronze, copper and ceramics. At close to 100 sculptures on display, it is the largest park of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Twilight evening tours for the public are offered in November and December and focus on a different section of the campus per week. The collection has recently been divided up into four distinct walks for visitors – Western Walk, Central Circuit, Eastern Walk and Lakeside Walk.

The Gale History Museum at Macquarie University

The Gale History Museum is located on the ground floor of 25C Wally's Walk. Opening in 2021, the Gale History Museum holds over 18,000 objects spanning over 5000 years of history and from over five continents.
The GHM's collections include material from:
  1. Ancient Egypt, from the Pre-Dynastic to the Graeco-Roman period.
  2. Ancient Greek culture, from Minoan and Mycenaean material to the Hellenistic period.
  3. Ancient Roman culture, from the Villanovan and Etruscan periods to the fifth century CE.
  4. Ancient Cyprus, from Early Cypriot to the Late Iron Ages.
  5. Ancient Near East including Israel and Mesopotamia, from the early third millennium BCE to the Late Iron Age.
  6. Indus Valley including a significant collection of material from a Bronze Age civilization located on the present day border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  7. White Hart Inn at Windsor, New South Wales- illustrating Sydney's expansion in the 19th Century, before the advent of the railway.
  8. Wartime Australia
  9. Australian Immigration post-war to the 1970s
  10. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations
  11. '''Papua New Guinea'''