Macleay Museum

Macleay Museum
Edgeworth David Building that houses the Macleay Museum
Map
Former name
Museum of Antiquities
Established1887 (1887)
Dissolved22 November 2016 (2016-11-22)
LocationScience Road, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°53′07″S 151°11′17″E / 33.8852°S 151.1881°E / -33.8852; 151.1881
TypeNatural history museum
Collections
  • Colonial/Australian entomology
  • Colonial/Australian ethnography
  • Scientific instruments and apparatus
  • Colonial/Australian historic photographs
Collection size79,000+
Founder
Director, University MuseumsDavid Ellis
(since 2013)
Curator
  • Jan Brazier (History)
  • Rebecca Conway (Ethnography)
  • Anthony Gill (Natural History)
ArchitectGeorge Allen Mansfield
OwnerThe University of Sydney
Websitesydney.edu.au/museums/collections/macleay.shtml
New South Wales Heritage Database
(Local Government Register)
Official nameMacleay Museum; Macleay Museum Building, University of Sydney Including Interior
TypeLocal government heritage (built)
Criteriaa., c., d., e., f.
Designated14 December 2012
Reference no.I79
TypeEducation
CategoryUniversity

The Macleay Museum at The University of Sydney, was a natural history museum located on the University's Camperdown campus, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The museum was dissolved in 2016 and upon opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum in 2020, its collections were amalgamated into it.[1]

The Macleay Museum was added to the City of Sydney local government heritage list on 14 December 2012.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Chau Chak Wing Museum" (Press release). The University of Sydney. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Macleay Museum Building, University of Sydney Including Interior". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Macleay Museum". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 1 January 2020.