Art Gallery of New South Wales
One of Australia's largest public galleries — and walking in costs nothing.
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Open in The Domain since 1880, AGNSW brings Australian (including Indigenous), European, and Asian art together under free general admission. It has been Sydney's foremost public gallery for well over a century, with a dedicated Asian Gallery opened in 2003 adding further range to the collection.
What to look for
- Conrad Martens' Apsley Falls — the first work on paper by an Australian artist the gallery ever acquired, bought in 1875 for £50 from the government's very first grant
- The Indigenous Australian art collection, part of the free general collection alongside European and Asian works
- The Asian Gallery, a dedicated space opened in 2003
Free entry to the general collection; the gallery is in The Domain, central Sydney.
Art Gallery of New South Wales is one of 23 sights worth the detour in Sydney, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Sydney pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Sydney
- Sydney Opera HouseJørn Utzon won the design competition in 1957, directed construction, then resigned before it ever opened — Queen Elizabeth II cut the ribbon on 20 October 1973.
- Sydney Harbour BridgeWalk the arch of the world's tallest steel bridge — nicknamed "the Coathanger" — with Sydney Harbour spread out below you and the arch top rising 134 m above the water.
- Accor StadiumBuilt in 1999 for A$690 million, this was the largest Olympic stadium ever constructed — originally squeezing in 115,000 people.
- Sydney Tower EyeAt 309 m above the CBD, this is the highest observation deck in the Southern Hemisphere by deck elevation — clearing Auckland's Sky Tower by nearly 30 m.
- Australian MuseumThe world's fifth oldest natural history museum has been in Sydney since 1827 — older than the colony could really afford it.
- Taronga ZooFive thousand animals on the Mosman shore — and the Sydney skyline watches from across the water.