The 10 Best Museums in Darlinghurst, New South Wales

COMA is a dynamic and engaging contemporary international art gallery exhibiting emerging to established artists in a variety of mediums. The gallery was designed to not only exhibit and promote emerging and established artists but to simultaneously concentrate on the conceptual aspects of their practice relating to these exhibitions, and foster an educational environment for the viewer. COMA is a family friendly location with a large variety of contemporary art to experience.

Tucked away in Darlinghurst, just minutes from Sydney CBD and behind the Australian Museum, the Australian Museum of Magical Arts is a secret museum that stores and exhibits historical, artistic and cultural artefacts of the art of magic. Hosted by a magician Tour Departures commence 11.30am & 1.30pm Tuesday to Friday and 1.30pm Saturdays & Sundays. Dusk tours 7.00pm As you walk through secret spaces of a magician’s theatre, you enter another world, filled with hidden treasures and untold mysteries. The museum not only holds unrevealed plans of illusions, magic tricks, drawings, patents, literature on magic, posters, costumes, but also magicians illusions such as the levitation, sawing woman in half and girl to tiger to name but a few . The Australian Museum of the Magical Arts offers a fascinating opportunity to expose oneself to new experiences and explore new things in a rich, creative and inspirational environment. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL To book please visit the website

The Australian Museum, opposite Hyde Park in Sydney has recently undergone a $56.5 million dollar refurbishment. Established in 1827, the Australian Museum, the nation’s first museum, is committed to its leading work in scientific research, STEM education and creating world-class exhibitions for Australian and international visitors alike. As the custodian of over 20,000 cultural objects held in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection and many thousands from across the Pacific, the AM is also an important site of cultural exchange and learning.

For forty-five years the Australian Centre for Photography (ACP) has been the leading advocate for photography and photo media. It has supported and promoted contemporary artists, educated audiences and students of photography, and inspired conversations through lens-based creative practices. The ACP showcases exciting contemporary lens-based media from Australia and overseas, in an agile and site-responsive program of exhibitions and public forums. The ACP’s national and international touring program consists of ACP-curated exhibitions travelling to museums and galleries in regional Australia and overseas.

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DOMINIK MERSCH GALLERY (DMG) was founded in 2006 in Sydney. With the aim to exhibit work that has an indelible impact aesthetically and conceptually, DMG challenges and engages its clients and broader audience by presenting the finest artist at the forefront of contemporary art practice. DMG represents artists with impeccable artistic execution and demonstration of skill within their work.