It's worth it to spend an hour with the audio guide. The recreation of the barracks are amazing, and you get a great sense of Sydney history here.

Interesting background, culture, insight into the early days of Australia. Far superior than the Australian museum down the road if you only had one

The barracks were super interesting to walk through. I really didn't know much about the convict history of Australia, so this was eye opening. The museum does a great job of giving information through the audio guide while you walk through the well presented barracks.

A very easy museum to get to. This museum provides an excellent view of convict history. The material on Governor Lachlan Macquarie is also very interesting. What a past we have.

Very interesting and well-presented history of the building as it relates to the history of Sydney and also a good selection of artefacts relevant to the building presented along with it. Well worth an hour or so. We picked up the museum pass there which...More

It cost $12 adult for a visit. We spent over two hours here. The displays are very well done. As a relative of a convict transported during this time it was interesting how they lived. Worth a visit.

Spent a fascinating hour here although you could easily spend longer. Each floor is devoted to a different era of the barracks history; the ground floor deals with convicts, the first floor tells the immigrants' story and so on. It's well worth taking the audio...More

Loads and loads of information and so well displayed. The museum is a must of history lovers or anyone interested in Australian history. There are interactive displays, very interesting convict history, the building itself is interesting, don't miss the memorials along the side. Awesome place!

Took our primary school kids and found this small museum really interesting. Convict history, some interactive displays,

Mostr popular by far with tourists. Never seems to be a day go by where there isn't some group of overseas visitors going around the grounds. Features lovely historical within the grounds to see and has a very lovely coffee shop on the grounds. a...More