Look and learn

Museum Moment. Want to know how it all began? The Museum of Sydney / cnr Phillip & Bridge Sts / City / 9251 5988 / 10am-5pm daily / is fascinating, poignant and has a great cafe. Hyde Park Barracks / Macquarie St / City / 8239 2311 / 10am-5pm daily / gives insight into convict life and is a sobering hour. Susannah Place / Susannah Pl / 58 Gloucester St / The Rocks / 9241 1893 / 2-5pm daily / by pre-booked tour only / gives you a taste of early working class life in a row of terraced houses complete with brick thunderboxes. All details at sydneylivingmuseums.com.au