The NSW Schoolhouse Museum, also known as the New South Wales Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education, is located within the school grounds of North Ryde Public School in North Ryde, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The museum includes a replica of an 1870s classroom to be found in the original 1877 school building. It was restored by volunteers in 1992 and officially opened by Virginia Chadwick, then the NSW Minister for Education in November 1992. As well as school furniture, the collection includes books, magazines, photographs and documents.

NSW Schoolhouse Museum

School groups visit the museum and are greeted by staff in 1870s period costumes. The students are given a lesson using pen and ink from inkwells in the classroom which has no artificial lighting.

NSW Schoolhouse Museum

The museum site and furniture is let to film and television crews, providing an additional source of income to that paid for school excursions. Entry is by appointment only.

NSW Schoolhouse Museum

The museum is managed by a committee of volunteers.

References

1992 establishments in Australia

Government buildings completed in 1877

Museums established in 1992

School museums

Museums in Sydney

Historic house museums in New South Wales

Local museums in Australia