Free things to do in Sydney

24 museums and landmarks in Sydney are recorded as free entry by OpenStreetMap contributors, and 55 parks, viewpoints and beaches cost nothing by their nature. 36 of them give opening hours.

Contributors marked these as charging no admission. Museums and landmarks only: a zero here is a fact about the place, not an assumption about its kind.

Free by their nature rather than by a tag, so nobody checked these one by one — but a park being free needs no evidence.

Opening hours come from OpenStreetMap and can be out of date. A place is only marked open on Sunday when its record says so plainly.

Free museums — 24 places

Australian Museum
6-8
PH,Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Th-Tu 10:00-17:00; We 10:00-22:00
Open on Sunday
Hyde Park Barracks
Mo-Su 10:00-18:00
Open on Sunday
Australian National Maritime Museum
Murray Street 2
Mo-Su 10:00-16:00
Open on Sunday
The Mint
10
Mo-Fr 09:00-16:00; PH off
Museum of Sydney
Bridge Street
Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
Open on Sunday
Powerhouse Museum
Harris Street
closed "Closed for renovations"
Justice & Police Museum
Sa-Su 10:00-17:00
Open on Sunday
White Rabbit Gallery
Balfour Street 30-44
Mo-Tu off; We-Su 10:00-17:00
Open on Sunday
Elizabeth Bay House
Onslow Avenue 7
Su-Mo 10:00-16:00
Open on Sunday
Susannah Place Museum
Th-Sa 10:00-17:00
Brett Whiteley Studio
Th-Su 10:00-16:00
Open on Sunday
Australian Design Centre
William Street 101-115
Tu-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-16:00
Reserve Bank of Australia Museum
Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00
Opal Museum
Mo-Fr 10:30-17:30; Sa,Su 10:30-17:00
Open on Sunday
Coma Gallery
Abercrombie Street 27-39
Tu-Fr 10:00-17:00;Sa 10:00-16:00
UNSW Galleries
Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa-Su 12:00-17:00; PH off
Open on Sunday
Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf
Mo-Tu off; We 13:00-18:00; Th-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa-Su 10:00-17:00; PH off
Open on Sunday
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Mo off; Tu-Su 11:00-17:00
Open on Sunday
Michael Reid
Shepherd Street 109
Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00;Sa 11:00-15:00
Japan Foundation Gallery
Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00, Sa 11:00-16:00
Verge Gallery
Mo-We,Fr 10:00-17:00; Th 10:00-19:00; Sa "by appointment"; Su off
Josef Lebovic Gallery
Anzac Parade 103A
"By appointment or chance, Monday to Saturday"
Chau Chak Wing Museum
University Place
Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa-Su 12:00-16:00; PH off
Open on Sunday

Parks and gardens — 20 places

Royal Botanic Garden
Nov-Feb 07:00-20:00; Mar 07:00-18:30; Apr 07:00-18:00; May 07:00-17:30; Jun-Jul 07:00-17:00; Aug 07:00-17:30; Sep 07:00-18:00; Oct 07:00-19:30
Chinese Garden of Friendship
Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
Hyde Park
Centennial Park
24/7
Sydney Harbour National Park
sunrise-sunset
Wynyard Park
24/7
Belmore Park
Sydney Park
Wentworth Park
Tumbalong Park
The Domain
Fred Hollows Reserve
Balls Head Reserve
Vaucluse House
24/7
Redfern Park
Macquarie Place Park
24/7
McKell Park
Mo-Su 07:00-19:30
Anderson Park
Harmony Park
Nielsen Park

Viewpoints — 15 places

Pylon Lookout
10:00-16:00
Mount Steele
Harbour View Lookout
Berrys Bay Lookout
Larkin Street
24/7
Sydney Tower Eye
Will Ashton Lookout
24/7
East Crescent Reserve Lookout
Clifton Lane Steps
Rozelle Bay Lookout
Cahill Expressway Lookout
Blues Point Lookout
Mount Trefle
Bellevue Hill Lookout
Copes Lookout
Stanton Lookout

Beaches — 20 places

Bronte Beach
Greenwich Baths
Oct,Mar 07:00-18:00; Nov,Feb 07:00-19:00; Dec,Jan 07:00-20:00; Apr 07:00-17:00
Hayes Street Beach
Camp Cove Beach
Coogee Beach
Shark Beach
Lady Martins Beach
Clovelly Beach
Gibson's Beach
Milk Beach
Double Bay Beach
Bellamy Beach
Queens Beach
Tingara Beach
Hermit Beach
Kutti Beach
Rose Bay Beach
Watsons Bay
Whiting Beach
Seven Shillings Beach

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