The rocks discovery museum
The Rocks Discovery Museum in Sydney, Australia is located on Kendall Lane off Argyle Street in The Rocks. The Rocks Discovery Museum is open every day between ten am and five pm. The entry is free but you can donate a gold coin, which would be a good thing. The Rocks Discovery Museum lets you have an amazing insight into early convict lifestyles. `
Artefacts found in old wells and other archeological digs can be seen in The Rocks Discovery Museum. The convicts first built houses along the ridges above The Rocks in Sydney and then along laneways that pre-date the streets of old Sydney. For the first time since 1998 the archeological dig in the Rocks was open to the public recently. Many people can trace their ancestry back to this site and to the Rocks in general. The Rocks could be said to be the birthplace of modern Australia.
More than seven hundred and fifty thousand archeological items or artefacts have been excavated at the dig site at the rocks discovery museum which is situated between Cumberland Street and Gloucester Street. The site was excavated under the auspices of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority. Call (02) 9251 8804 for more information or visit their website at rocksdiscoverymuseum.com