Current Exhibitions
- Hidden History of Banking
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![The mock trial [Scene inside Newgate Prison],(detail), 1812 / painted by Francis Greenway. Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW. ML1002](/Museum/Exhibitions/_images/thumb-hidden-history-banking.jpg "The mock trial [Scene inside Newgate Prison],(detail), 1812 / painted by Francis Greenway. Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW. ML1002")
- Although convicts are often portrayed as penniless, they usually arrived in New South Wales with sums of money. This display showcases original records of convicts deposits held by the Reserve Bank, and interprets the relationship between convicts and money through historical documents, paintings, literature, artefacts and film.