Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
MCA Australia
A contemporary art museum in an Art Deco building on the west side of Circular Quay. Free to visit, and the top-floor café faces the Opera House.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia sits on the west shore of Circular Quay. Its main building is a 1950s Art Deco former Maritime Services Board building, and a white geometric new wing was added in 2012. The museum focuses on contemporary Australian and Aboriginal art. Its permanent collection and rotating special exhibitions are both worth seeing, and many works are highly interactive. Permanent displays are free. The top-floor café and sculpture terrace face the bay and look across the water at the Sydney Opera House, one of the best places in the city to see it. It sits close to The Rocks and the Circular Quay ferry wharves, so it is an easy stop while exploring The Rocks.
Opening hours
10:00 am–5:00 pm (Wednesdays until 9:00 pm)
Nearby sights
- Circular Quay
- The Rocks
- Sydney Observatory
- Sydney Opera House
- Barangaroo Reserve
- Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
- Sydney Tower Eye