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The Alexander Mackintosh Archive

Join Mel Flyte, Collections Discovery Assistant at Museums of History NSW, for a special viewing of the Alexander Mackintosh Archive. View some of the beautifully hand-drawn plans, detail drawings, and specification documents along with pictorial material.

The archive includes more than 270 architectural drawings and specification documents relating to the work of master builder Alexander Mackintosh (1859–1937).

Emigrating to Australia in 1885 as a journeyman joiner, Mackintosh went on to become a successful building contractor, working with many of Sydney’s leading architects of the early 20th century.

After Mackintosh’s death in 1937, the archive was forgotten in the roof space of the house he had built for himself and his daughters. The family home was sold in 1981, but it was only in the 1990s that the rolled documents were found. Stained and damaged from their long sojourn under the roof, they are nevertheless a remarkable surviving record that details the work of well-known Sydney architects such as W Hardy Wilson, B J Waterhouse, John Burcham Clamp and James Peddle.

Event date

13 May 2025

Event Details

Address:
The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW
Times:

12pm-1pm
2pm-3pm

Entry fees:
Free
Booking:
Prebooking requiredhttps://staging.mhnsw.au/whats-on/events/the-alexander-mackintosh-archive/
Website:
https://mhnsw.au/collections-series/
Onsite facilities:
Social:
Other things
you need to know:
There are two sessions.