SYDNEY HARBOUR ICONS MEDIA RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2015 WITH LEGO® BRICKS
Sydney Living Museums presents Sydney Harbour Icons with LEGO® Bricks, a world- premiere exhibition at the Museum of Sydney from 7 November 2015 that brings to life the spectacle of Sydney Harbour in colourful LEGO.
Australia’s only certified LEGO® professional Ryan McNaught has recreated Sydney Harbour’s most iconic and visionary structures, as well as some of its most famous moments, in a series of playful LEGO® installations incorporating world-first fireworks, lights, movement and almost 1000 minifigs.
Visitors will see a flotilla of harbour watercraft including Sydney to Hobart maxi yachts, a tug boat, ocean liner and the Endeavour tall ship, as well as a cross section through the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
Across the Harbour will be the joyously grinning face of Luna Park, the waterfront amusement park where generations of Sydneysiders have been thrilled and enchanted, along with the Park’s Ferris Wheel, Wild Mouse roller coaster and Crystal Palace.
Central to the exhibition will be a giant model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, made from over 130,000 LEGO® bricks, and complete with traffic, pedestrians, criss-crossing commuter trains and the Harbour Tunnel underneath. Suspended above the exhibition will be a trio of exploding LEGO® fireworks.
Visitors to the exhibition will have fun exploring the intricate detail within Ryan’s LEGO® creations; discover minifigs at the opera, on a cruise, having fun at Luna Park and climbing the harbour bridge. Perhaps even spot a Sydney celebrity or two amongst the sea of bricks.
“Sydney Harbour Icons with LEGO® Bricks recreates the magic of our world-famous harbour in a creative and playful way. Visitors will marvel at the charming level of detail featured in each of the LEGO® structures, which are just as eye-catching as the real-life versions,” said Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon, Assistant Director, Creative Services at Sydney Living Museums.
Historic Houses Trust of NSW, incorporating Sydney Living Museums, cares for significant historic places, buildings, landscapes and collections. It is a statutory authority of, and principally funded by, the New South Wales Government.
HEAD OFFICE: The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000 • T 02 8239 2288 • F 02 8239 2299 • sydneylivingmuseums.com.au
SYDNEY HARBOUR ICONS MEDIA RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2015 WITH LEGO® BRICKS
The exhibition will also take visitors behind the scenes, exploring the techniques and tricks used by Ryan McNaught in creating his vivid and imaginative models, as well as interviews filmed on board and on top of these spectacular Sydney Harbour icons.
Best of all, visitors will be able to put their own LEGO® skills to the test. The exhibition will be brimming with over 500,000 loose LEGO® and DUPLO® bricks for visitors of all ages to assemble, share and display their own inspired creations. See if you can match the playfulness and wit of Ryan McNaught or perhaps even add your own harbour icon to the display.
Sydney Harbour Icons with LEGO® Bricks is the second exhibition developed by Sydney Living Museums with LEGO® professional Ryan McNaught and follows the highly successful Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO® Bricks which drew record crowds to the Museum of Sydney earlier this year.
“I was thrilled to work with Sydney Living Museums again on this latest exhibition, recreating some of Sydney Harbour’s much-loved landmarks. It’s been challenging but terrific fun to build these LEGO® models, bringing them to life with interactive elements and an array of colourful minifigs,” said Ryan McNaught.
EXHIBITION: Sydney Harbour Icons with LEGO® Bricks DATE: 7 November 2015 - 31 July 2016 VENUE: Museum of Sydney Cnr Phillip and Bridge streets, Sydney TICKETS: $15 adult, $15 child, $45 family (4 people), children 3 and under free BOOKINGS: online at slm.is/harbouricons or phone 1300 448 849
MEDIA ENQUIRIES: Hayley Gallant Media Manager, Sydney Living Museums T 8239 2318 or 0403 848 163 E [email protected]
Sydney Harbour icons built with LEGO bricks. Photos: James Horan for Sydney Living Museums.
Historic Houses Trust of NSW, incorporating Sydney Living Museums, cares for significant historic places, buildings, landscapes and collections. It is a statutory authority of, and principally funded by, the New South Wales Government.
HEAD OFFICE: The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000 • T 02 8239 2288 • F 02 8239 2299 • sydneylivingmuseums.com.au