June-December 2005
Admission Free
The opening exhibition features over 75 fascinating original objects, photographs and footage relating to the Sydney's coffee palaces of the 1880s through to the migrant-influenced bohemian café culture of the 1950s and 60s, Coffee Customs surveys the social history of one of Sydney's most significant imported commodities - coffee.
Coffee Customs will celebrate the history of Sydney's coffee culture, and offer a unique insight into a commodity which, having passed through the hands of Sydney's customs officials and into the hands of the post-war immigrants has become an essential part of our daily lives.
A catalogue will be also available for sale from the Information Desk.
