Hours and admission | Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney

Hours and admission

Opening hours

The Anzac Memorial is open daily from 9am to 5pm.
Closed Christmas Day (25 December) and Good Friday (7 April 2023).

Admission to the Memorial is free

Occasional special events may result in the Memorial's closure for short periods. Please check our web page before you visit to avoid disappointment.

If you would like to chat to one of our staff about planning your visit, please call us directly on
(02) 8262 2900 or email manager@anzacmemorial.nsw.gov.au.

The health and wellbeing of our visitors, staff and volunteers is our priority, please postpone your visit if you are unwell.

On this day

3 June

1942 — Battle of MIDWAY began. This decisive victory by the US Navy over the Japanese Navy shifted the balance of sea power in the Pacific and forced Japan to abandon plans to attack New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa. Japanese losses were 4 aircraft carriers, 1 cruiser, 248 aircraft, and over 3,000 sailors. American losses were 1 aircraft carrier, 1 destroyer, 150 aircraft, and 307 men

1944 — 78 Squadron, RAAF, carried out the last major air combat by the RAAF in WW2, off BIAK Island, New Guinea. 10 enemy planes were shot down for the loss of one Australian plane and pilot

1969 — HMAS MELBOURNE collided with USS FRANK E EVANS in the South China Sea. EVANS was cut in half and 74 of her crew were killed