The Australian Museum in Sydney is opening a new exhibition next Saturday, 16 August, that turns vintage household items into detailed LEGO® worlds.
RELICS: A New World Rises is the creation of former LEGO® Masters champions Jackson Harvey and Alex Towler. The pair have spent years crafting miniature societies inside upcycled objects, each packed with tiny Minifigure scenes.
The exhibition blends art installation with science fiction, imagining the year 2130 — a time when nature is reclaiming the planet after human abandonment and LEGO® civilisations have emerged from the remains of consumer culture.
A refrigerator is reimagined as a cryogenic health resort. A typewriter becomes a bustling newspaper office. There’s even a newly built ‘Museum of Humanity’, designed especially for this show.
Towler says each Minifigure is given its own backstory, helping to bring the miniature worlds to life. Harvey hopes visitors will think more about the afterlife of everyday items, saying that even objects destined for the bin can be given a new purpose.
The show features 14 large-scale displays, an interactive build zone for visitors to create and exhibit their own models, and scavenger hunts for both adults and children.
RELICS has already toured Australia and New Zealand, but this is the first time it’s been staged at the Australian Museum.
Event details:
- What: RELICS: A New World Rises
- When: From Saturday 16 August 2025
- Where: Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney
- Tickets: Adult $29, Concession $25, Child (4–15) $19, Under 4 free
Tickets are available via the Australian Museum website.
