Brewing and pubs

Tooth's poster
This Tooth's poster is one of almost 6000 pub paintings commissioned by Tooth & Co.

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This exhibition closed on Sunday 17 November 2002.

Brewing and pubs recreated the age of Tooth & Co, once Sydney's largest brewer. Visitors were able to see how a cooper made casks and find out how technology has changed work in a brewery. Compare the glamorous images promoted by pub paintings with the attitudes of the temperance movement and discover how to brew a beer on a computer interactive.

Brewing and pubs had two major themes. They show:

  • what is was like to work at the Kent and Waverley breweries
  • some of the ways Tooth’s and Resch’s products were advertised and sold.

Most of the objects and images used in
Brewing and pubs were donated by Tooth & Co. Brewing families.

exhibition interior

exhibition interior

Powerhouse publications
linkRefreshing!: art off the pub wall
linkBrewing and pubs exhibition brochure

Educational resources
pdfTeachers notes (pdf document)