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|website = [http://www.sydneybusmuseum.com/ www.sydneybusmuseum.com]}}
'''Sydney Bus Museum''' (formerly the '''Sydney Bus and Truck Museum''') is a not-for-profit organisation made up of over 200 volunteer members who preserve a rare, and invaluable collection of historic buses. The organisation also operate a transportation museum and education centre for public benefit located in the suburb of [[Leichhardt, New South Wales|Leichhardt]], in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. The museum is open to the public on the first and third Sunday of each month.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hoh|first1=Amanda|title=All aboard as Sydney Bus Museum reopens in Leichhardt|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-08/sydney-bus-museum-reopens/7700194|accessdate=28 November 2016|work=abc.net.au|date=8 August 2016|archive-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128140615/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-08/sydney-bus-museum-reopens/7700194|url-status=live}}</ref>
The museum restores, maintains, displays and operates over 80 buses and support vehicles from the 1920s to 2000s. This mainly includes both single-decker and double-decker buses from Sydney and regional NSW, including both government and privately operated vehicles. The collection also includes double-decker buses from Hong Kong and London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneybusmuseum.com/fleet.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326075232/http://www.sydneybusmuseum.com/fleet.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 March 2012|title=Museum Vehicles|work=sydneybusmuseum.com|accessdate=28 June 2011}}</ref> It also provides buses for historical events,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/panic-buying--thats-when-the-claus-are-out/2007/12/23/1198344885827.html|title=Panic buying - that's when the Claus' are out|last=Hawkins|first=Peter|date=24 December 2007|work=Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=27 June 2011|archive-date=8 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108071233/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/panic-buying--thats-when-the-claus-are-out/2007/12/23/1198344885827.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and has also had buses appear in film and photo shoots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.djibnet.com/photo/melbourne+and+metropolitan+tramways+board/british-airways-concorde-jet-registration-g-boad-and-sydney-bus-museum-aec-regal-iii-352-at-sydney-airport-new-south-wales-australia-4218004785.html|title=British Airways Concorde Jet and Sydney Bus Museum AEC Regal III 352 at Sydney Airport|date=12 October 1996|work=djibnet.com|accessdate=27 June 2011|archive-date=15 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315192627/http://www.djibnet.com/photo/melbourne+and+metropolitan+tramways+board/british-airways-concorde-jet-registration-g-boad-and-sydney-bus-museum-aec-regal-iii-352-at-sydney-airport-new-south-wales-australia-4218004785.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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