A silver gelatin dry plate glass negative in landscape format.

Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

Sepia photograph of the Technological Museum and a cow in the foreground

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Sepia photograph of the Technological College and Museum in Broken Hill

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Black and white photograph of man walking through eucalyptus plantation

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Colour photograph of red corrugated iron building from a high vantage point

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Powerhouse Museum, Stage 2 exterior from high angle, city skyline in background

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

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Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

Two people standing next to a cow in a field of cows.

Powerhouse Food: Producers

Across Western Sydney24 Aug 2024 — 25 Jul 2025

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

A tall rocket with a long trail of burning fuel lifts off from a launchpad at Cape Canaveral.

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

Photofields

Across Sydney6—7 Dec

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

A woman stands on stage in front of a large audience. She has her left hand raised in the air and a microphone in her right hand. The audience are holding their phones up recording the woman.

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse x We Are Warriors

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Powerhouse continues to evolve alongside our communities with generous support from individuals, trusts, foundations and corporate partners.

Donations and Bequests

Powerhouse welcomes donations to support the delivery of world class exhibitions, educational programs and care for and expand our diverse Collection. To learn about our giving programs and bespoke partnerships, please email philanthropy@powerhouse.com.au

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A Fine Possession: Jewellery and Identity

Anne Schofield AM gifts extraordinary personal jewellery collection

Donate an Object to the Collection

We welcome offers of donation to the Powerhouse Collection.

Powerhouse is custodian to more than half a million objects of national and international significance and is recognised as one of the great repositories of stories of innovation and achievement across the applied arts and sciences.

To discuss donating to the Powerhouse Collection please fill in a donation form providing clear photographs and information about the object’s condition and history. The curatorial team will assess if your object meets the Museum's Collection Development Policy.

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Stories

Rare birds

Zandra Rhodes Donation

A woman’s brown hands on top and in between the opening of a blue shirt with a white vertical pattern.

Gail Mabo

Deed of Deposit

David Jones Archive

A new exhibition marking the gift of the archive to Powerhouse

Photograph of Quran with two hands on page

Moments In Waiting

Spreading the word is essential to building the cultural wealth we have together as an Ummah

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Support

Building Powerhouse Parramatta

A variety of corporations, foundations, government agencies, and individuals are supporting the building of Powerhouse Parramatta.

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Powerhouse Ultimo Revitalisation Design Concept

Revitalising Powerhouse Ultimo

Powerhouse Ultimo is being revitalised to deliver expanded museum exhibition and learning spaces within a new dynamic creative industries precinct for Sydney.

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