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

Blurred image from film with museum object number

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Arches in a room with Collection items

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
Five people dressed in white sit on the floor around black pots and surrounded by black pots.

Sydney Design Week

Across SydneyEnded 19 Sept 2024
Shadows cast by the Powerhouse Parramatta exoskeleton on concrete

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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Arches in a room with Collection items
Program

1001 Remarkable Objects

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when
Ended 4 Feb 2024
where
Ultimo

1001 Remarkable Objects presents an unexpected juxtaposition of objects in 25 rooms that lead us on a journey across time and memory. The selection includes objects that have never been exhibited until now alongside much loved Powerhouse Collection icons.

‘We rejected the nomenclature of “treasures” or “masterpieces” and instead determined all choices must be in some way “remarkable” – whether by virtue of rarity, visual appeal, social history or an ability to invoke wonder.’
Leo Schofield AM

Extraordinary objects include the only surviving fragment of the Lockheed Altair aircraft Lady Southern Cross flown by pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith for his final flight in 1935; a section of original Transatlantic cable from 1858; a mousetrap making machine designed in Sydney; an Edo period samurai warrior’s suit of armour; a 1.5 metre tall Mintons ceramic peacock from the 1870s and a Detroit Electric car manufactured in 1917.

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1001 Remarkable Objects

1001 Remarkable Objects

On sale 8 December 2023. A celebration of the scale, breadth and relevance of the decorative arts and design collections held by Powerhouse Museum, 1001 Remarkable Objects catalogues the eponymous exhibition at Powerhouse Ultimo which opened 26 August 2023.
Dress in exhibition.
Fabric hanging within exhibition.
Arches in exhibition, from room to room.
Array of mannequins on display.
Archways in exhibition.
Red walled corner in exhibition.
Archways in exhibition.
Dark, exhibition with arches for displayed objects.
Arches in an exhibition, from room to room.
Exhibition with arches through to other rooms.
Kimono in exhibition.
First nation art on display.
Metal armour in exhibition.
A contraption made from metal and electronic components.
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Standard ‘Supreme’ mousetrap making machine by AW Standfield and Co.  Photo: Anthony Potter.
Object No. 2001/85/1-1
Bust sculpture of Baron Schmiedel
Airplane wheel and metal fixture
Pink showgirl outfit on mannequin
High platform blue snake shoe