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

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

Powerhouse Renewal

People waiting outside a building.
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

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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People waiting outside a building.

Castle Hill Science Day

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when
Ended 10 Aug 2024
price
Free
where
Castle Hill

Hands-on science fun for all ages at Powerhouse Castle Hill.

Program

Sky Broadcasts
10am–3.30pm
Create messages to send to space with artist Lauren Brincat.


Star Emissions
10am–3.30pm
Create star maps in this workshop led by artist Michaela Gleave. Interpret the sky using telescopes from Sydney Observatory.


Signs of Life
10am–12.30pm
Learn about the search for life on Mars with Australian Centre for Field Robotics.


Sky Stories

10.30am, 11.30am, 1pm and 2pm
Join us for story time, including readings of Stellarphant by James Foley and Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers.


Collection Highlights Tour
11am, 1pm and 3pm
Explore the museum in this tour and hear about the objects on display.


Collection Storage Tour
10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm
Explore the newest collection storage facility in this family-friendly interactive tour.
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Artists

Lauren Brincat is an artist working with performance, video, installation and sculpture. Brincat’s work probes historical failures of language, integrating local communities while exploring non-verbal modes of expression.

Michaela Gleave is an artist who explores the intersections of science, art and the natural world. Gleave’s work incorporates astronomy, light and ephemeral phenomena, challenging perceptions of time and space.

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