Powerhouse Museum - Program Archives

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Country Always

Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Expanding Stories

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

Transforming the Tramsheds

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

2024

Exoskeleton

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Powerhouse Parramatta Topping Out

Powerhouse Parramatta Topping Out

Major construction milestone achieved for the new museum

2025

Program Archives

A museum is more than the physical container that holds it. It is everything that gets us to this moment. Powerhouse Museum maintains a public archive of past programs dating back to its beginnings in the 1880s.

1880–1889

1890–1899

1900–1909

1910–1919

1920–1929

1930–1939

1940–1949

1950–1959

1960–1969

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

2020–2029

Collection of 'High Class Pottery'

Ended 1 Jan 1892Technological Museum

Animal Vegetable Mineral

Ended 15 Mar 1893Technological Museum

Marketable Fishes of New South Wales

Ended 1 Jan 1897Technological Museum

Naval Architecture

Ended 11 Jan 1907Technological Museum

Wool Court

Ended 1 Jan 1903Technological Museum

The Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum

Ended 3 May 1889Agricultural Hall

Australian Flora Applied to Art

Ended 1 Jan 1906Technological Museum

Exhibition display for Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Collection of 'High Class Pottery'

Marketable Fishes of New South Wales

Naval Architecture

Wool Court

The Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum

Sepia photograph of museum botanical display

Sydney Science Festival

Ended 4 Oct 2025Across Sydney

Sydney Science Festival

The Evolution of the Marine Steam Engine

Ended 26 Apr 1940Technological Museum

The Evolution of the Marine Steam Engine

Westfield Travelling Expo

Ended 1 Jan 1989Harwood Building

Noughts and Crosses

Ended 23 Apr 1955Technological Museum

Westfield Travelling Expo

Noughts and Crosses

The Thornett Collection of Asian Applied Art

Ended 1 Jan 1966Technological Museum

Display of Handlooms

Ended 22 Apr 1927Technological Museum

Golden Jubilee of Broadcasting

Ended 1 Jan 1973Technological Museum

Full-Scale Model of Apollo Lunar Landing Module

Ended 1 Jan 1974Technological Museum

Applied Art Metal Courts

Ended 1 Jan 1910Technological Museum

Science for Survival

Ended 27 Apr 1990Ultimo

Mod to Memphis

Ended 2 Feb 2003Ultimo

Display of Handlooms

Virtual Reality

Ended 1 Jul 1992Ultimo

Museum on the Move

Ended 1 Sept 1989Satellite

The Thornett Collection of Asian Applied Art

Golden Jubilee of Broadcasting

Full-Scale Model of Apollo Lunar Landing Module

Science for Survival

Sectioned working model of six cylinder Essex motor Chassis

Ended 1 Jan 1930Technological Museum

Like No Other

Ended 25 Aug 2024David Jones, Elizabeth Street Store

Electric Keys

Ended 2 Jun 2023Ultimo

Marc Newson: Design Works

Ended 3 Feb 2002Ultimo

Applied Art Metal Courts

Mod to Memphis

Virtual Reality

Lawrence Hargrave Memorial Court

Ended 1 Jan 1967Technological Museum

Powerhouse Castle Hill Opening Celebrations

Ended 24 Mar 2024Castle Hill

Interface: People, Machines, Design

Ended 15 Aug 2014Ultimo

Common Good

Ended 2 Dec 2018Ultimo

Five Hundred Arhats of Changnyeongsa

Ended 15 May 2022Ultimo

This is a Voice

Ended 21 Apr 2017Ultimo

Arcadia

Ended 4 Jun 2023Ultimo

View of Electric Keys showing keyboard instruments from the collection. A Hammond B3 organ from 1955 is in the foreground and the oldest keyboard instrument in the country, a Virginal from 1629, can be seen on the right. Photographed by Zan Wimberley.

Marc Newson: Design Works

Sectioned working model of six cylinder Essex motor Chassis

Like No Other

100 Climate Conversations

Ended 4 Feb 2024Ultimo

Powerhouse Food: Little India

Ended 3 Dec 2025Harris Park

EcoLogic: Creating a Sustainable Future

Ended 31 Dec 2021Ultimo

Blak Powerhouse 2025

Ended 26 Jan 2025Manning House

Autumn School Holidays 2025

Ended 27 Apr 2025Across Sydney

Coexistence | Open Architecture

Ended 19 Sept 2025UTS Great Hall

Sydney Observatory Late

Ended 16 Aug 2023Sydney Observatory

Invisible Revealed

Ended 25 Sept 2022Ultimo

Photograph, black and white, models on display in Hargrave Memorial Court

Powerhouse Castle Hill Opening Celebrations

Interface: People, Machines, Design

ALT: GAMES 2025

Ended 13 Apr 2025PHIVE

Alchemy

Ended 11 Aug 2024Castle Hill

Talanoa Forum: Moana Rising

Ended 12 Oct 2023Ultimo

Photofields

Ended 15 Nov 2025PHIVE

Atmospheric Memory

Ended 5 Nov 2023Ultimo

Eucalyptusdom

Ended 28 Aug 2022Ultimo

Museum on the Move

EcoLogic: Creating a Sustainable Future

two women speaking on a short stage in front of a camera and an audience

Crowd of people holding lights up towards the people on stage.

Two figures smiling for the camera.

The Box Collection of Shoes, Spurs and Buckles

Ended 1 Jan 1942Technological Museum

Language Typographies | Vincent Chan

Ended 22 Sept 2025Parramatta Town Hall

Diwali

Ended 25 Oct 2025Castle Hill

Powerhouse Lane 2024

Ended 26 Oct 2024Parramatta Lanes

Sydney Design Week

Ended 24 Sept 2025Across Sydney

Absolutely Queer

Ended 4 Feb 2024Ultimo

Blak Powerhouse 2024

Ended 26 Jan 2024Ultimo

Unpopular

Ended 3 Jun 2023Ultimo

Clay Dynasty

Ended 29 Jan 2023Ultimo

Unlocking Sustainable Collection Practices

Ended 28 May 2025Museum of the Riverina

Blak Powerhouse

Ended 26 Jan 2026Manning House

Paradise Camp

Ended 4 Feb 2024Ultimo

1001 Remarkable Objects

Ended 4 Feb 2024Ultimo

Kerosene Shale Display

Ended 1 Jan 1912Technological Museum

Art Cars

Ended 2 Jun 1990Ultimo

Spitz Planetarium

Ended 15 Dec 1950Technological Museum

ALT: GAMES 2025

Women touching a traditionally woven mat on atop fabric on the floor.

Photographic negative, Aroma coastline, glass / silver / gelatin, published by Kerry and Co,

Winter School Holidays 2025

Ended 20 Jul 2025Across Sydney

Ngaramang Bayumi

Ended 15 Feb 1999Ultimo

Future Scan

Ended 21 Apr 1989Ultimo

Musical Instruments

Ended 25 Apr 1975Technological Museum

Changes

Ended 2 Mar 1980Technological Museum

Plastics Industry

Ended 29 Sept 1934Technological Museum

Future Fashion

Ended 7 Dec 2025Castle Hill

Transparent Woman

Ended 23 Dec 1954Technological Museum

Printing Trades Exhibit

Ended 1 Jan 1928Technological Museum

Sydney Science Festival 2023

Ended 20 Aug 2023Across Sydney

Common Good

Five Hundred Arhats of Changnyeongsa

This is a Voice

Arcadia text on green background

Diwali

The Box collection of shoes, spurs and buckles

Pop art collage with many bright colours and overlapping graphics.

Language Typographies | Vincent Chan

Sydney Design Week

Powerhouse Late

Ended 14 Dec 2023Ultimo

Sydney Design Week 2024

Ended 19 Sept 2024Across Sydney

Numismatic Display

Ended 1 Jan 1964Technological Museum

OCEAN WE'VE | Workshops

Ended 31 Jan 2026Across Western Sydney

Sydney Science Festival 2024

Ended 17 Aug 2024Across Sydney

A Line A Web A World

Ended 4 Feb 2024Ultimo

Powerhouse Food: Producers 1

Ended 25 Jul 2025Across Western Sydney

Boulton and Watt Steam Engine

Ended 25 Apr 1930Technological Museum

Microcars

Ended 7 Aug 2022Ultimo

Research Symposium 2025

Ended 17 Mar 2025UTS

Future Leaders Forum

Ended 5 Jun 2025Castle Hill

Moon Festival

Ended 2 Oct 2025Sydney Observatory

Dick Smith: First Solo Helicopter Flight

Ended 15 Jun 2025Castle Hill

Zampatti Powerhouse

Ended 11 Jun 2023Ultimo

Sydney Design Week 2023

Ended 24 Sept 2023Across Sydney

Autumn paper artwork.

Coexistence | Open Architecture

The stars in the Galaxy

Small horse figure on a plinth in front of a large black and white neutron tomography scan of the same horse figure.

Winter in cut out artwork.

Ngaramang Bayumi

Future Scan

Opening: Future Fashion

Ended 2 Aug 2025Castle Hill

On Time

Ended 2 Oct 2025Sydney Observatory

Graphic Identities

Ended 4 Jul 2022Ultimo

Regional Stakeholder Forum 2025

Ended 27 Nov 2025Castle Hill

Shared Spaces | Iwan Baan

Ended 23 Sept 2025UTS Great Hall

Sites of Ritual | Bonnyrigg

Ended 20 Sept 2025Bibbys Place

Porous Cities | Kotchakorn Voraakhom

Ended 24 Sept 2025Parramatta Town Hall

Lunar Eclipse Live: Sydney to Nagoya

Ended 3 Mar 2026Sydney Observatory

Summer School Holidays 2024

Ended 30 Jan 2025Across Sydney

Powerhouse Lane

Ended 25 Oct 2025Parramatta Lanes

HUMANS Deep Space Message

Ended 27 Feb 2026Across Sydney

Heat and Resilience | Francis Kéré

Ended 12 Sept 2025Parramatta Town Hall

Opening: Powerhouse Materials x Andy Griffiths

Ended 22 Nov 2025Castle Hill

A photograph of four young women sitting outside in the sunshine, at a picnic table, with a delicious looking layer cake in front of them.

wall of mist with child

sacred painted tree trunks stand upright in a dark room

Numismatic Display

OCEAN WE'VE | Workshops

Artist Xin Liu floating with arm outstretched against a black background. She wears a full-length grey body suit with long sleeves with bare feet and hands.

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

Black and white image of Corin bent over a keyboard.

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

Microcars

Man sits in front of projection of sun drawing

Boulton and Watt Steam Engine

View of a mannequin from the waist up wearing a bold, colourful costume with large arch head piece. The headpiece has feathers, streamers, and other found materials sticking out from the main structure.

A woman performs in front of an audience who are holding their phone lights in the air.

A large wall covered in a variety of brightly coloured band posters. A woman dressed in black is looking at the wall.

Ceramic bowls displayed on brick plinth.

Two people packing a sculpture with secure wooden beams.

A photo looking up to a two level building, crowds filling the balconies. Bright posters and the Aboriginal flag hangs over the edges, while the crowd looks to the left watching a stage show.

people posing for the camera

Arches in a room with eclectic collection items on display.

Kerosene Shale Display

Art Cars

Spitz Planetarium

An abstract and hazy monochromatic image of three models.

Shared Spaces | Iwan Baan

A close up of a clock face.

Graphic Identities

Regional Stakeholder Forum 2025

Porous Cities | Kotchakorn Voraakhom

Sites of Ritual | Bonnyrigg

Musical Instruments

Exhibition of industrial home items

Plastics Industry

An abstract high contrast image of the back of a model, wearing a shiny leather jacket.

Transparent Woman

Printing Trades Exhibit

metalic wind panels

Research Symposium 2025

Student looking into a tool.

Moon Festival

Dick Smith and Bell Jetranger helicopter flown around the world

Zampatti Powerhouse

'Amodern' sits above a shadow of a figure amongst pillars of a building

Total lunar eclipse showing the Moon fully immersed in Earth's shadow, appearing deep orange-red (blood moon) with visible surface details and a starry black background.

Summer School Holidays 2024

Powerhouse Lane

Black and white image of gloved hands holding a square sleeve carrying the HUMANS vinyl, a circular disc made with nanotechnology and white etchings.

Heat and Resilience | Francis Kéré

Opening: Powerhouse Materials x Andy Griffiths