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

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 2023

Powerhouse x We Are Warriors

Slider thumb2050

Stories

Blak Powerhouse 2023

Powerhouse x We Are Warriors

We Are Warriors is an Indigenous social enterprise dedicated to celebrating Blak excellence and empowering Indigenous youth. On 26 January, one of the most polarising days of the year, We Are Warriors took over Powerhouse Ultimo for Blak Powerhouse: We Are Warriors, taking back a day of sorrow and turning it into a day of power and positivity.

A man leaning forward and resting his right arm on his right knee. He is on stage for a performance and is holding a microphone in his right hand.

‘Creating this movement on this day for me, it gave it a new life … It has a new meaning now – it’s a day we get together and celebrate our greatness now.’

Nooky

A group of First Nations performers in traditional dress, mid dance. They are outside with an audience watching them.

‘The whole thing with We Are Warriors is ‘You can’t be what you can’t see.’ And to see what a young blakfulla from Nowra has put on today – that’s what the kids are going to look up to and it shows them they can do whatever they want to do.’

Kobie Dee

A medal featuring engraved images of colonists hoisting a British flag. A large ship is in the background. — 1/4
Medal commemorating Australian Bicentenary Settlement
Object No. 89/586-1/1

A poster with a yellow rising sun in the upper right corner and three large, smiling portraits (father, mother, child] in natural colours in the foreground. The grey background depicts the ocean and beach with people swimming. — 2/4
‘Follow the Sun’ travel poster
Object No. P3503-1

A black and white poster depicting participants of the Australian Aboriginal Day of Mourning, holding several signs saying 'Aborigines Conference Day of Mourning Aborigines Only', and 'Aborigines claim citizen rights'. Printed across the upper section of the work is the text '1938 Day of Mourning and Protest 60th Anniversary 26th January 1998'. Printed under the image is the text 'Remembering, Reaffirming, Rekindling the spirit of 1938.' — 3/4
'1938 Day of mourning and protest' poster by Brenda Palma (nee Saunders)
Object No. 2003/151/1

Illustrated poster featuring image of Indigenous people raising the Indigenous flag. — 4/4
Poster, 'Land Rights Dance', designed by Chips Mackinolty
Object No. 2007/56/53

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

Gallery

A First Nations performer in traditional dress is mid performance and is holding boomerang in his right hand.

A man is standing on a stage and holding a microphone.

A young man is standing on stage mid performance and holding a microphone in his left hand.

A girl is sitting on stage in a black chair. She is looking to her right and holding a microphone in her lap.

First Nations Fashion and Design

A wide fashion runway with Indigenous models dressed in various styles and colours of clothing and swimwear. At the front are a man and a woman. They are holding sand in one hand and letting it fall into the other hand.

First Nations Fashion and Design is a national voice representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members, committed to creating ongoing access to opportunities, skill development, and industry engagement. As a not-for-profit organisation, its core business is supporting the growth of Indigenous fashion.

Blakout!

First Nations Fashion and Design

Rhys Ripper and Nathan McGuire sit on a stage in the Powerhouse talking to one another.

Nathan McGuire x Rhys Ripper

Beautiful Freak in the Machine

Four women and a man sitting in a semi-circle formation. One woman is sitting on the ground and the rest of the group are sitting on large boxes. They women are wearing traditional Tongan dress. The man is wearing traditional Samoan dress. They are holding a variety of objects.

Treasure Islands

Arts and Cultural Exchange

Button with concave back, consisting of a garter band with the inscription "ABORIGINES/ VR" within, surmounted by a crown. The reverse of the button, has a loop for attachment and is inscribed "NEW HOLLAND" Ex Sir John Ferguson & L. Barton collections.

The Moral Frontier

Oscillations – Season 1, Episode 1

A mid shot of a young woman stands beneath fluorescent light beams.

Latitudes – Window

Prose by A.Girl, score by Mo Aung, choreography by Sela Vai

Four screens with images of trees and the first two with text overlaid. To the right a large slab on wood stands upright with white text written on it.

Right of Reply

Eucalyptusdom

An illustration of a eucalyptus leaf on a bright green background.

In Relation – Resistance / Resilience

Season 1, Episode 1

StoriesInternal link

First Nations

'Powerhouse is committed to implementing Indigenous ways of working across all Powerhouse sites and areas of practice, including collections, curatorial, learning, public programs, design and delivery, communication, administration, operations, strategy and governance.'

MoreInternal link