First Nations

The Powerhouse acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the ancestral homelands upon which our museums are situated. We respect their Elders, past, present and future and recognise their continuous connection to Country.

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Powerhouse Practices

Series
Come behind the scenes with the expert teams who care for, study and interpret the Powerhouse Collection
Stories
Powerhouse Practices

Powerhouse Castle Hill is the museum's state-of-the art facility for presenting, protecting and preserving the Powerhouse Collection.

In this series of first-person stories, more than 20 Powerhouse professionals share insights into their practices and the careers that led them here.

They also reveal some of their favourite collection objects they’ve worked with at Powerhouse — from iconic vehicles and culturally significant artworks to game changing inventions and ornaments.

Conservation

Learn how conservators protect and care for objects to ensure their longevity.

Collection Conservation

Powerhouse Practices

Curation

Meet the curators shaping the Powerhouse Collection through research, storytelling and exhibitions.

curator holding a collection object

Collection Curation

Powerhouse Practices

Digitisation

See how the Digitisation team preserves the Powerhouse Collection by creating high-quality digital records.

Collection Digitisation

Powerhouse Practices

Logistics

Go behind the scenes with the team moving and installing the museum’s most complex objects.

Collection Logistics

Powerhouse Practices

Registration

Meet some of the people documenting and caring for the Powerhouse Collection.

packing sculpture

Collection Registration

Powerhouse Practices

Research

Learn from Powerhouse researchers generating new knowledge and insights across art, science and culture.

Collection Research

Powerhouse Practices

Explore

People standing in front of a plan inside a storage area.

Powerhouse Collection

Since 2019, more than 338,000 objects (including many from the Powerhouse Archives) have been digitised to date and are now available to view online.

View
A tall and shorter human figures walk through the gigantic storage house, to find a car behind the wall in a white room.

Powerhouse Castle Hill

Located on Dharug land. A storehouse for the Powerhouse Collection supporting research and conservation, presenting exhibitions and programs.

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Digitising and conserving Powerhouse Object 86/1251

39-metre navigational chart of the Barka / Darling River

Digitising Powerhouse Object 347,172

The Official Record of the Sydney International Exhibition, 1879
Blurred image from film with museum object number

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century
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

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum
Two men inspecting

Take a seat

Powerhouse Castle Hill Furniture Commissions
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