Stories

Powerhouse Practices

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

Powerhouse Castle Hill is the museum's state-of-the art facility for presenting, protecting and preserving the Powerhouse Collection (opens in new tab).

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.

Curation

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

Digitisation

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

Logistics

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

Registration

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

Research

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

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.

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.