Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

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

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Powerhouse Parramatta Topping Out

Major construction milestone achieved for the new museum

Task Eternal

to fly, leave earth, return

2025

Stories

Task Eternal

to fly, leave earth, return

Developed over four years, Task Eternal is an expansive and immersive exhibition tracing humanity’s enduring quest to defy gravity, take flight and journey into space.

From First Nations sky knowledges and early aviation to cutting-edge aerospace innovation, ethics and speculative futures, Task Eternal brings together over 600 objects, including items from the Powerhouse Collection and loans from leading local and international science and cultural institutions.

Partnered institutions include the British Museum, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, space agencies and start-ups across 12 countries, including the USA, UK, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Japan, Thailand, Korea and India.

Also included are 16 major new artist commissions by Australian and international artists.

Be the first to hear more about Task Eternal and the opening program of Powerhouse Parramatta

Global Scale, Local Innovation

Task Eternal is set to occupy Powerhouse Parramatta’s largest gallery space, Presentation Space 1 (PS 1.) PS1 rises to 18 metres high and spans a 2,200 sqm footprint: a space that will be totally transformed through a partnership with acclaimed Beijing-Based OPEN Architecture, led by Li Hu and Huang Wenjing.

Drawing inspiration from Ted Chiang’s science fiction short story The Tower of Babylon, OPEN Architecture have developed the exhibition’s design to invite visitors on an ascending journey through four acts — , , and — before returning them to Earth.