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.

Archived Website

Although this website is no longer accessible online its content remains preserved in the Powerhouse Archives.

Research Library

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Collection and Archive

View more than half a million objects from our Collected Archives and the Powerhouse Institutional Archives, which date from 1880.

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Collection and Archive Stories

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
Woman with rubix cube in red recording studio

Sound Before Sound II: Auditioning the Archive

Sounding The Collection
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