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
Five people dressed in white sit on the floor around black pots and surrounded by black pots.

Sydney Design Week

Across Sydney13—19 Sep
Shadows cast by the Powerhouse Parramatta exoskeleton on concrete

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

Powerhouse x We Are Warriors

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Powerhouse relies on the generosity and collaborations to deliver world class exhibitions and education programs for our communities.

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Building Powerhouse Parramatta

A variety of corporations, foundations, government agencies, and individuals are supporting the building of Powerhouse Parramatta.

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Powerhouse Ultimo Revitalisation Design Concept

Revitalising Powerhouse Ultimo

Powerhouse Ultimo is being revitalised to deliver expanded museum exhibition and learning spaces within a new dynamic creative industries precinct for Sydney.

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Donations and Bequests

Your support of Powerhouse Museum helps care for and expand one of the world’s greatest collections. Together we can share the awe and wonder of human ingenuity and inspire lifelong learning – thank you.

Donations above $2 are tax deductible. To learn more about our giving program contact philanthropy@powerhouse.com.au

Powerhouse Collection

We welcome offers of donation to the Powerhouse Collection.

To discuss donating to the Powerhouse Collection please fill in a donation form providing the object’s condition and history. The curatorial team will assess if your object meets the Museum's Collection Development Policy.

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Donating Objects to the Collection

‘To this end it is intended to collect together typical collections of all materials of economic value belonging to the animal, vegetable, and mineral' – J.H. Maiden, Powerhouse Curator, 1882