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Powerhouse Museum - Programs and Events

Country Always

Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Expanding Stories

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

Transforming the Tramsheds

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

2024

Exoskeleton

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Share your Western Sydney Mall stories

Share your Western Sydney Mall stories

Movies, Milkshakes and Mallrats

2025

On Now

Powerhouse continues to present programs at Powerhouse Castle Hill and Sydney Observatory during the construction of Powerhouse Parramatta and Powerhouse Ultimo.

Programs

Events

140 Years of Programs

A museum is more than the physical container that holds it. It is everything that gets us to this moment. Powerhouse Museum maintains a public archive of past programs dating back to its beginnings in the 1880s.

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Powerhouse Food: Producers 2

Powerhouse Food: Producers 2

Every MonthAcross Western Sydney

Close up image of a vibrant piece of patchwork fabric.

Powerhouse Materials

Every Sat–SunCastle Hill

Activist Chloe Hayden posed in the centre, wearing a vibrant, multi-patterned dress against a black background.

Powerhouse Materials: Textiles

Every Sat–SunCastle Hill

An abstract high contrast image of the back of a model, wearing a shiny leather jacket.

Future Fashion

Opens 2 Aug–7 DecCastle Hill

Sydney Science Festival

Sydney Science Festival

29 Sept–4 Oct 2025Across Sydney

A photograph of an old yellow brick building, the Sydney Observatory, with tall city buildings and starry night sky in the background.

Lunar Academy

7 Week ProgramSydney Observatory

A Creative Studio participant wearing a pink, blue, yellow and white vest and a white collared shirt holds up three postage stamps.

Creative Studio

Dates VaryMultiple Venues

Koiki Mabo sitting within bamboo and sand backgorund.

I put the stars on the ground

Every Thu—SatSydney Observatory

A close up of a clock face.

On Time

Apr – Nov 2025Sydney Observatory

Partial aerial view of silver plane. Two people are standing close to the underneath of the wing.

Regional Display – Catalina

Daily 9.30am–3.30pmHARS Aviation Museum

Two figures smiling for the camera.

Powerhouse Food: Little India

2025Harris Park

A tall rocket with a long trail of burning fuel lifts off from a launchpad at Cape Canaveral.

Powerhouse Academy: Space

Dates varyAcross Western Sydney

Two figures are working inside a workshop with large pipes and machines surrounding them.

Sydney Design Week

19–24 Sep 2025Across Sydney

A group of workers surround the front engine of a steam train to pull and push it on a track into the museum.

Locomotive No. 1

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill

Three shelves filled with colourful chairs and stools.

MPavilion Chair Commissions

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill

Sydney Observatory Tours

Sydney Observatory Tours

Every Wed—SatSydney Observatory

Collection on Display

Collection on Display

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill

Lion Dancers

Moon Festival

30 Sep – 2 Oct 2025Sydney Observatory