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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

Sydney Design Week

Sydney Design Week

Across Sydney12—24 Sep

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.

Program Archives

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Sydney Science Festival

Sydney Science Festival

27 Sept–4 OctAcross Sydney

Close up of the bottom of the Crew-4 spacecraft launching, fire and smoke coming out of the 4 cone shaped exhausts and filling the image.

Close up of the bottom of the Crew-4 spacecraft launching, fire and smoke coming out of the 4 cone shaped exhausts and filling the image.

Space Now

Sat 27 SeptPanelUTS Great Hall

Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg posed against a blue sky, looking to her left in a blue space jumpsuit.

Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg posed against a blue sky, looking to her left in a blue space jumpsuit.

Astronaut Forum

Thu 2 OctPanelSeymour Centre

Black and white image of gloved hands holding a square sleeve carrying the HUMANS vinyl, a circular disc made with nanotechnology and white etchings.

Black and white image of gloved hands holding a square sleeve carrying the HUMANS vinyl, a circular disc made with nanotechnology and white etchings.

HUMANS Deep Space Message

3—4 Oct ActivityAcross Sydney

Image of Earth rising above the Moon's horizon.

Image of Earth rising above the Moon's horizon.

Moon Futures

Fri 3 OctPanelIAC 2025 Space Day

Image of the 50 Soyuz MS-02 landing, held by a parachute above the sky's atmosphere.

Image of the 50 Soyuz MS-02 landing, held by a parachute above the sky's atmosphere.

Sydney Science Festival at Parramatta

Sat 4 OctProgramParramatta Square

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

Future Fashion

Opens 2 Aug–7 DecCastle 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

Sydney Design Week

Sydney Design Week

12—24 Sep Across Sydney

Heat and Resilience | Francis Kéré

Heat and Resilience | Francis Kéré

Heat and Resilience | Francis Kéré

Fri 12 SeptTalkParramatta Town Hall

Coexistence | Open Architecture

Coexistence | Open Architecture

Coexistence | Open Architecture

Fri 19 SeptTalkUTS Great Hall

Sites of Ritual | Bonnyrigg

Sites of Ritual | Bonnyrigg

Sites of Ritual | Bonnyrigg

Sat 20 SeptProgramBibbys Place

Sensing Technologies | Bradfield

Sensing Technologies | Bradfield

Sensing Technologies | Bradfield

Mon 22 SeptProgramAdvanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility

Language Typographies | Vincent Chan

Language Typographies | Vincent Chan

Language Typographies | Vincent Chan

Mon 22 SeptTalkParramatta Town Hall

Shared Spaces | Iwan Baan

Shared Spaces | Iwan Baan

Shared Spaces | Iwan Baan

Tue 23 SeptTalkUTS Great Hall

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Powerhouse Food: Producers 2

Powerhouse Food: Producers 2

Every MonthAcross Western Sydney

Two figures smiling for the camera.

Powerhouse Food: Little India

2025Harris Park

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

Sites of Ritual | Bonnyrigg

Sites of Ritual | Bonnyrigg

Sat 20 SeptBibbys Place

Moon Festival

Moon Festival

Thu 2 OctSydney Observatory

Star Lantern Workshop with Truc Truong

Star Lantern Workshop with Truc Truong

Star Lantern Workshop with Truc Truong

30 Sep—2 Oct WorkshopSydney Observatory

Lantern Making

Lantern Making

Lantern Making

30 Sep—2 Oct WorkshopSydney Observatory

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Image of the 50 Soyuz MS-02 landing, held by a parachute above the sky's atmosphere.

Sydney Science Festival at Parramatta

Sat 4 OctParramatta Square

Collection on Display

Collection on Display

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill

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

Sydney Observatory Tours

Sydney Observatory Tours

Every Wed—SatSydney 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

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

Close up image of a vibrant piece of patchwork fabric.

Powerhouse Materials

Every Sat–SunCastle Hill

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

A landscape black and white photograph depicting two men and two women browsing in the book room, later known as the Margaret Street Bookshop.

Collection Conversations

MonthlyAcross Sydney

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

Sensing Technologies | Bradfield

Sensing Technologies | Bradfield

Mon 22 SeptAdvanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility

Three shelves filled with colourful chairs and stools.

MPavilion Chair Commissions

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill