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

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

two women speaking on a short stage in front of a camera and an audience
Blurred image from film with museum object number

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

Artist Xin Liu floating with arm outstretched against a black background. She wears a full-length grey body suit with long sleeves with bare feet and hands.

Sydney Science Festival

Across Sydney10—17 Aug
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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two women speaking on a short stage in front of a camera and an audience

100 Climate Conversations

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when
Ended 4 Feb 2024
where
Ultimo

As Australia’s most ambitious climate-focused cultural project, 100 Climate Conversations aims to inspire action by presenting an evidence-based and empowering vision of the future. 100 Climate Conversations is also the first carbon neutral Powerhouse exhibition, certified by Climate Active.

The program showcases 100 visionary Australians taking effective action to address the most critical issue of our time: climate change.

100 vertical screens with 100 people inside the screens, floating from the ceiling.

Each conversation offers an inspired story of invention, community and resilience, from regional farmers sequestering soil carbon and Traditional Owners managing Country through cultural burning, to architects building carbon-neutral homes and entrepreneurs leading the world’s most ambitious renewable energy projects.

Featuring Mike Cannon-Brookes, Victor Steffensen, Ronni Kahn, Clover Moore, Rebecca Huntley, Grace Vegesana, Ross Garnaut and Ketan Joshi in conversation with some of Australia's most respected journalists.

The conversations, hosted by the nation’s most respected journalists, were recorded live at the Powerhouse and the final conversation was released on January 26, 2024 with Wuthathi, Yadhaigana, and Meriam woman Terri Janke. Video and transcripts of each conversation are available on our website along with the podcast produced in partnership with Spotify. Records of the 100 Conversations now form part of our Climate Change archive for future generations as part of the museum’s collection.

We really need to find space, safe spaces, where we can use both our science and our imagination to work with our communities to reduce the impacts of these extreme weather events.
Dr Arnagretta Hunter

Object No.89/248. Photographic negatives and prints of Ultimo Powerhouse by David Lee.

Contributors

Painted placard of a popular meme featuring an anthropomorphic dog trying to assure himself that everything is fine despite sitting in a room that is engulfed in flames.
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Object No. 2020/79/1
'This Is Fine' placard used at the Sydney Climate Strike made by Quinn Chen
A costume consisting of an inflatable toy palm tree, a hat, and a nylon net.
The placard is made from cardboard, and fashioned in an octagon to reflect the shape of a traffic stop sign. It is painted red, with the words 'Stop Adani' painted in white.
a dark blue background, with a photograph of a polar bear. The words 'Dude Where's My Ice' are painted in white paint.
Old black and white photo of Sydney's coast