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

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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Amodern Talks at Ace
Program

Amodern Talks at Ace

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when
Ended 22 Sept 2023
where
Ace Hotel Sydney

Powerhouse and Ace Hotel Sydney present a series of talks as part of Sydney Design Week 2023.

Amodern Talks at Ace is an afternoon of discussions exploring urban food production, materials science and the transformation of the Australian fashion industry.

Program

2–2.45pm Across the Table
Powerhouse Vitocco curator and artist Gillian Kayrooz leads a discussion on connections to land and food through cultural, agricultural, culinary and entrepreneurial practice.

3–3.45pm Material Matters
Andrew Simpson, founder and director of Sydney-based design house Vert leads a conversation exploring the entanglement of materials within cultures and politics.

4–4.45pm Circular Fashion Technologies
Director of the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion & Textiles, Dr Lisa Lake, hosts a discussion on emerging circular technologies and their impact on the Australian fashion industry.

Details

Venue

On Gadigal land

Ace Hotel Sydney
47–53 Wentworth Ave
Sydney NSW 2000

Entry

$10 General
$8 Concession
$25 for all three talks

Friday
22 September 2023
2–4.45pm

Book

Note

Tickets can be purchased for individual events. A day pass can be bought for $25 to attend all three events, giving access to all panels plus a complimentary cocktail in The Lobby Bar at Ace Hotel Sydney.

Ace Hotel Sydney has provided a Powerhouse Museum Guest discount code for accommodation during Sydney Design Week 13–26 September 2023

Venue Partner

Automotive Partner