Black and white photograph showing two women, using back strap looms in a hut while two girls sit between them, in the centre of the photograph. The back strap loom used the weaver's body to provide the correct tension to the warps, the other end of which are tied to a rod, which is suspended from the roof timbers.

Community

Name: December Collection Conversations | Community
Start: 2025-12-11T02:30:00.000Z
End: 2025-12-18T01:30:00.000Z
Location: Across Sydney

Ended 18 Dec 2025

Times and dates vary across Sydney

2 sessions

2.30amThu11 December 202512amThu18 December 2025

Free

FreeStandard Drop-ins welcome

Across Sydney

Collection Conversations is a free program that brings the Powerhouse Collection (opens in new tab) to life through storytelling and curatorial insight. Led by Powerhouse Volunteers, each talk invites audiences to see familiar objects in new and meaningful ways.

Community
This volunteer-led discussion examines how design, technology and memory intersect to shape the ways communities connect and come together.

Schedule

Thursday 11 December, 1.30pm
Glebe Library
Benledi House, 186 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe NSW 2037
Free event, Walk-in

Thursday 18 December, 11am
Powerhouse Castle Hill
172 Showground Rd
Free event, register here
All Collection Conversations at Castle Hill are followed by a tour of the collections on display.

A large multi-coloured arcade machine, with a screen, white game control buttons and illustrations wrapping the machine. — 1/3
'Space Invaders' arcade cabinet
Object No. 85/841

A Harbour Bridge miniature, made of stiff cardboard and covered in covered in orange and red corduroy and decorated with shells arranged in different patterns around the image of the the bridge. There are various types of shells clustered in an abstract design to create a decorative facade. — 2/3
Miniature model of the Harbour Bridge made by Mavis Longbottom and Lola Delia Ryan
Object No. 86/1786-3

Description Electronic musical instrument including parts, Theremin made of timber and metal. Signature Series Etherwave Theremin consisting of rectangular black timber case with one vertical and one loop antenna. Located at the front face of the instrument is a Power switch for on and off and an Audio Out socket for lead to amplifier or PA. There are a series of control knobs on front labelled (from left to right) Volume, Pitch, Waveform and Brightness. The base of the front panel is labelled "MOOG TM" on left side and "Signature Series Etherwave Theremin" on right side. — 3/3
Theremin musical instrument set
Object No. 2001/67/1