Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

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

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Raising Powerhouse Parramatta

A visual timeline of foundations to topping out

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

2023

Program

Object Handling

Name: Object Handling
Start: 2023-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-18T00:45:00.000Z
Location: Digital

Workshop

Ended 18 Oct 2023

Digital

Join Roberto Padoan, Lead Conservator in Preventive and Research at Powerhouse Museum, for a 45-minute free webinar on best practice for handling a variety of museum objects.

Roberto will share practical advice and demonstrate how to handle collection objects correctly, whether you're planning to install or uninstall a display, arrange objects for cleaning or move objects in your storage area.

This webinar is designed for staff and volunteers of museums and the collecting sector. A 30-minute presentation will be followed by a 15-minute Q+A session. The webinar is free, but booking is essential. You may wish to pre-register your questions to the Conservator when you book your ticket.

Speaker

Roberto holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Conservation of Library Materials from University of Rome – Tor Vergata, and a Master of Research from University College London. With more than twenty years’ experience in the field of conservation and heritage science he was previously employed at Artlab Australia as Principal Conservator Paper & Books, the Rijksmuseum, the Dutch National Archives and the Vatican Archives.