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

2023

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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Overhead shot of Bankstown

Architectures of Bankstown

9—24 May Bankstown Art Centre
Two figures smiling for the camera.

Powerhouse Food: Little India

2025Harris Park
Student looking into a tool.

Future Leaders Forum

Thu 5 JunCastle Hill
A close up of a clock face.

On Time

Apr – Nov 2025Sydney Observatory
Two people standing next to a cow in a field of cows.

Powerhouse Food: Producers

Every monthAcross Western Sydney
Sydney Science Festival

Sydney Science Festival

9–17 Aug 2025Across Sydney
Two figures are working inside a workshop with large pipes and machines surrounding them.

Sydney Design Week

19–24 Sep 2025Across Sydney
Lion Dancers

Moon Festival

30 Sep – 2 Oct 2025Sydney Observatory
Koiki Mabo sitting within bamboo and sand backgorund.

I put the stars on the ground

Every Thu—SatSydney Observatory
Sydney Observatory Tours

Sydney Observatory Tours

Every Wed—SatSydney Observatory
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 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
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
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
Dick Smith and Bell Jetranger helicopter flown around the world

Dick Smith: First Solo Helicopter Flight

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill
Landscape-format, black and white glass plate negative depicting a picnic scene at Freshwater, with young men and women and a small child

Holidays

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill
Three shelves filled with colourful chairs and stools.

MPavilion Chair Commissions

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill