Powerhouse Museum - Programs and Events

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

FAQ Contact Governance Accessibility Opportunities

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Powerhouse Food: Producers 2

Powerhouse Food: Producers 2

Every MonthAcross Western Sydney

Winter in cut out artwork.

Winter School Holidays

5—20 Jul Across Sydney

Student looking into a tool.

Future Leaders Forum

Thu 5 JunCastle Hill

Two figures are working inside a workshop with large pipes and machines surrounding them.

Sydney Design Week

19–24 Sep 2025Across Sydney

Sydney Science Festival

Sydney Science Festival

9–17 Aug 2025Across Sydney

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 still of a film, featuring an actor in the front seat of a car with the backseats filled with pink, yellow and white flowers.

Creative Studio: Media Arts

8—10 Jul UTS Building 5

Koiki Mabo sitting within bamboo and sand backgorund.

I put the stars on the ground

Every Thu—SatSydney Observatory

Creative Studio: Comic Design

Creative Studio: Comic Design

7—9 Jul PHIVE

Collection on Display

Collection on Display

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill

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

Close up image of a vibrant piece of patchwork fabric.

Powerhouse Materials

Opens 28 JuneCastle Hill

Sydney Observatory Tours

Sydney Observatory Tours

Every Wed—SatSydney Observatory

Lion Dancers

Moon Festival

30 Sep – 2 Oct 2025Sydney Observatory

Two figures smiling for the camera.

Powerhouse Food: Little India

2025Harris Park

A close up of a clock face.

On Time

Apr – Nov 2025Sydney Observatory

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

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

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

Two people standing next to a cow in a field of cows.

Powerhouse Food: Producers 1

Every monthAcross Western Sydney

Three shelves filled with colourful chairs and stools.

MPavilion Chair Commissions

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill

Activist Chloe Hayden posed in the centre, wearing a vibrant, multi-patterned dress against a black background.

Powerhouse Materials: Textiles

Every Sat–SunCastle Hill

Activist Chloe Hayden posed against a white background and eclectic Powerhouse Collection objects.

Activist Chloe Hayden posed against a white background and eclectic Powerhouse Collection objects.

Powerhouse Materials X Chloe Hayden

Sat 28 JunEventCastle Hill

A patchwork teddy bear held by a museum curator against a red background.

A patchwork teddy bear held by a museum curator against a red background.

Powerhouse Materials: Textiles Studio

5—20 Jul WorkshopCastle Hill

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