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

Powerhouse Parramatta Topping Out

Powerhouse Parramatta Topping Out

Major construction milestone achieved for the new museum

2025

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

ALT: GAMES

ALT: GAMES

18—19 Apr PHIVE
ALT: PlayALT: Play

ALT: Play

18—19 Apr Parramatta Town Hall
ALT: ExALT: Ex

ALT: Ex

18—19 Apr Parramatta Town Hall
ALT: SessionsALT: Sessions

ALT: Sessions

18—19 Apr PHIVE
ALT: FeaturesALT: Features

ALT: Features

18—19 Apr Riverside Live at PHIVE
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Powerhouse Food: Producers 2

Powerhouse Food: Producers 2

Every MonthAcross Western Sydney
Close up image of a vibrant piece of patchwork fabric.

Powerhouse Materials

Every Sat–SunCastle Hill
Autumn paper artwork.

Autumn School Holidays

4—19 Apr Across Sydney
Creative Studio: Animation Teen CreatorsCreative Studio: Animation Teen Creators

Creative Studio: Animation Teen Creators

8—10 Apr PHIVE
Image of a 4211 cardiac pacemaker with their outing casing removed to reveal the device's internal circuitry which is covered with a partial clear rubber cover. There is one orange plastic internal lining of a pacemaker.Image of a 4211 cardiac pacemaker with their outing casing removed to reveal the device's internal circuitry which is covered with a partial clear rubber cover. There is one orange plastic internal lining of a pacemaker.

Creative Studio: Engineering

8—17 Apr PHIVE
Powerhouse Academy: Special ObjectsPowerhouse Academy: Special Objects

Powerhouse Academy: Special Objects

9—10 Apr Castle Hill
Creative Studio: Animation Junior CreatorsCreative Studio: Animation Junior Creators

Creative Studio: Animation Junior Creators

13—15 Apr PHIVE
Creative Studio: Illustration & Graphic DesignCreative Studio: Illustration & Graphic Design

Creative Studio: Illustration & Graphic Design

14—16 Apr UTS Building 5
Powerhouse Academy: Collection CustodiansPowerhouse Academy: Collection Custodians

Powerhouse Academy: Collection Custodians

16—17 Apr Castle Hill
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Silhouette of two school boys looking through a telescope, with a pink sunset in the background.

Lunar Academy

7 Week ProgramSydney Observatory
A landscape black and white photograph depicting two men and two women browsing in the book room, later known as the Margaret Street Bookshop.

Collection Conversations

MonthlyAcross Sydney
NSW at Night

NSW at Night

3—26 Mar 2026, WeekdaysParliament House
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 VaryAcross Sydney
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
Koiki Mabo sitting within bamboo and sand backgorund.

I put the stars on the ground

Every Thu—SatSydney Observatory
An image of a stargazer, leaning back in a chair, staring up at the sky. The image is shot in an extreme wide: the stargazer looks tiny compared to the bright, colorful and mostly pink sky, and the vast expanse of water that surrounds them. The stars are visible in a long stretch above the stargazer's head.

Southern Sky Astrophotography

Every Thu—SatSydney Observatory
Sydney Observatory Tours

Sydney Observatory Tours

Every Wed—SatSydney Observatory
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
Three shelves filled with colourful chairs and stools.

MPavilion Chair Commissions

Every Sat—SunCastle Hill
Teacher Academy

Teacher Academy

Every School Term

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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