What’s On

Programs

Steam Train, Vintage Bus Rides & NSW Railway Band
Tour

Steam Train, Vintage Bus Rides & NSW Railway Band

7—8 Nov
A Swell of Stars | Workshop
Workshop

A Swell of Stars | Workshop

7—28 Nov
Jannawi Dance Clan
Performance

Jannawi Dance Clan

Sat 7 Nov
Ben Nguyen | Demonstration
Food

Ben Nguyen | Demonstration

Sat 7 Nov
Three people (Powerhouse Parramatta architects Nicolas Moreau, Hiroko Kusunoki and Steve Toia) posed in front of a large white beam structure looking towards the camera.
Talk

Making Powerhouse Parramatta

Sat 7 Nov
Eseli’s Story
Performance

Eseli’s Story

7—8 Nov
Kahu Kurī Celebration
Talk

Kahu Kurī Celebration

Sat 7 Nov
A photograph of the busy Food court at Penrith Plaza, cafe tables filled with guests surround the centre fountain, with a two-way staircase in the background.
Talk

Darran Anderson & Alexandra Lange | Writers On The Mall

Sat 7 Nov
Dharug Language Exchange
Workshop

Dharug Language Exchange

Sat 7 Nov
The Pride: Jin Wu Koon
Performance

The Pride: Jin Wu Koon

7—8 Nov
Making Family DINEasties | Talk
Food

Making Family DINEasties | Talk

Sat 7 Nov
Making Of: Kahu Waka Siva
Talk

Making Of: Kahu Waka Siva

Sat 7 Nov
How Do You Make A Museum That Changes With The World
Talk

How Do You Make A Museum That Changes With The World

Sat 7 Nov
The Future of The Dark
Talk

The Future of The Dark

7, 8, 12 Nov
The Mall Forum: Saturday
Talk

The Mall Forum: Saturday

Sat 7 Nov
Sea Country Sovereignty
Talk

Sea Country Sovereignty

Sat 7 Nov
Marc Newson | Forty Years of Form
Talk

Marc Newson | Forty Years of Form

Sat 7 Nov
David Chan | Demonstration
Food

David Chan | Demonstration

Sat 7 Nov
Where Our Waters Meet
Performance

Where Our Waters Meet

7—8 Nov
Country Always
Music

Country Always

Sat 7 Nov
Flood Mitigation
Talk

Flood Mitigation

Sat 7 Nov
Making The Mall
Talk

Making The Mall

Sat 7 Nov
Family DINEasties | Feast
Food

Family DINEasties | Feast

Sat 7 Nov
Es Devlin & Gus Casely-Hayford | In Conversation
Talk

Es Devlin & Gus Casely-Hayford | In Conversation

Sat 7 Nov
Come Home Again
Performance

Come Home Again

7—27 Nov
The Mall Forum: Sunday
Talk

The Mall Forum: Sunday

Sun 8 Nov
Lebanese Pantry | Demonstration
Food

Lebanese Pantry | Demonstration

Sun 8 Nov
Making Task Eternal
Talk

Making Task Eternal

Sun 8 Nov
Bharti Kher | In Conversation
Talk

Bharti Kher | In Conversation

Sun 8 Nov
Caring for Water Country
Talk

Caring for Water Country

Sun 8 Nov
Ted Chiang | Do You Really Want To Live Forever?
Talk

Ted Chiang | Do You Really Want To Live Forever?

Sun 8 Nov
Kerfew Day Party
Music

Kerfew Day Party

Sun 8 Nov
Jo Marchant | The Human Cosmos
Talk

Jo Marchant | The Human Cosmos

Sun 8 Nov
Lebanese Butchers | Demonstration
Food

Lebanese Butchers | Demonstration

Sun 8 Nov
Artist Xin Liu floating with arm outstretched against a black background. She wears a full-length grey body suit with long sleeves with bare feet and hands..
Talk

Off Earth

Sun 8 Nov
Dick Smith (right) and co-pilot John Wallington aboard their open-gondola balloon during the first non-stop balloon crossing of Australia.
Talk

Pushing the Edge

Sun 8 Nov
Side profile of woman in a space helmet, smiling.
Talk

Katherine Bennell-Pegg | Australia in Space

Sun 8 Nov
Sunday Kitchen | Feast
Food

Sunday Kitchen | Feast

Sun 8 Nov
Palisa Anderson | Demonstration
Food

Palisa Anderson | Demonstration

Tue 10 Nov
Maggie Beer AO | Talk
Food

Maggie Beer AO | Talk

Tue 10 Nov
Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo OAM & Sharon Winsor | Talk
Food

Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo OAM & Sharon Winsor | Talk

Tue 10 Nov
Helly Raichura | Demonstration
Food

Helly Raichura | Demonstration

Tue 10 Nov
Stephanie Alexander AO | Talk
Food

Stephanie Alexander AO | Talk

Tue 10 Nov
Giovanni Pilu | Demonstration
Food

Giovanni Pilu | Demonstration

Tue 10 Nov
Australian Food Voices | Panels
Food

Australian Food Voices | Panels

Tue 10 Nov
OCEAN WE’VE Workshops
Workshop

OCEAN WE’VE Workshops

11—25 Nov
Community Thali Dinner with Asma Khan
Food

Community Thali Dinner with Asma Khan

Wed 11 Nov
National Youth Poetry Slam
Performance

National Youth Poetry Slam

Wed 11 Nov
New Tech Entrepreneurs: Ideas to Spark Change
Talk

New Tech Entrepreneurs: Ideas to Spark Change

Fri 13 Nov
Black and white AI artwork featuring close up of human ear
Talk

The Future of AI

Fri 13 Nov
SPEED
Music

SPEED

Fri 13 Nov
Three Rivers Ensemble
Music

Three Rivers Ensemble

Fri 13 Nov
Front Edge: Australian Design
Talk

Front Edge: Australian Design

14—15 Nov
Recipes As Art
Food

Recipes As Art

Sat 14 Nov
Palate Atlas: Sweets
Food

Palate Atlas: Sweets

Sat 14 Nov
Future Voices | Come Home Again
Talk

Future Voices | Come Home Again

14—29 Nov
Powerhouse Parramatta Design Tours
Tour

Powerhouse Parramatta Design Tours

14—15 Nov
Music in Exile
Music

Music in Exile

Sat 14 Nov
Priya Ragu
Music

Priya Ragu

Sat 14 Nov
Got By Dan | Workshops
Workshop

Got By Dan | Workshops

15—28 Nov
Beat Kitchen Records
Music

Beat Kitchen Records

Sun 15 Nov
Tales from the 2166
Screening

Tales from the 2166

Sun 15 Nov
FOMA
Talk

FOMA

Thu 19 Nov
The Future of Shopping
Talk

The Future of Shopping

19, 22 Nov
Sampai, Tak Sampai
Performance

Sampai, Tak Sampai

19—21 Nov
Speculative Horizons (Emily St. John Mandel)

Speculative Horizons (Emily St. John Mandel)

Fri 20 Nov
Kabir Khan | Beyond the Frame
Talk

Kabir Khan | Beyond the Frame

Fri 20 Nov
The Stories We Inhabit
Talk

The Stories We Inhabit

Fri 20 Nov
Pico Iyer | Learning from Silence
Talk

Pico Iyer | Learning from Silence

Fri 20 Nov
Gopalkrishna Gandhi | On Mahatma
Talk

Gopalkrishna Gandhi | On Mahatma

Fri 20 Nov
Josh Niland: Scale-To-Tail
Food

Josh Niland: Scale-To-Tail

Sat 21 Nov
Island Kitchens
Food

Island Kitchens

Sat 21 Nov
BOY SODA
Music

BOY SODA

Sat 21 Nov
ABC Day: Talks
Talk

ABC Day: Talks

Sun 22 Nov
ABC Day: Kids
Performance

ABC Day: Kids

Sun 22 Nov
ABC Day: Cinema
Screening

ABC Day: Cinema

Sun 22 Nov
ABC Day: Music
Music

ABC Day: Music

Sun 22 Nov
Regional Stakeholder Forum
Talk

Regional Stakeholder Forum

26—27 Nov
IMAGinE Awards
Talk

IMAGinE Awards

Thu 26 Nov
A close-up of We Are Studios artist Rebecca Gentz Sciroli’s In the shape of her absence, honouring women lost to domestic violence and drawing on her lived experience as a survivor. In deep pink-red light, a delicate wire corset woven with human hair from three generations of Rebecca’s family of women hangs in focus on the right, while part of a mauve satin corset-slip appears softly out of focus on the left.
Talk

We Are Studios | Nothing To Lose

Thu 26 Nov
A Magical Hotstart
Performance

A Magical Hotstart

26—27 Nov
We Are Studios | Meeting Ourselves Across Time
Talk

We Are Studios | Meeting Ourselves Across Time

Thu 26 Nov
Flavour Science | Student Talk
Food

Flavour Science | Student Talk

Fri 27 Nov
Eric Avery & salllvage
Music

Eric Avery & salllvage

Fri 27 Nov
Aua le Fefe: Pasifika Horror
Screening

Aua le Fefe: Pasifika Horror

Fri 27 Nov
Before the Moon Falls
Screening

Before the Moon Falls

Fri 27 Nov
Powerhouse Parramatta Construction, March 2026
Workshop

Build it! (Ages 7–9)

Sat 28 Nov
Structure Lab (Ages 9–12)
Workshop

Structure Lab (Ages 9–12)

Sat 28 Nov
Flavour Science | Public Talk
Food

Flavour Science | Public Talk

Sat 28 Nov
Laip long Ailan: Life on the Island
Screening

Laip long Ailan: Life on the Island

Sat 28 Nov
Queer Stories
Screening

Queer Stories

Sat 28 Nov
Sukundimi Walks Before Me
Screening

Sukundimi Walks Before Me

Sat 28 Nov
Nik Sharma | Feast
Food

Nik Sharma | Feast

Sat 28 Nov
A Swell of Stars | Performance
Performance

A Swell of Stars | Performance

Sat 28 Nov
Pacific Runway
Performance

Pacific Runway

Sat 28 Nov
Ŋa Hinarere (The Children)
Screening

Ŋa Hinarere (The Children)

Sat 28 Nov
Exoskeleton Design (Ages 12–15)
Workshop

Exoskeleton Design (Ages 12–15)

Sun 29 Nov
The Future of History
Talk

The Future of History

Sun 29 Nov
Oceania
Screening

Oceania

Sun 29 Nov
Remathau: People of the Ocean
Screening

Remathau: People of the Ocean

Sun 29 Nov
The West Ball
Performance

The West Ball

Sun 29 Nov
Moments in Waiting Celebration
Screening

Moments in Waiting Celebration

Sun 29 Nov
Sydney vs Melbourne 48 Hour Film Challenge
Screening

Sydney vs Melbourne 48 Hour Film Challenge

Sun 29 Nov
Mana Moana, Mana Tangata
Screening

Mana Moana, Mana Tangata

Sun 29 Nov
Algorithm of Shame
Screening

Algorithm of Shame

Fri 4 Dec
Climate Stories
Screening

Climate Stories

Fri 4 Dec
Tales of the Diaspora
Screening

Tales of the Diaspora

Sat 5 Dec
Ea (Sovereign)
Screening

Ea (Sovereign)

Sat 5 Dec
PFF Retro
Screening

PFF Retro

Sat 5 Dec
Our cousins from…
Screening

Our cousins from…

Sat 5 Dec
OCEANIA: Journey to the Centre
Screening

OCEANIA: Journey to the Centre

Sun 6 Dec
Stories across oceans...
Screening

Stories across oceans...

Sun 6 Dec
James Turrell’s Shangri La (Over The Hump)

James Turrell’s Shangri La (Over The Hump)

Opens 7 Nov
Overflow
Exhibition

Overflow

Opens 7 Nov
Sea Country Sovereignty
Talk

Sea Country Sovereignty

Sat 7 Nov
Flood Mitigation
Talk

Flood Mitigation

Sat 7 Nov
Caring for Water Country
Talk

Caring for Water Country

Sun 8 Nov
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Task Eternal
Exhibition

Task Eternal

Sat 7 Nov
James Turrell’s Shangri La (Over The Hump)

James Turrell’s Shangri La (Over The Hump)

Sat 7 Nov
Eseli’s Story
Performance

Eseli’s Story

7—8 Nov
Making Task Eternal
Talk

Making Task Eternal

Sun 8 Nov
Ted Chiang | Do You Really Want To Live Forever?
Talk

Ted Chiang | Do You Really Want To Live Forever?

Sun 8 Nov
Artist Xin Liu floating with arm outstretched against a black background. She wears a full-length grey body suit with long sleeves with bare feet and hands..
Talk

Off Earth

Sun 8 Nov
Dick Smith (right) and co-pilot John Wallington aboard their open-gondola balloon during the first non-stop balloon crossing of Australia.
Talk

Pushing the Edge

Sun 8 Nov
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A photograph of the busy Food court at Penrith Plaza, cafe tables filled with guests surround the centre fountain, with a two-way staircase in the background.
Exhibition

The Mall

Opens 7 Nov
A photograph of the busy Food court at Penrith Plaza, cafe tables filled with guests surround the centre fountain, with a two-way staircase in the background.
Talk

Darran Anderson & Alexandra Lange | Writers On The Mall

Sat 7 Nov
The Mall Forum Opening Weekend
Talk

The Mall Forum Opening Weekend

7—8 Nov
Making The Mall
Talk

Making The Mall

Sat 7 Nov
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The Dark
Exhibition

The Dark

Opens 7 Nov
Es Devlin: The Turning
Exhibition

Es Devlin: The Turning

Opens 7 Nov
Es Devlin & Gus Casely-Hayford | In Conversation
Talk

Es Devlin & Gus Casely-Hayford | In Conversation

Sat 7 Nov
Come Home Again
Performance

Come Home Again

7—27 Nov
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Bharti Kher: Tree of Life
Drop-in

Bharti Kher: Tree of Life

Opens 7 Nov
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran: Carriers of Us
Drop-in

Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran: Carriers of Us

Opens 7 Nov

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