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Powerhouse Museum - Program Archives

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

Sydney Design Week

Sydney Design Week

Across Sydney12—24 Sep

2025

Program Archives

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.

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1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

2020–2029

Collection of 'High Class Pottery'

Collection of 'High Class Pottery'

Ended 1 Jan 1892Technological Museum

Wool Court

Wool Court

Ended 1 Jan 1903Technological Museum

Marketable Fishes of New South Wales

Marketable Fishes of New South Wales

Ended 1 Jan 1897Technological Museum

Exhibition display for Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Animal Vegetable Mineral

Ended 15 Mar 1893Technological Museum

The Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum

The Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum

Ended 3 May 1889Agricultural Hall

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

Powerhouse Food: Producers 1

Ended 25 Jul 2025Across Western Sydney

Sepia photograph of museum botanical display

Australian Flora Applied to Art

Ended 1 Jan 1906Technological Museum

Naval Architecture

Naval Architecture

Ended 11 Jan 1907Technological Museum

Kerosene Shale Display

Kerosene Shale Display

Ended 1 Jan 1912Technological Museum

Printing Trades Exhibit

Printing Trades Exhibit

Ended 1 Jan 1928Technological Museum

Plastics Industry

Plastics Industry

Ended 29 Sept 1934Technological Museum

Sectioned working model of six cylinder Essex motor Chassis

Sectioned working model of six cylinder Essex motor Chassis

Ended 1 Jan 1930Technological Museum

Applied Art Metal Courts

Applied Art Metal Courts

Ended 1 Jan 1910Technological Museum

Noughts and Crosses

Noughts and Crosses

Ended 23 Apr 1955Technological Museum

Full-Scale Model of Apollo Lunar Landing Module

Full-Scale Model of Apollo Lunar Landing Module

Ended 1 Jan 1974Technological Museum

Common Good

Common Good

Ended 2 Dec 2018Ultimo

The Evolution of the Marine Steam Engine

The Evolution of the Marine Steam Engine

Ended 26 Apr 1940Technological Museum

Display of Handlooms

Display of Handlooms

Ended 22 Apr 1927Technological Museum

The Thornett Collection of Asian Applied Art

The Thornett Collection of Asian Applied Art

Ended 1 Jan 1966Technological Museum

Exhibition of industrial home items

Changes

Ended 2 Mar 1980Technological Museum

Boulton and Watt Steam Engine

Boulton and Watt Steam Engine

Ended 25 Apr 1930Technological Museum

This is a Voice

This is a Voice

Ended 21 Apr 2017Ultimo

Transparent Woman

Transparent Woman

Ended 23 Dec 1954Technological Museum

The Box collection of shoes, spurs and buckles

The Box Collection of Shoes, Spurs and Buckles

Ended 1 Jan 1942Technological Museum

Spitz Planetarium

Spitz Planetarium

Ended 15 Dec 1950Technological Museum

Westfield Travelling Expo

Westfield Travelling Expo

Ended 1 Jan 1989Harwood Building

Mod to Memphis

Mod to Memphis

Ended 2 Feb 2003Ultimo

Graphic Identities

Graphic Identities

Ended 4 Jul 2022Ultimo

Golden Jubilee of Broadcasting

Golden Jubilee of Broadcasting

Ended 1 Jan 1973Technological Museum

Ngaramang Bayumi

Ngaramang Bayumi

Ended 15 Feb 1999Ultimo

Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments

Ended 25 Apr 1975Technological Museum

two women speaking on a short stage in front of a camera and an audience

100 Climate Conversations

Ended 4 Feb 2024Ultimo

Future Scan

Future Scan

Ended 21 Apr 1989Ultimo

Numismatic Display

Numismatic Display

Ended 1 Jan 1964Technological Museum

Photograph, black and white, models on display in Hargrave Memorial Court

Lawrence Hargrave Memorial Court

Ended 1 Jan 1967Technological Museum

Museum on the Move

Museum on the Move

Ended 1 Sept 1989Satellite

Microcars

Microcars

Ended 7 Aug 2022Ultimo

A large wall covered in a variety of brightly coloured band posters. A woman dressed in black is looking at the wall.

Unpopular

Ended 3 Jun 2023Ultimo

The stars in the Galaxy

Sydney Observatory Late

Ended 11 Aug 2023Sydney Observatory

Interface: People, Machines, Design

Interface: People, Machines, Design

Ended 15 Aug 2014Ultimo

Art Cars

Art Cars

Ended 2 Jun 1990Ultimo

sacred painted tree trunks stand upright in a dark room

Eucalyptusdom

Ended 28 Aug 2022Ultimo

View of Electric Keys showing keyboard instruments from the collection. A Hammond B3 organ from 1955 is in the foreground and the oldest keyboard instrument in the country, a Virginal from 1629, can be seen on the right. Photographed by Zan Wimberley.

Electric Keys

Ended 2 Jun 2023Ultimo

Autumn paper artwork.

School Holidays

Ended 27 Apr 2025Across Sydney

Arches in a room with Collection items

1001 Remarkable Objects

Ended 4 Feb 2024Ultimo

Zampatti Powerhouse

Zampatti Powerhouse

Ended 11 Jun 2023Ultimo

Five Hundred Arhats of Changnyeongsa

Five Hundred Arhats of Changnyeongsa

Ended 15 May 2022Ultimo

Winter in cut out artwork.

Winter School Holidays

Ended 20 Jul 2025Across Sydney

Student looking into a tool.

Future Leaders Forum

Ended 5 Jun 2025Castle Hill

Science for Survival

Science for Survival

Ended 27 Apr 1990Ultimo

Black and white image of Corin bent over a keyboard.

Powerhouse Late

Ended 14 Dec 2023Ultimo

Man sits in front of projection of sun drawing

A Line A Web A World

Ended 4 Feb 2024Ultimo

Women touching a traditionally woven mat on atop fabric on the floor.

Alchemy

Ended 11 Aug 2024Castle Hill

ALT: GAMES

ALT: GAMES

Ended 13 Apr 2025PHIVE

Powerhouse Castle Hill Opening Celebrations

Powerhouse Castle Hill Opening Celebrations

Ended 24 Mar 2024Castle Hill

Marc Newson: Design Works

Marc Newson: Design Works

Ended 3 Feb 2002Ultimo

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality

Ended 1 Jul 1992Ultimo

Ceramic bowls displayed on brick plinth.

Clay Dynasty

Ended 29 Jan 2023Ultimo

EcoLogic: Creating a Sustainable Future

EcoLogic: Creating a Sustainable Future

Ended 31 Dec 2021Ultimo

Like No Other

Like No Other

Ended 25 Aug 2024David Jones, Elizabeth Street Store

Dick Smith and Bell Jetranger helicopter flown around the world

Dick Smith: First Solo Helicopter Flight

Ended 15 Jun 2025Castle Hill

wall of mist with child

Atmospheric Memory

Ended 5 Nov 2023Ultimo

Photofields

Photofields

Ended 7 Dec 2024Across Sydney

Small horse figure on a plinth in front of a large black and white neutron tomography scan of the same horse figure.

Invisible Revealed

Ended 25 Sept 2022Ultimo

Research Symposium 2025

Research Symposium 2025

Ended 17 Mar 2025UTS

metalic wind panels

Sydney Science Festival 2023

Ended 20 Aug 2023Across Sydney

Crowd of people holding lights up towards the people on stage.

Blak Powerhouse

Ended 26 Jan 2025Manning House

Arcadia text on green background

Arcadia

Ended 4 Jun 2023Ultimo

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.

Sydney Science Festival 2024

Ended 17 Aug 2024Across Sydney

An abstract and hazy monochromatic image of three models.

Opening: Future Fashion

Ended 2 Aug 2025Castle Hill

Overlay of sunset with a silhouette.

Sunset Variations

Ended 28 Feb 2025Sydney Observatory

Pop art collage with many bright colours and overlapping graphics.

Powerhouse Lane 2024

Ended 26 Oct 2024Parramatta Lanes

'Summer' collage of paper and colour

School Holidays

Ended 30 Jan 2025Multiple Venues

Photographic negative, Aroma coastline, glass / silver / gelatin, published by Kerry and Co,

Talanoa Forum: Moana Rising

Ended 12 Oct 2023Ultimo

'Amodern' sits above a shadow of a figure amongst pillars of a building

Sydney Design Week 2023

Ended 24 Sept 2023Across Sydney

Two people packing a sculpture with secure wooden beams.

Unlocking Sustainable Collection Practices

Ended 28 May 2025Museum of the Riverina

Two women create Rangoli artwork.

Diwali at Powerhouse

Ended 26 Oct 2024Castle Hill

Five people dressed in white sit on the floor around black pots and surrounded by black pots.

Sydney Design Week 2024

Ended 19 Sept 2024Across Sydney

View of a mannequin from the waist up wearing a bold, colourful costume with large arch head piece. The headpiece has feathers, streamers, and other found materials sticking out from the main structure.

Absolutely Queer

Ended 4 Feb 2024Ultimo

people posing for the camera

Paradise Camp

Ended 4 Feb 2024Ultimo