Powerhouse Museum - Summer School Holidays Program 2024

'Summer' collage of paper and colour

School Holidays

Program

The Powerhouse Summer School Holidays program runs from 21 December 2024 – 30 January 2025. It provides a range of in-depth workshops including popular gaming, coding, Minecraft and family workshops.

Families are invited to adventure through exhibitions at Powerhouse Castle Hill to discover the stories and histories of objects on display. Powerhouse Castle Hill is open every Saturday and Sunday from 10am–4pm.

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Ended 30 Jan 2025

Multiple Venues

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

School Holidays

Exoskeleton

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Neilson Foundation

Neilson Foundation

Leadership Circle – Powerhouse Parramatta

2024

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Events

Map Your Way

Map Your Way

Map Your Way

Ended 2 Feb 2025WorkshopCastle Hill

Python Coding with Minecraft

Python Coding with Minecraft

Python Coding with Minecraft

Ended 23 Jan 2025WorkshopCastle Hill

A drawing of four standing robot figures holding sets of scales and with the central figure starting to disintegrate, set against a purple-blue background.

A drawing of four standing robot figures holding sets of scales and with the central figure starting to disintegrate, set against a purple-blue background.

Creative Studio: Photobashing

Ended 10 Jan 2025WorkshopPHIVE

Block Coding with Minecraft

Block Coding with Minecraft

Block Coding with Minecraft

Ended 22 Jan 2025WorkshopCastle Hill

Robotics

Robotics

Robotics

Ended 29 Jan 2025WorkshopCastle Hill

Family Micro:bit Coding

Family Micro:bit Coding

Family Micro:bit Coding

Ended 19 Jan 2025WorkshopCastle Hill

A Minecraft digital world

A Minecraft digital world

Family Minecraft Escape Room

Ended 18 Jan 2025WorkshopCastle Hill

Photo of an indoor art installation that comprises scaffolding with a video screen and a soft sculpture of a creature with an orange face and purple ears.

Photo of an indoor art installation that comprises scaffolding with a video screen and a soft sculpture of a creature with an orange face and purple ears.

Creative Studio: Digital Puppetry

Ended 17 Jan 2025WorkshopPHIVE

A Minecraft digital world.

A Minecraft digital world.

Storytelling through Minecraft

Ended 30 Jan 2025WorkshopCastle Hill

Three square robots – coloured (from left to right) grey, white and black, and with legs and eyes – stand on a wooden platform with a blurred background.

Three square robots – coloured (from left to right) grey, white and black, and with legs and eyes – stand on a wooden platform with a blurred background.

Creative Studio: Engineering

Ended 31 Jan 2025WorkshopPHIVE