A silver gelatin dry plate glass negative in landscape format.

Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

Sepia photograph of the Technological Museum and a cow in the foreground

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Sepia photograph of the Technological College and Museum in Broken Hill

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Black and white photograph of man walking through eucalyptus plantation

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Colour photograph of red corrugated iron building from a high vantage point

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Powerhouse Museum, Stage 2 exterior from high angle, city skyline in background

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Blurred image from film with museum object number

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

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

Powerhouse Food: Producers

Across Western Sydney24 Aug 2024 — 25 Jul 2025

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

A tall rocket with a long trail of burning fuel lifts off from a launchpad at Cape Canaveral.

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

Photofields

Across Sydney6—7 Dec
'Summer' collage of paper and colour
Shadows cast by the Powerhouse Parramatta exoskeleton on concrete

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

A woman stands on stage in front of a large audience. She has her left hand raised in the air and a microphone in her right hand. The audience are holding their phones up recording the woman.

Blak Powerhouse 2023

Powerhouse x We Are Warriors

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'Summer' collage of paper and colour
Program

School Holidays

Tag iconProgram
when
21 Dec 2024 – 30 Jan 2025
where
Multiple Venues

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.

Events

Map Your Way

Map Your Way

Calendar icon21 Dec 2024 — 26 Jan 2025Tag iconWorkshopLocation marker iconCastle Hill
Python Coding with Minecraft

Python Coding with Minecraft

Calendar icon8—23 Jan 2025Tag iconWorkshopLocation marker iconCastle 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.

Creative Studio: Photobashing

Calendar icon8—10 Jan 2025Tag iconWorkshopLocation marker iconPHIVE
Block Coding with Minecraft

Block Coding with Minecraft

Calendar icon9—22 Jan 2025Tag iconWorkshopLocation marker iconCastle Hill
Robotics

Robotics

Calendar icon10—29 Jan 2025Tag iconWorkshopLocation marker iconCastle Hill
Family Micro:bit Coding

Family Micro:bit Coding

Calendar icon11—19 Jan 2025Tag iconWorkshopLocation marker iconCastle Hill
A Minecraft digital world

Family Minecraft Escape Room

Calendar icon12—18 Jan 2025Tag iconWorkshopLocation marker iconCastle 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.

Creative Studio: Digital Puppetry

Calendar icon15—17 Jan 2025Tag iconWorkshopLocation marker iconPHIVE
A Minecraft digital world.

Storytelling through Minecraft

Calendar icon17—30 Jan 2025Tag iconWorkshopLocation marker iconCastle 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.

Creative Studio: Engineering

Calendar icon21—31 Jan 2025Tag iconWorkshopLocation marker iconPHIVE

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