Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

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

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Neilson Foundation

Leadership Circle – Powerhouse Parramatta

2024

View of a telescope within a dome, from below.

Program Photofields

Sydney Observatory Photofields Tours

Name: Sydney Observatory Photofields Tours
Start: 2024-12-06T01:30:00.000Z
End: 2024-12-07T11:00:00.000Z
Location: Sydney Observatory

Tour

Ended 7 Dec 2024

Free

Sydney Observatory

Special-edition free tours of Sydney Observatory will explore the site's history of photographic observation. Learn how photography played a key role in capturing the 1874 transit of Venue, measuring the stars and studying Sydney’s weather. These tours will offer a unique opportunity to look through Australia’s oldest working telescope, 150 years after its first use.