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

Woman sits in front of interactive screen

Powerhouse Renewal

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

Across Sydney10—17 Aug
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

Powerhouse x We Are Warriors

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Woman sits in front of interactive screen
Program

The Lab

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when
Ended 4 Feb 2024
where
Ultimo

The Lab is a multimedia exhibition space with a rotating program of immersive experiences.

The latest Powerhouse commission by Junior Major has taken inspiration from a range of demonstration models, including references by Australian aviation pioneer, inventor and explorer Lawrence Hargrave.

demonstration model of wingtip movement of a bird's flight
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Object No. P2903-11/17
Lawrence Hargrave's demonstration model of wingtip movement of a bird's flight
Hand-held anemometer with four hollow hemispherical cups fixed to rotating cross arms that are mounted on a flat, paddle-shaped wooden base.
Two physics demonstration models comprising charts and stands, designed to illustrate some of the basic principles of force, motion and gravity.