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

Unlocking Sustainable Collection Practices

Sydney Design Week

Across Sydney12—24 Sep

2025

Two people packing a sculpture with secure wooden beams.

Program

Unlocking Sustainable Collection Practices

Name: Unlocking Sustainable Collection Practices
Start: 2025-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-28T04:00:00.000Z
Location: Museum of the Riverina

Event

Ended 28 May 2025

Free

Museum of the Riverina

Join Powerhouse Museum Registrars Bronwyn McKenzie and Yasmin Green in a workshop that explores sustainable collection management.

Participants will learn about procedures and strategies for dealing with uncollected loans and unidentified objects, how defining a museum's collection policy can mitigate the risk of unwanted donated objects and how to improve efficiencies in acquiring objects. The final session of the program will provide an opportunity to workshop unclaimed loans or unidentified objects from your museum’s legacy collection alongside peers.

This workshop is designed for staff and volunteers working across museums and the collecting sector.

Program

10am Welcome and overview of Powerhouse Climate Action Plan
10.15am Session 1: Uncollected loans
11am Morning tea
11.15am Session 2: Resolving and avoiding legacy issues in collections
12pm Lunch
12.45pm Session 3: Workshop local case studies

An Asian folding fan with painted designs of Macau motifs, blue decorative patterns and a tassel pendant. — 1/3
Painted Chinese folding fan with fan toggle
Object No. 2023/25/1

Model of the SS 'Peregrine' steam ship, using wood with metal trimmings and mounted inside a glass case. — 2/3
Ship model SS 'Peregrine'
Object No. 2023/106/1

A brown and gold framed map of Scotland using embroidery. — 3/3
Embroidered map of Scotland
Object No. 2023/24/1