Powerhouse Practices

Powerhouse Castle Hill is the museum's state-of-the art facility for presenting, protecting and preserving the Powerhouse Collection.
In this series of first-person stories, more than 20 Powerhouse professionals share insights into their practices and the careers that led them here.
They also reveal some of their favourite collection objects they’ve worked with at Powerhouse — from iconic vehicles and culturally significant artworks to game changing inventions and ornaments.
Conservation
Learn how conservators protect and care for objects to ensure their longevity.
Curation
Meet the curators shaping the Powerhouse Collection through research, storytelling and exhibitions.
Digitisation
See how the Digitisation team preserves the collection by creating high-quality digital records.
Logistics
Go behind the scenes with the team moving and installing the museum’s most complex objects.
Registration
Meet some of the people documenting and caring for the Powerhouse Collection.
Research
Learn from Powerhouse researchers generating new knowledge and insights across art, science and culture.
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Powerhouse Collection
Since 2019, more than 338,000 objects (including many from the Powerhouse Archives) have been digitised to date and are now available to view online.

Powerhouse Castle Hill
Located on Dharug land. A storehouse for the Powerhouse Collection supporting research and conservation, presenting exhibitions and programs.