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

A model stands on the runway during the Australian Fashion Week 2022 Romance Was Born runway show. They wear a colourful floor length dress.

Romance Was Born x Bat for Lashes

Beautiful Freak in the Machine

Blurred image from film with museum object number

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

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

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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Stories

Romance Was Born x Bat for Lashes

Beautiful Freak in the Machine

Powerhouse X VIVID

‘This is my favourite piece of clothing I’ve ever owned. I just go into this Frida Kahlo bridal cosmic vortex.’

Natasha Khan (Bat For Lashes)

Romance Was Born floor length long sleeve black gown with colourful sequinned images including gold wings, a lobster and a cocktail. — Object No. 2021/54/10
Liberace Tribute Gown, from Whispering Angel collection, Resort 2016, womens, beaded and sequined double net / textile / metal, designed by Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales of Romance Was Born, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2016

Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales of Romance Was Born catch up with long-time collaborator and friend Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes) to talk brides, vampires, and alternate universes.

Models pose on the runway during the Australian Fashion Week 2022 Romance Was Born runway show in the center frame. They are wearing colourful floor length dresses. There is a pink LED screen background.

Beautiful Freak in the Machine

This is a series of five short films telling stories of fashion, freedom and self-expression. Trailblazers share stories of personal bests and creative processes, colliding with layers of imagery from their bodies of work. These short films are for style fans and pop culture geeks, celebrating the outliers, the misfits and the spirit of creativity.

Presented by Vivid Ideas and Powerhouse

Featuring: Natasha Khan, Anna Plunkett, and Luke Sales
Creative director: David Bonney
Creative producer: Anna May Kirk
Commissioning editors: Callum Cooper, Lisa Ffrench, Tory Loudon
Producer: Cara Stewart
Editor: Yeoseop Yoon
Image research: Brittany Wyper