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Castle Hill

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2 Green Road, Castle Hill NSW 2154
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OPEN WEEKENDS 10AM–4PM Located on Dharug land. A storehouse for the Powerhouse Collection supporting research and conservation, presenting exhibitions and programs.

Castle Hill Events

Group Talks

Group Talks

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People standing in front of a plan inside a storage area.

Collection Conversations Tours

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Mars Rover robot surrounded by kids

Mars Rover Demonstration

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A tall and shorter human figures walk through the gigantic storage house, to find a car behind the wall in a white room.

Mystery Object Challenge

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An adult and child looking outside a large scale floor to ceiling window.

Collection Highlights Tour

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Two young children touch their hands to a big purple circle, that illuminates are dark room.

Vacation Care

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Map Your Way
School Holidays

Map Your Way

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Python Coding with Minecraft
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Python Coding with Minecraft

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Block Coding with Minecraft
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Block Coding with Minecraft

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Robotics
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Robotics

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A Minecraft digital world.
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Storytelling through Minecraft

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Plan Your Visit

Castle Hill Map

Powerhouse Castle Hill is located on Dharug land.
2 Green Road, Castle Hill NSW 2154

Access via 2 Green Road entrance
Weekend visitors parking via the TAFE entrance.
Onsite car parking is free but limited.

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Research and Conservation

Powerhouse Castle Hill is the storehouse for the Powerhouse Collection supporting research and conservation, presenting exhibitions and programs.

For the first time in the museum's 140 year history, the entire collection of more than half a million objects of national and international significance will be housed in the one location.

Powerhouse Collection

Powerhouse is custodian to more than half a million objects of national and international significance. The Powerhouse Collection is considered one of the finest and most diverse collections in the world.

It includes the Powerhouse Archives comprised of hundreds of Collected Archives and the Powerhouse Institutional Archives, which date from 1880.

'To this end it is intended to collect together typical collections of all materials of economic value belonging to the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms, from raw materials through the various stages of manufacture to the final product or finished article ready to use'

J. H Maiden, Museum’s Curator and Secretary, Annual report 1882

Powerhouse Castle Hill Expansion

Powerhouse Castle Hill has been delivered through a partnership between Create NSW, NSW Public Works and the Powerhouse. Designed by Lahznimmo Architects and built by Taylor Construction.

A row of four windows set at a 45 degree angle in the metal clad wall of a building.
A huge concrete space with many columns. At the far end is a folding door.
Eucalyptus trees in front of a large building with floor-to-ceiling windows on the ground floor.

Powerhouse Renewal

Powerhouse museum is delivering a transformative $1.2 billion renewal program across its four sites.

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Powerhouse Castle Hill Expansion

Powerhouse commissioned architectural photographer Rory Gardiner to create a series of images of the expansion of Powerhouse Castle Hill. A new state-of-the-art building houses Powerhouse collections and supports research, conservation and programs.

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