Located in Sydney, Powerhouse Museum is the largest museum group in Australia. It sits at the intersection of the arts, design, science and technology and plays a critical role in engaging communities with contemporary ideas and issues. It is custodian to more than half a million objects of national and international significance, and is considered one of the finest and most diverse collections in Australia.
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Powerhouse Renewal

Building Powerhouse Parramatta
With our visionary philanthropic and corporate partners we are building one of the world's most significant new museum projects.
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Revitalising Powerhouse Ultimo
Powerhouse Ultimo is being revitalised to deliver expanded museum exhibition and learning spaces within a new dynamic creative industries precinct for Sydney.
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Community
We support and invest in a range of initiatives that sustain industry development and individual creative practice across the applied arts, applied sciences and creative industries.
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Powerhouse research generates new knowledge across the applied arts and sciences to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
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Residencies are opportunities to engage with the Powerhouse Collection, partner with industry, collaborate with community and support creative practice.
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Powerhouse opportunities span careers, projects, residencies, fellowships, design accelerators and research programs. We are always looking for new talent and great collaborations.
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Powerhouse is custodian to more than half a million objects of national and international significance and is considered one of the finest and most diverse collections in Australia.

Object No. 85/1286-725
Glass plate negative, 'Aboriginal fisheries', part of the Tyrrell collection

Object No. 85/59-6/9
Photograph, shows lantern slide, Moon 5.74 days, used by the Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1900–50.