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.
Programs
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.
Object No. 91/1309-1
'Lockheed Lounge' by Marc Newson
Object No. 2010/6/1
Personal computer, 'Apple 1', timber / plastic / metal / electronic components, designed by Steve Wozniak, made by Apple Computer, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, 1976
Object No. H5789
The Transparent Woman
