The Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (MAAS) in Sydney, and owned by the Government of New South Wales. The Powerhouse is a collection of museums with its main centre in Ultimo, New South Wales, the others being the historic Sydney Observatory at Observatory Hill, and the newer Museums Discovery Centre at Castle Hill.
The Ultimo site will be shut for around three years from February 2024 for redevelopment. Powerhouse Parramatta is due to open in 2025.
Although often described as a science museum, the Powerhouse has a diverse collection encompassing all sorts of technology including decorative arts, science, communication, transport, costume, furniture, media, computer technology, space technology and steam engines.
The museum has existed in various guises for over 125 years, previously named the Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum of New South Wales (1879–1882) and the Technological Museum (August 1893 – March 1988). As of 2022,[update] the collection contains over 500,000 objects collected over the last 135 years[needs update],[1] many of which are displayed or housed at the site it has occupied since 1988, and for which it is named – a converted electric tram power station in the Inner West suburb of Ultimo, originally constructed in 1902 and is a well-known and popular Sydney tourist destination. The Federation-style building is listed on the New South Wales Government's State Heritage Register.[2]
The current building, designed by Lionel Glendenning for the Australian Bicentenary in 1988, won the Sir John Sulman Medal for architecture.[3] It includes a specially installed reticulated steam system, run from the old boiler house, to drive the large, rare steam machines in its collection.
^"Collection FAQ". Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^"Ultimo Power House". NSW Office of Environment & Heritage. 20 July 2020.
^McDonald, John (27 June 2020). "New Powerhouse not a museum but global 'embarrassment'". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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