Power House Museum Location: 500 Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
George Nelson: architect, writer, designer, teacher
Opens on 3 August 2013
Opens on 3 August 2013
This exhibition is a comprehensive retrospective of the work of George Nelson (1908–1986), one of the most influential figures in American design during the second half of the 20th century. Nelson created classics of modern furniture and interior design, including the Coconut Chair (1956), the Marshmallow Sofa (1956), the Ball Clock (1947) and the Bubble Lamps (1952 onwards). He was also a prominent author, editor, lecturer, exhibition designer and a passionate photographer.
An exhibition of the Vitra Design Museum, Germany. This exhibition has been generously sponsored by Herman Miller International, Asia Pacific.
Australian International Design Awards 2013
Opens 2 August 2013
See a selection of innovative products from the Australian International Design Awards 2013 entries. Those displayed, are chosen for their outstanding design, innovation and significance to Australia’s material culture.
Australian International Design Awards 2013
Opens 2 August 2013
Opens 2 August 2013
See a selection of innovative products from the Australian International Design Awards 2013 entries. Those displayed, are chosen for their outstanding design, innovation and significance to Australia’s material culture.
Playing with Light
Opens 14 September 2013
Interact with a variety of illuminating hands-on displays! Make yourself shorter, taller, thinner or wider with our flexible mirrors, mix together coloured lights, freeze and interact with your shadows, use strobe lighting to examine a piece of machinery rotating at high speed, make light bounce down a stream of water, plus challenge your friends in our maze of lasers!
Produced by Scitech, Perth, Western Australia
Playing with Light
Opens 14 September 2013
Opens 14 September 2013
Interact with a variety of illuminating hands-on displays! Make yourself shorter, taller, thinner or wider with our flexible mirrors, mix together coloured lights, freeze and interact with your shadows, use strobe lighting to examine a piece of machinery rotating at high speed, make light bounce down a stream of water, plus challenge your friends in our maze of lasers!
Produced by Scitech, Perth, Western Australia
The Oopsatoreum: inventions of Henry A. Mintox
Opens late 2013
Author and filmmaker Shaun Tan’s new collaboration with the Powerhouse Museum is the fictional tale of a strikingly original but spectacularly unsuccessful inventor: Henry A. Mintox. Shaun’s whimsical stories of Mintox’s failed inventions are inspired by strange and largely obscure objects from the Powerhouse Museum collection.
The Oopsatoreum exhibition brings to life the world of Henry Mintox. A mechanical dog and a prototype laptop messenger are some of the strange devices featured in the exhibition. Also on show are Henry’s personal items, including the 1927 Austin Tourer that he planned to drive to Tasmania and the fat suit he wore to impress his audience at a lecture in the midst of the Great Depression.
The Oopsatoreum: inventions of Henry A. Mintox
Opens late 2013
Opens late 2013
Author and filmmaker Shaun Tan’s new collaboration with the Powerhouse Museum is the fictional tale of a strikingly original but spectacularly unsuccessful inventor: Henry A. Mintox. Shaun’s whimsical stories of Mintox’s failed inventions are inspired by strange and largely obscure objects from the Powerhouse Museum collection.
The Oopsatoreum exhibition brings to life the world of Henry Mintox. A mechanical dog and a prototype laptop messenger are some of the strange devices featured in the exhibition. Also on show are Henry’s personal items, including the 1927 Austin Tourer that he planned to drive to Tasmania and the fat suit he wore to impress his audience at a lecture in the midst of the Great Depression.
The Oopsatoreum exhibition brings to life the world of Henry Mintox. A mechanical dog and a prototype laptop messenger are some of the strange devices featured in the exhibition. Also on show are Henry’s personal items, including the 1927 Austin Tourer that he planned to drive to Tasmania and the fat suit he wore to impress his audience at a lecture in the midst of the Great Depression.
Powerhouse Museum garden
The Powerhouse Museum plans to establish a garden on-site in Ultimo. If you live in the neighbouring Ultimo, Pyrmont and Chinatown areas, we'd like to hear what you think.
The Museum has been working to establish a Museum Garden, as a learning and community engagement facility, for some time. The project has been delayed by development proposals which in turn have had an impact on plans for the proposed site, in the Museum car park.
In 2011, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) which owns part of the car park land, announced plans to reclaim the land for incorporation in a 'linear park' to connect Central railway station to Darling Harbour. This put on hold plans to establish a garden on the site, or for the possibility that the site be used for a much larger urban agriculture proposal, as a site for the City Farm, being developed by the City of Sydney. A feasibility study undertaken by the City had proposed the use of the car park, along with a much larger site at Sydney Park, as a possible two-site 'articulated model' for the proposed Farm.
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Powerhouse Museum garden
The Powerhouse Museum plans to establish a garden on-site in Ultimo. If you live in the neighbouring Ultimo, Pyrmont and Chinatown areas, we'd like to hear what you think.
The Museum has been working to establish a Museum Garden, as a learning and community engagement facility, for some time. The project has been delayed by development proposals which in turn have had an impact on plans for the proposed site, in the Museum car park.
In 2011, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) which owns part of the car park land, announced plans to reclaim the land for incorporation in a 'linear park' to connect Central railway station to Darling Harbour. This put on hold plans to establish a garden on the site, or for the possibility that the site be used for a much larger urban agriculture proposal, as a site for the City Farm, being developed by the City of Sydney. A feasibility study undertaken by the City had proposed the use of the car park, along with a much larger site at Sydney Park, as a possible two-site 'articulated model' for the proposed Farm.
- Metro Hotel Sydney Central: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/sydney-hotels/metro-hotel-sydney-central-1
Phone: +61 2 9281 6999
- Aspire Hotel Sydney: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/sydney-hotels/aspire-hotel-sydney-10
Phone: +61 2 9211 1499
