Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris Street
Ultimo NSW 2007
+61 2 9217 0111
Daily 10:00 – 17:00
Closed Christmas Day
Admission fee
Gift shop
The Powerhouse Museum is located at 500 Harris St, Ultimo and is close to Darling Harbour, Chinatown, Central Station (Sydney Terminal), Broadway bus station (Railway Square), and Exhibition Centre Sydney Light Rail Station.
Aircraft collection
| VH-AMB
VH-DIK – VH-USR N211SB VH-ASA VH-UAU – VH-TRN – |
Beech 65-B80 Queen Air
Bell 206B Jet Ranger Bleriot XI Cierva C.30A Clansy Skybaby Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina de Havilland DH.60X Moth Eagle XP-1 Transavia PL-12 Airtruk Wheeler Skycraft Scout Mk.1 |
The Powerhouse Museum 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.
Suspended aeroplanes, which can be viewed from balconies, include the Catalina flying boat and a Queenair Scout, the first Flying Doctor Service plane.
The Space exhibition looks at space and discoveries relating to it. It includes a life size model space-shuttle cockpit. It has a feature on Australian satellites and joins the Transport exhibit through an underground temporary exhibit walkway and two side entrances.