This image from an original glass plate negative held in the Powerhouse Museum Collection shows observation camp set up in the Blue Mountains for the… More

Sydney Opera House, originally uploaded by luckyrob. This beautiful, black and white image showing the Sydney Opera House was taken by one of our contacts… More

Tribute to Magritte, originally uploaded by Powerhouse Museum. From the North Sydney Olympic pool you look up at the bridge that crosses the harbour just… More

Palmer’s Mystery Hike No. 1, originally uploaded by Powerhouse Museum Collection. Our Flickr Commons account has just reached a landmark figure of one million views.… More

Thanks to everyone for the wonderful response to our first post in the ‘What’s in the workshop series’. We will definitely be bringing you more… More

> This image shows two of our conservators working on the costume collection down in the basement. Suzanne Chee and Sarah Pointon are in the… More

This image, of three young boys playing billiards, comes from the David Mist photographic archive. This particular shot was taken in Woolloomooloo and was published… More

Wai Sing, originally uploaded by Heywood Industries. Some people still enjoy taking photographs with a film camera. Jez Heywood is one of those people and… More

Erika Dicker, who usually blogs over here , and I have joined forces to give you a new post called “What’s in the workshop”. We… More

This black and white reproduction from a glass plate negative depicts a studio portrait of a young woman dressed as Boadecia or Mother England. She… More