Tag Archives: basement

The Clock

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Paula Bray

85/1949 Railway platform clock, metal / glass, maker unknown, used by New South Wales Government Railways, Australia, c. 1863

Monks living in the Benedictine monasteries of Europe in the 1200s were the first to use mechanical clocks to divide the day into equal periods… More

The Burroughs calculator

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Paula Bray

This is the third photo in the series by Angie Turnbull that she photographed here at the museum with some objects from our collection. Angie… More

We are using Instagram now

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Paula Bray

This photograph, of the basement where we house some of the collection, was taken using Instagram, a new photo sharing app that makes images appear… More

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.