Tag Archives: books

World Book and Copyright Day

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

Today is World Book and Copyright Day. By celebrating this day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual… More

Books: the best thing since sliced bread!

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

In this National Year of Reading, it seems appropriate that the Powerhouse Museum would mount a small display celebrating excellence is Australian book design and… More

Joseph Box shoemaking archive 1868-1923

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This lovely image of items from the Joseph Box shoemaking archive, 1868-1923 brings together a photograph of a Box shoe, two drawings of Box’s work… More

How to date a photograph using Esperanto

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Esperanto, digital imaging technology and the internet enabled further research into this photograph from the Museum’s Tyrrell Collection. In the Tyrrell Collection index, the only… 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.