Tag Archives: collection

Upcycled

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Paula Bray

While upcycling is often born of necessity, a new generation of upcyclers are motivated by environmental concerns and a desire to reduce waste on the… More

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

Early microphone

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Paula Bray

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

Electro-mechanical tote

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Paula Bray

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

Tea-making alarm clock

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Paula Bray

This photograph features an ingenious tea-making alarm clock from the Powerhouse Museum collection and is featured in the book ‘The Oopsatoreum‘. This is Shaun Tan’s… More

Radial engine

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Paula Bray

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

What’s in the workshop # 19

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Paula Bray

Our autogiro has been suspended from the ceiling of the Museum for a number of years and has been taken down while the Museum undergoes… 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.