Tuesday 17 November 2009
6.30pm-8pm
$15

Design talk with Maarten Baas
Hear this international design star in the only public talk of his visit! At just 31 years of age, Dutch designer Maarten Baas is a striking young talent who has already made his mark in the international design scene. More....
Bookings essential BOOK ONLINE or phone 02
9217 0222.

26 November

Gift of the garb: Japanese fashion
An exhibition tour & talk presented by Alliance Française and the Powerhouse Museum

'Colour has never been my thing...What captures my attention is content, form and structure...I’m interested in visual things with a strong conceptual underpinning.'
Dr Gene Sherman, Director, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, 2009

Dr Gene Sherman has recently donated more than 60 garments from her wearing wardrobe to the Powerhouse Museum. These include garments by leading international designers Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons.

Join Dr Sherman for an intimate tour of her garments combined with an informal conversation in French and English discussing her philosophy of acquiring and retiring garments and her longstanding appreciation of Japanese fashion.

BOOK ONLINE or phone 02 9217 0222.

28 and 29 November
10am – 5pm
Young Blood: Designers Market

Start your Christmas shopping in style at the Young Blood: Designers Market, now located in the new market area in the Museum's lower courtyard. Find that perfect gift and buy directly from designers around the country of original product, fashion, furniture, jewellery, graphic, landscape or lighting design. This market you can also get creative yourself with a hands-on workshop with guest designers.

$5 Museum admission
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3 – 6 December
10am – 5pm
Exploring a sensory world

Enjoy a program of workshops and activities that will enliven your senses through touch and sound, inspired by the Living in a Sensory World: stories from people with blindness or low vision exhibition, presented in partnership with Vision Australia. Free with Musuem admission. more…

Friday 11 December
11am-12.30pm

A spoonful of music
Become an honorary member of the Sydney Symphony for the day! Sydney Symphony and MBF will present a special music4health performance for adults living with disabilities, and their carers, at the Powerhouse Museum. The music4health program is symbolic of the health industry’s recognition of the therapeutic power of music. This special concert at the Powerhouse will feature Sydney Symphony musicians as well as one of Australia’s leading performers Trisha Crowe, singing favourites and encouraging audience participation.
Entry is free with Museum admission ($6 concession, $10 adult, companion cardholders are free).
Bookings essential BOOK ONLINE or phone 02
9217 0222.
Details on disability access to the Museum.

each Monday during the school term

Powerplay
Inspire children to learn through a morning of craft, songs and storytelling, with a different theme each month. This wonderful new playgroup at the Museum engages young minds and hands in creative activities. Bookings are essential on (02) 9217 0222.
$6 per child, $4 for members (after Museum entry)
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open daily

Beta_space
Art – technology - experiment - discovery
Beta_space is an experimental environment where the public can engage with the latest research in art and new technology.
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daily

The Magic Garden: MBF Foundation Healthy Kid’s Unit
Help your children learn about healthy eating and healthy activity. The Magic Garden is an imaginative environment, developed in consultation with health experts, where 2-8 year olds can play among pumpkins and mushrooms, chase fish in a digital pond or catch butterflies at the garden gate.
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