"The Powerhouse Museum develops collections and presents exhibitions and programs that explore science, design and history for the people of New South Wales and beyond'

            Powerhouse Museum opened in 1988 has history that goes back to 1879 originally located at The Garden Palace, in the Botanic Garden. The museum started of, a space merely for exhibitions. The government was really proud of the space due its popularity hence they setup Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum, the 'grandparent' of powerhouse museum. 1882 the palace was burnt down and eventually relocated to a small building at Ultimo. Problems arose when the space cannot accommodate the crowds who were swarming into the museum and the exhibitions as well. Thanks to Sydney Morning Heralds (as the SMH claims), the premier Neville Wran acknowledged the problem and searches was carried out to relocate the museum. When the government kept objecting Premier’s suggestions, it took the premier almost 50 years to find a new location for PHM, an old abandoned powerhouse in Ultimo. The whole museum is approximately 200,000 square meters big with 5 levels to accommodate exhibits. Though the museum is equivalent to three international soccer fields as PHM website described yet it can only display 10% of its collection at a time. PHM has approximately 385,00, yet it is still growing as donation and acquisitions are still happening.

         In the lights of its mission, the museum is using a ‘hands on’ concept different to the traditional ones, whereby visitors have the opportunity to press and touch buttons when interpreting exhibits.