MAY MONTLY OPEN DAY
Australian Adventurers.
Saturday 12 May, 2012
10am – 4pm
Join us at the Powerhouse Discovery Centre for a day of adventure! Highlights of the day include a lecture by best-selling author, Peter FitzSimons, and stories from Quad Squad members, Jamie and Ted. Our young visitors can participate in making their very own penguin or whale in our make-and-do activity. Visitors with an interest in transport can book into our behind-the-scenes tours for the opportunity to view the transport objects from the collection that get us from A to B in unique and interesting ways!
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2012 OPEN DAYS
The Powerhouse Discovery Centre hosts a monthly open day on the second Saturday of the month (February to November) from 10am to 4pm. Open day programs include a mix of adult and family friendly programs including tours, talks, performances and make and do activities.
Saturday 10 March 2012
Saturday 14 April 2012 (Autumn school holidays)
Saturday 12 May 2012
Saturday 9 June 2012
APRIL 2012 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Materialised!
10.00am—4.00pm
Tuesday 10th—Friday 13th April,
Saturday 14th April, (monthly open day)
Tuesday 17th—Friday 20th April,
Please note that the Discovery Centre is closed on public holidays.
Visit the Powerhouse Discovery Centre during the autumn school holidays as we delve into the world of natural and man-made materials. Visitors of all ages can go on spontaneous adventures and help clean up the earth with our holiday shows Material Eyes! and Hand In Hand(le), and see how chemical materials react in Liquid Nitrogen. Young visitors can learn fun ways to reuse and recycle, become a robot master, or brush up their detective skills with our range of educational holiday workshops, or drop in to one of our make-and-do craft stations to create a farm animal peg pal or take part in our fun fishing game!
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The Peppin Merino: A Celebration of the Wanganella Merino Stud, NSW
November 2011 – 2012
In the 1800s, the Wanganella Merino Stud, located in Deniliquin, New South Wales, gave the world a spectacular new kind of sheep, the Peppin Merino, which was able to thrive in arid environments and grow abundant, high-quality wool. The Peppin Merino became the sheep of Australian folklore and provided inspiration for the Golden Fleece logo, the ram on the 1936 shilling coin and the 1966 decimal currency two dollar note.
This special exhibition explores how the extraordinary Peppin Merino came into being, drawing upon the Powerhouse’s collection of fleece samples from the 1890s and revealing the extraordinary scientific achievements of the people who bred the Peppin Merino. Proudly presented by FS Falkiner & Sons and developed by the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, this exhibition was created to mark the 150th anniversary of Wanganella Stud.