Powerhouse Museum

The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney is Australia 's largest and most famous museum housing exhibits to numerous discoveries and inventions of the human mind.

Are shown several exhibitions 22 permanent and on about 20,000 m². The museum has exhibits on topics such as history, science, technology, design, transport, space science and music. Since the acquisition of larger collections often only one inventory number was assigned, deceives the count with about 385,000 copies. The actual number is estimated to be more than a million collectibles.

History

The museum dates back to the first international exhibition of Australia in 1879. At that time, built within eight months of the Garden Palace in the Botanic Gardens in Sydney, where the event was the exhibition. After its completion, the government bought up numerous gems of the exhibition and created the foundation for the Industrial Technological and Sanitary Museum, which was to be opened in 1882. However burned down shortly before the scheduled date of the Garden Palace. After a few years in Behelfsräumen a building in Harris Street in 1893 related. The now Technological Museum mentioned institution was thus in close proximity to the Sydney Technical College. In 1945 the name was changed to Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. In 1979, the vacant power plant was acquired, which was also located in the Harris Street and had once catered to drive the tram in Sydney. At this building, which was built 1899 to 1902, joined the architect Lionel Glendenning the Wran Building. 1988 moved into the museum into its new home and no longer wore the name Powerhouse Museum.

Special exhibits

The museum houses the oldest and operational steam engine with flywheel and planetary gearbox for conversion of the linear piston into rotary motion. It comes from Boulton & Watt and was built in 1785 for a brewery.

The largest proportions of all exhibits, the seaplane Frigate Bird II

As the heaviest exhibit applies the steam locomotive No. 3830 of the New South Wales Government Railways. The locomotives of the 38er class were developed during the Second World War and in use until the 1970s. They were the last steam locomotives for passenger trains, who built New South Wales Government Railways. The locomotive 3830 1962 moved the first through train of the Spirit of Progress to standard gauge.

The first steam locomotive that ran in New South Wales, which was built in 1854 by Robert Stephenson locomotive No. 1, located in the museum. Probably it is the only surviving copy of their series.

A crowd puller is 1887-1889 by Richard Bartholomew Smith (1862-1942) built functional model of the astronomical clock in Strasbourg Cathedral. Smith had never seen the original of the face, but only worked for a description and a picture on a postcard. He built the clock for the state of New South Wales in its centenary year.

Five minutes before the hour present in the housing at the top of the twelve apostles who are supposed to symbolize the passing of the twelve hours of the day. When Peter and Jude appear, also the figure of Satan is in the window to the left of the figure of Jesus. With the appearance of crows Petri also the top-mounted tap three times. For the procession of the apostles heard Dawn mantras by Ross Edwards.

In fifteen minutes the figures of the four ages change in the housing underneath. You are above the display of moon phases and tides. The position of the planets is shown under this indicator, including following the regular dial.

The weekly rhythm appear in an opening beneath the dial seven cars, which are driven by the gods, after which the days of the week are named. Around 16:10 clock comes in each case the car the next day in sight.

Among them is the great astronomical display that shows the current position of the sun, moon and stars. In addition, the local time of six major cities in the world is displayed.

The case of the clock is adorned with various allegorical figures. The Portraits of Nicolaus Copernicus and Jean Baptiste Schwilgué, which restored the Strasbourg clock are to see it.