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Powerhouse Publications

POWERHOUSE PUBLISHING is the print and digital publishing division of the Powerhouse with over 70 titles in the back catalogue. The future-focused publishing house spans industrial design and the decorative arts, science, technology, architecture, textile and fashion design as well as the culinary arts, First Nations design, music, transport, astronomy and popular culture. While many of our publications are adjuncts to exhibitions and projects, they are conceived, commissioned and produced as high-quality books with an appeal to a national and international readership. 

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    2025 Australasian Sky Guide - NOW IN STOCK!

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    Due to the immediate popularity of this book title, we are currently taking back orders. Wait times apply. The ultimate guide to the night sky in 2...

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    Success and Failure

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    Success and Failure delves into the Powerhouse Museum collection to find examples of research, design and development that have led to unconvention...

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    Step Into Paradise

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    The first definitive survey of two of Australia's best known designers, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, spanning more than four decades of their cre...

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  • Time and Memory

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    "Clocks count the hours, but we experience time like it’s a texture, sometimes thick, other times thin, sometimes folded, other times smooth and sy...

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  • The Story of Sydney Observatory

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    Explore the rich history of one of Australia’s oldest astronomical landmarks. Using archival images and objects from the MAAS collection, The Story...

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  • Common Good

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    Common Good brings together socially engaged designers and research projects, highlighting collaborative opportunities for ourregional design commu...

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  • Rust Never Sleeps: Care and Conservation of Farm Machinery

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    This publication developed by the MAAS Conservation Team is for anyone who cares for historic farm machinery, whether you work in a museum, communi...

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    Icons: From the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences Collection

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  • Evidence: Brook Andrew

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    ‘Evidence brings to light objects that tell the story of resistance, social change, and the struggle for rights and liberties. Some of the objects ...

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  • All Is Not Lost: The Collection Recovery Book

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    Reprinted due to popular demand with updated information and images. This sturdy, spiral bound flip-book is for museums, historical societies and a...

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    Visions of a Republic: The Work of Lucien Henry (hard cover)

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    Visions of a republic is a history, a biography and an art book which publishes for the first time the work of French-Australian artist Lucien Henr...

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  • Exhibition publication for Eucalyptusdom, which reckons with Australian cultural history and relationship with the gum tree. It showcases more than 20 creative practitioners commissioned to produce new works in dialogue with 500+ objects from the Powerhouse collection. Includes new work by acclaimed Australian author Ashley Hay, a 32-page folio of art photography by Amanda Williams, and an oral history shared by D’harawal Elder Aunty Fran Bodkin. Edited by Sally Rose. Design by Studio Ongarato.

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    Eucalyptusdom reckons with Australia’s cultural history and ever-changing relationship with the gum tree. This publication expands upon a body of r...

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    In 1965, Carla Zampatti, AC OMRI (1938–2021), established the Sydney fashion house and brand that is still loved by generations of women. This publ...

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    The galang collective convenes regularly to discuss the role of museums and other cultural institutions in the past and present colonisation of Fir...

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  • 2024 Australasian Sky Guide Book

    2024 Australasian Sky Guide - ON SALE!

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    All you need to know about the night sky This popular guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers with everything they need to ...

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    1001 REMARKABLE OBJECTS

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    1001 REMARKABLE OBJECTS A celebration of the scale, breadth and relevance of the decorative arts and design collections held by Powerhouse Museum, ...

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  • Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature - NOW IN STOCK

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    This book introduces the understudied cultural artifact of the Chinese belt toggle, known as zhuizi (坠子). Similar to their better-known Japanese co...

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  • Galang 01 feature essays from Indigenous led think tank Powerhouse-galang. The collective is composed of First Nations artists, curators, scholars Dr Brook Garru Andrew, Dr Léuli Eshrãghi, Dr Liisa-Rávná Finbog, Lisa Hilli, Dr Biung Ismahasan, Gail Mabo, Mayunkiki. They discuss the role of cultural institutions in past and present colonisations of First Nations people, sharing creative practice and challenging narratives of sovereignty, decolonisation, identity, power and language.

    galang 01

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    PowerThe galang collective convenes regularly to discuss the role of museums and other cultural institutions in the past and present colonisation o...

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  • galang 01 & 02

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