A battery that you can ‘refuel’ instantly: the vanadium flow battery
This post is part of an ongoing series of energy storage posts by intern Brett Szmajda. Walking into the Castle Hill stores of the Powerhouse Museum is like walking into the prop warehouse of a...
View ArticleHow to make a nib – a story of gold rainbows and diamonds for Valentine’s Day
Powerhouse Museum Collection. I struck gold in the basement last week: 14 carat gold in the form of this delightful didactic display showing stages in making a fountain pen nib. Powerhouse Museum...
View ArticleFact or fiction using forensic science in conservation
2000/67/1 Horse cover, knotted pile weave, wool, Tekke Turkmen, Russian Turkestan, 1907. Collection: Powerhouse Museum Trying to date an object can be a challenge particularly if it has been in the...
View ArticleExplosion… A Sony Mavica guide to digital migration
Sony Mavica FD-91 digital camera taken apart This camera, a Sony Mavica FD-91 is a remarkable display object, as testified by more than a decade on display in our Cyberworlds gallery. Not only was it...
View ArticleThe Many Sides of Charles Laseron, Part I
Charles Laseron among staff at the Technological Museum, Sydney, 1919, MAAS Collection, MRS 299/17 (detail) Charles Laseron was an early collector at MAAS and formative influence upon our applied arts...
View ArticleThe Many Sides of Charles Laseron, Part II
Charles Laseron catches an early penguin arrival in Spring, photograph by Archibald Lang Mclean, Cape Denison (Antarctica), 1911-14, State Library NSW collection, ON 144/Q498 Charles Laseron was an...
View ArticleThe Many Sides of Charles Laseron, Part III
Presented to the New South Wales Collection of Applied Art by Charles F. Laseron in 1927. Brush pot, Japan, 17th Century, MAAS collection, 115A Charles Laseron was an early collector at MAAS and...
View ArticleA Star is Named: Eddie Mabo honoured in star dedication
MAAS Director, Rose Hiscock with Eddie Mabo’s daughter, Gail Mabo, at the Sydney Observatory. Photograph by Jayne Ion. For NAIDOC Week 2015, Luke Briscoe of National Indigenous TV (NITV) writes about...
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