Powerhouse Museum

Ultimo, NSW

Kids Fun

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Address: 500 Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia _{How do we get there?} Number: 2 9217 0111

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About this activity

The Powerhouse Museum is a museum of design and science located in central Sydney. It's packed full of interactive and multi media exhibits, displays and programming to get kids' imaginations and their brains purring while they rake over some key scientific concepts.

The programme of events at the museum is wide ranging and freqently changing, so it's hard to tell you what to expect, but it's always fun, educational, and where possible, spectacular!

The Museum’s Level 1 courtyard has been transformed into an outdoor playground during their recent refurbishment. Children will have lots of fun playing on the state-of-the art equipment. And it’s right next to the cafe, so parents and carers can relax at the courtyard tables while keeping an eye on their children enjoying themselves.

Some museums claim to be child friendly when really they mean child tolerant, but these guys are so sincere about it, they even have a whole different website (accessed through the main one) for families and kids, and every special event they have is for them.

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Directions

Arriving with pushchair or wheelchair: If you are arriving via Darling Harbour, take the ramp between the Entertainment Centre and the Entertainment Centre carpark which leads to the overhead walkway past the Paddy’s Market monorail station. If you are arriving via Chinatown, take the Entertainment Centre carpark lift up to the Paddy’s Market monorail station walkway. Follow the walkway to the Museum. There is also ramp access to the entrance of the Museum from Harris Street.

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How much does it cost?

Adults

Free!

Children

Free!

Last Updates

2023

Powerhouse Museum FAQ’s

There are special toddler toilets next to the baby change room on level 2. This room also contains a microwave for heating of baby bottles. A baby change table is also located in the disabled toilet on level 5.

A child-friendly cafe is located in the courtyard on level 1 (the lowest gallery level of the Museum). Here, you can eat food purchased from the cafe or that you have brought with you.

The Museum welcomes visits from mother groups, day care centres, preschools, etc. Bookings are recommended for larger groups and special programs may be available. Call (02) 9217 0222 for more information.

There are special toddler toilets next to the baby change room on level 2. This room also contains a microwave for heating of baby bottles. A baby change table is also located in the disabled toilet on level 5.

Ramps and the glass-walled lift (a highlight for children) enable access with a pram or stroller to all the gallery levels of the Powerhouse. Children require adult supervision when using the escalators (and for safety reasons, prams and strollers are not permitted on the escalators).

To get help if you and your child get separated in the Museum, look for the staff wearing blue Powerhouse shirts or ask at the cloaking counter on level 3. Lost children will be taken to the cloaking counter.