Powerhouse Museum
The Powerhouse Museum, also known as the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, is a collection of four museums in Sydney, owned by the Government of New South Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: collection of 4 science museums in Sydney, Australia
- Also known as: “MAAS” and “Museum of Applied Arts and Science”
- Address: Harris Street, 2007
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darling Harbour and Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre.
Darling Harbour
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Darling Harbour is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central Sydney. It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.
Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre
Sports venue
Photo: roryrory, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ian Thorpe Aquatic and Fitness Centre is a fitness centre in Ultimo, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It has three swimming pools, exercise machines, and other facilities. Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre is situated 130 metres northwest of Powerhouse Museum.
Chinese Garden of Friendship
Garden
Photo: Barendpt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chinese Garden of Friendship is a heritage-listed 1.03-hectare Chinese garden at 1 Harbour Street, in the Sydney Central Business District, New South Wales, Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ultimo and City South.
Ultimo
Suburb
City South
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The City South district is home to Australia's largest Chinatown as well as its largest train station, Central station. It is south of the City Centre, to the east of Darling Harbour and City West and also adjoins both City East and Eastern Suburbs toward its eastern boundaries.
Haymarket
Suburb
Photo: Adam.J.W.C., CC BY-SA 2.5.
Haymarket is an inner city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located at the southern end of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney.
Powerhouse Museum
- Categories: science museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.87835° or 33° 52′ 42″ southLongitude
151.19956° or 151° 11′ 58″ eastElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Levels
4Open location code
4RRH45CX+MROpenStreetMap ID
way 16765958OpenStreetMap feature
building=museumOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6949414Wikidata ID
Q2107035
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Powerhouse Museum” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կիրառական արվեստի և գիտության թանգարան (Սիդնեյ)”
- Chinese: “动力博物馆”
- Chinese: “動力博物館”
- Dutch: “Powerhouse Museum”
- Esperanto: “MAAS”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo de Aplikataj Artoj kaj Scienco”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo Powerhouse”
- Esperanto: “Powerhouse Museum”
- French: “Powerhouse Museum”
- German: “Powerhouse Museum”
- Hausa: “Gidan kayan gargajiya na Powerhouse”
- Hebrew: “MAAS”
- Hebrew: “Museum of Applied Arts and Science”
- Hebrew: “Powerhouse Museum”
- Hebrew: “The Powerhouse museum”
- Hebrew: “מוזאון תחנת הכוח”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון הפאוורהאוס”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון תחנת הכוח”
- Indonesian: “Powerhouse museum”
- Indonesian: “Powerhouse Museum”
- Japanese: “パワーハウス・ミュージアム”
- Japanese: “パワーハウス博物館”
- Japanese: “応用美術と科学の博物館”
- Persian: “موزه پاورهاوس”
- Urdu: “پاور ہاؤس میوزیم”
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