Corporate Body

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (1950 - )

State of New South Wales

From
1950
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Functions
Collection management, History of Australian Engineering, History of Australian Science and History of Australian Technology
Website
http://www.phm.gov.au
Location
Sydney, New South Wales

Summary

The Museum of Applied Sciences manages the Powerhouse Museum and the Sydney Observatory.

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Edited Books

  • Davison, Graeme and Webber, Kimberley eds, Yesterday's Tomorrows: the Powerhouse Museum and its Precursors, 1880-2005 (Haymarket: Powerhouse Publishing in Association with UNSW Press, 2005), 288 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • McKern, Howard, 'Research at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 79 (3 & 4) (1993), 243-248. Details

Resources

Reviews

  • Davison, Graeme and Webber, Kimberley, Yesterday's Tomorrows: the Powerhouse Museum and its Precursors, 1880-2005 (2005)
    McPhee, John, Australian Book Review, 274, (2005), 21. Details
  • Davison, Graeme and Webber, Kimberley, Yesterday's Tomorrows: the Powerhouse Museum and its Precursors, 1880-2005 (2005)
    Trinca, Matthew, Historical Records of Australian Science, 17 (1), (2006), 123-125, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR06003. Details

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