A001641 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-11-26 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001641b.htm State Archives and Records Authority New South Wales Agency ID: AGY-110 corporateBody Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences State of New South Wales AACR2 1950 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Location Sydney, New South Wales Collection Management History of Australian Engineering History of Australian Science History of Australian Technology The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences manages the Powerhouse Museum and the Sydney Observatory. It was created by the Museum of Technology and Applied Science Act, 1945 (Act No.31, 1945) that provided for the constitution of a body corporate, known as the Trustees of the Museum of Technology and Applied Science. The Museum was renamed the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) in 1950, however this did not become official until the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Act 1961 (Act No.30, 1961). Technological Museum, Colony and State of New South Wales (1890 - 1950) Le Fèvre, Raymond James Wood (1905 - 1986)

Trustee 1946 - 1975

 Penfold, Arthur de Ramon (1890 - 1980)

Director 1950-1955.

 Martin, Leslie Harold (1900 - 1983)

Trustee 1953 - 1963

 Shine, John (1946 - )

Chairman 2011 - 2016

 Hargrave, Lawrence (1850 - 1915)

Models of Hargrave's inventions are in the Museum

 Morrison, Frank Richard (1895 - 1967)

Deputy Director 1959 - 1955; Director 1955 - 1960

 Sydney Observatory, Colony and State of New South Wales (1858 - ) Powerhouse Museum, State of New South Wales (1988 - ) State of New South Wales (1901 - )

Trove

 'Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Research at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences McKern, Howard Research at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences 1993 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 79 3 & 4 243-248 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Trinca, Matthew 2006 Historical Records of Australian Science 17 1 123-125 Review: Australian Book Review McPhee, John 2005 Australian Book Review 274 21 Edited Book: Yesterday's Tomorrows: the Powerhouse Museum and its Precursors, 1880-2005 Davison, Graeme and Webber, Kimberley Yesterday's Tomorrows: the Powerhouse Museum and its Precursors, 1880-2005 Haymarket Powerhouse Publishing in Association with UNSW Press 2005