{"id":72282,"date":"2026-08-14T23:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/72282\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T23:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:52:11","slug":"powerhouse-parramatta-to-open-doors-to-public-on-november-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/72282\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerhouse Parramatta to open doors to public on November 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

The $915 million Powerhouse Parramatta will open its doors to the public on November 7, becoming Western Sydney’s first state cultural institution.<\/p>\n

The New South Wales government in May announced that construction of the museum had been completed four years after work began.<\/p>\n

Seven expansive zones are part of the museum, including an 18-metre-high space of more than 2,200 square metres, which will feature Task Eternal, the largest exhibition about space exploration in Australia.<\/p>\n

\"Powerhouse<\/p>\n

Inside the new Powerhouse Parramatta. (ABC News: Digby Werthmuller)<\/p>\n

NSW Arts Minister John Graham said the opening marked the most significant cultural infrastructure project since the Sydney Opera House.<\/p>\n

“It’s a big moment for arts and culture in the west of Sydney,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The good news is it’s also free, so for people under a bit of cost-of-living pressure, they’ll be able to come in and see this incredible building, this great cultural institution for free.<\/p>\n

“There’s no easy way to build new cultural institutions, just as the building of the Opera House was controversial. As it proceeded, when the doors swung open, no-one was in doubt that this was an incredible addition to our city.<\/p>\n

“I think the reaction from the public will be the same as they see this incredible building on the banks of the river right in the heart of Parramatta.”<\/p>\n

The first five exhibitions will showcase more than 3,000 objects, with more than 1,600 from the Powerhouse’s own collection, with others sourced from collections around the world.<\/p>\n

The first exhibition, Task Eternal, will include the historic Qantas Avro 504k aircraft.<\/p>\n

The second major exhibition, announced today, The Mall, examines the history, evolution and cultural significance of the shopping mall.<\/p>\n

\"Powerhouse<\/p>\n

Lisa Havilah says the museum is “built for the future”. (ABC News: Helena Burke)<\/p>\n

Powerhouse CEO Lisa Havilah said she was “thrilled” to announce the opening date.<\/p>\n

“Powerhouse Parramatta is a museum built for the future, where local knowledge meets global perspectives,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to be opening our doors this November with five world-class exhibitions and a program that is as bold and diverse as the communities it serves.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The $915 million Powerhouse Parramatta will open its doors to the public on November 7, becoming Western Sydney’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,5225,101438,2508,596,32658,101436,101437],"class_list":["post-72282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-john-graham","tag-lisa-havilah","tag-museum","tag-nsw","tag-opening","tag-powerhouse-parramatta","tag-pru-carr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}