page_title: Powerhouse Museum
section_title: Art and industry
hierarchical_section_title: Powerhouse Museum / Exhibits / Art and industry
caption_attribution_description: English: Marc Newson (Australian, born 1963): Embryo, 1988, aluminium chair, neoprene seating, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Embryo Chair
context_page_description: The Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences in Sydney, the others being the historic Sydney Observatory at Observatory Hill, and the newer Museums Discovery Centre at Castle Hill. Although often described as a science museum, the Powerhouse has a diverse collection encompassing all sorts of technology including decorative arts, science, communication, transport, costume, furniture, media, computer technology, space technology and steam engines.
  The Museum has existed in various guises for over 125 years, previously named the Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum of New South Wales and the Technological Museum. It is now home to some 400,000 artefacts, many of which are displayed or housed at the site it has occupied since 1988, and for which it is named – a converted electric tram power station in the Inner West suburb of Ultimo, originally constructed in 1902. It is a well-known and popular Sydney tourist destination.
  The current building, designed by Lionel Glendenning for the Australian Bicentenary in 1988, won the Sir John Sulman Medal for architecture.
context_section_description: The Museum holds an extensive and significant collection of Doulton ware and other ceramics, as well as industrial equipment and industrial design, such as furniture.
caption: "Embryo chair" (1988) by Marc Newson
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