Powerhouse Parramatta Opens: Inside Sydney's $915m Museum

What it’s like inside the new, $1b Parramatta Powerhouse

The NSW Government is banking on 2 million visits a year to its western Sydney cultural jewel. Will it live up to the hype?

Powerhouse Parramatta Opens: Inside Sydney's $915m Museum

My cynicism about Parramatta’s worldly ambitions was torn to shreds the minute I saw Es Devlin’s extraordinary outdoor sculpture, Come Home Again. Gathered outside Powerhouse Parramatta for its official media preview on Friday morning, I watched as a small part of the team responsible for NSW’s most ambitious new cultural institution assembled around Devlin’s monumental...

Region's $1b 'cultural backbone' set to finally open

Ahead of its official opening, those behind Sydney's biggest cultural project since the Opera House hope it will bring another part of the city to new life.

Powerhouse Parramatta Finally Arrives In Western Sydney

Long-awaited and much-anticipated, the new $915-million museum cuts a striking figure in Sydney’s architectural and cultural landscape.

Powerhouse Parramatta Museum to Open on November 7, 2026, in Sydney

Designed by Franco-Japanese architects Moreau Kusunoki, with Australian architecture firm Genton as local architects, Powerhouse Parramatta is, according to the NSW Government, the largest cultural infrastructure project in Australia since the Sydney Opera House. The project was first announced in 2019, construction began in 2022, and the opening was first announced for 2025. The main building was completed earlier this year, giving way to the u…