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Visiting the Powerhouse Museum with Children

Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum (next to Chinatown and Darling Harbour) is just a couple of minutes’ walk along the ramp from Paddy’s Market monorail station or the Entertainment Centre carpark.

Street Address and Opening Hrs

500 Harris St, Ultimo (behind Chinatown and Darling Harbour)

The Powerhouse Museum is currently open from 10.00am – 5.00pm every day except Christmas Day. (Extended opening times for some public and/or school holidays.

General Admission

Adults $12
Children (4-15) $6
Children under 4 FREE
Family (1 adult and up to 3 children; or 2 adults and up to 2 children) $30
Powerhouse Members FREE
NSW Seniors Card holders, pensioners and concessions (Social Security and Veterans Affairs cardholders, Australian pensioners and seniors) $8
Student card holders $8

Additional Charges may apply for some activities and temporary exhibitions.

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Child Supervision

The Museum has no creche facilities, so parents or carers must stay with their child/children at all times. Unaccompanied children will be taken to the cloaking counter on level 3 (the Harris St entrance level) until their parents/carers can be found.

First Aid

The Museum has trained first aid officers on duty at all times. Please contact a member of staff if you require first aid assistance.

Lost Children

To get help if you and your child/children get separated in the Museum, look for the staff wearing blue Powerhouse shirts or ask at the cloaking counter on level 3. Lost children will be taken to the cloaking counter.

Group Visits

The Museum welcomes visits from mother groups, day care centres, preschools, etc. Bookings are recommended for larger groups and special programs may be available. Call (02) 9217 0222 for more information.

Toilets

There are toilets on levels 1, 2 and 4. Disabled toilets are also available on these levels. There are special toddler toilets next to the baby change room on level 2.

Where to Put Your Bags

Bags and strollers can be cloaked for free. The cloaking counter is located opposite the admissions counter after you have entered the Museum.

Arriving with Prams

If you are arriving via Darling Harbour, take the ramp between the Entertainment Centre and the Entertainment Centre carpark which leads to the overhead walkway past the Paddy’s Market monorail station. If you are arriving via Chinatown, take the Entertainment Centre carpark lift up to the Paddy’s Market monorail station walkway. Follow the walkway to the Museum. There is also ramp access to the entrance of the Museum from Harris Street.

Photography at the Museum

The Powerhouse Museum welcomes visitors taking (no-flash) photographs in and around the Museum whilst visiting us for personal use.

Baby Change Rooms

There is a baby change room on level 2 of the Museum. This room also contains a microwave for heating of baby bottles. A baby change table is also located in the disabled toilet on level 5.

Food

A child-friendly cafe is located in the courtyard on level 1 (the lowest gallery level of the Museum). Here, you can eat food purchased from the cafe or that you have brought with you. Within view of the courtyard tables is the Cogs’ Playground so parents/carers can relax while watching their children enjoy this state-of-the-art playground equipment. Eating is not allowed inside the Museum.

Getting Around the Museum

Ramps and the glass-walled lift (a highlight for children) enable access with a pram or stroller to all the gallery levels of the Powerhouse. Children require adult supervision when using the escalators (and for safety reasons, prams and strollers are not permitted on the escalators).