{"id":332,"date":"2020-04-16T16:57:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site9.blogs.americavip.com\/?p=332"},"modified":"2020-04-16T16:57:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:57:50","slug":"powerhouse-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/2020\/04\/16\/powerhouse-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerhouse Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_333\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333\" class=\"wp-image-333 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Australia-VIP-Powerhouse-Museum-02-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"Powerhouse Museum\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Australia-VIP-Powerhouse-Museum-02-1024x669.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Australia-VIP-Powerhouse-Museum-02-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Australia-VIP-Powerhouse-Museum-02-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Powerhouse Museum<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Powerhouse Museum (500 Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney) \u2013 this public museum has a unique and diverse collection that spans history, science, technology, design, industry, decorative arts, music, transport and space exploration. It is home to the material heritage and stories of Australian culture, history and lifestyle, providing a comprehensive insight into this rich and diverse country (boasting well over 500,000 separate items for visitors to see). An ever-changing program of temporary displays complements a range of permanent exhibitions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The museum got its name, because it\u2019s housed within the one-time Ultimo power station on the edge of Sydney&#8217;s central business district (which was built in 1899, and powered that city\u2019s electric tram system until it discontinued service in 1961). Admission: A$12 (adult), A$8 (seniors &amp; students), A$6 (children). Free for children under 4 years. Hours: 10 am \u2013 5 pm daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Powerhouse Museum (500 Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney) \u2013 this public museum has a unique and diverse collection that spans history, science, technology, design, industry, decorative arts, music, transport and space exploration. It is home to the material heritage and stories of Australian culture, history and lifestyle, providing a comprehensive insight into this rich and diverse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-museums-monuments-other-sites","category-things-to-see-and-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.australiavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}