Talk:Powerhouse Museum

Rebuilding project

The Powerhouse is undertaking a major rebuilding of the front entrance along with a new outdoor piece by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. Info and project documents are at http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/revitalise/index.php/reconstruction/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snarl808 (talk • contribs) 10:31, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

The Graphite Elephant

Good story but.... No, it wasn't the only article to survive, and, No, it didn't remain intact. It lost several large chunks in the fall. --Amandajm 02:50, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Strasbourg Clock The link in the Key Attactions section for Notre Dame cathedral goes to the page for Notre Dame in Paris, not the one for Notre Dame in Strasbourg which has the clock. Understandable but should be corrected (sorry I am new to Wikipedia, so don't know how to do it myself) 195.6.25.119 12:17, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Merger proposal

Formal request has been received to merge: History of the Powerhouse Museum into Powerhouse Museum; dated: June 2020. Proposer's Rationale: The History article is relatively short and provides more detail than the current History section on the main Powerhouse Museum article, and a Merge would ensure that the information about the History about the Museum isn't conflicting or self-contradictory. ~Jh15s. Discuss here. GenQuest ^{"Talk to Me"} 11:14, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. The two should be merged. Much of what is in the "History" article is already repeated in the main one and the rest could easily be incorporated. The main article has the capacity to become a Featured Article and any additional information from the subordinate "History" article ought to be part of it, in order to be more complete, as well as to reduce the likelihood of its becoming redundant or contradictory. Furthermore, the institution's "history" is an integral part of its changing story and so is not a helpful heading. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 00:49, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

I agree they should be merged. The only reason to separate the History from the main article would be if it was so large that it would make the main article excessively long. This possibility seems unlikely; even if it happens, the History section could be spun off as a separate article at that time. Reify-tech (talk) 23:13, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

• Merge main article is only 35 raw kb, & there is some duplication. Johnbod (talk) 18:00, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Possible AI generated text

Concerns were raised previously about AI-generated content in this article. This is a procedural talk page section to discuss it. There is no need to ping me in response. Read WP:AISIGNS for more information for why this is tagged; however, note that fixing the issue requires more than just removing the superficial signs. Rationale: These 2025 expansions; note WP:AISIGNS in promotional tone, vocab distribution typical of 2025 LLMs, etc Gnomingstuff (talk) 10:57, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Splitting proposal

I think we should split this article into:

• Powerhouse Museum for the overarching group, like Smithsonian Institution, and also creating a new template for the museum network.
• Powerhouse Ultimo
• Powerhouse Castle Hill
• Add then add the template to Sydney Observatory

I have already created a new article for Parramatta Powerhouse OdessaOdessa (talk) 06:51, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

I am supportive of creating articles on all of the above topics if enough sources can be found on the topics per the guidance of WP:NORG. I'm sure the Ultimo site would have enough sources available as it has been the flagship location for a very long time, however a lot of what could be included in a dedicated article may also be currently be covered adequately here. I'm grateful for your work on the Parramatta Powerhouse article, that provides a good model for what some of these other articles should look like! Instead of adding material to this article, it could be added to the articles for the individual locations and added as an {{excerpt}} to the appropriate section of this main article. Qwerty123M (talk) 08:39, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

Notified: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian Transport, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Education in Australia, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sydney, Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Museums. Qwerty123M (talk) 13:54, 27 August 2026 (UTC)