Pop Up Shops - A new experience for me!
Everywhere we explored, there was a new one to be checked out, whether it be on the footpath, in an empty shop at The Rocks or a new shopping centre in Ultimo, under an umbrella, or at the Sydney Powerhouse Museum.
The Sydney Powerhouse Museum, which was just a short walk from our accommodation, was hosting the Sydney Mini Maker Faire over the weekend. The Pop Up Shops were family-friendly & showcasing invention, creativity and resourcefulness. I found the 3D Printing Makers, particularly entertaining & informative.
On another floor, "The Oopsatoreum: inventions of Henry A. Mintox", was a collection of inventions arranged to tickle your funny bone & whet your appetite!
Certainly a humorous and offbeat collection of inventions fashioned from whimsical and strangely significant objects from the Powerhouse Museum's collection.
We also spent a little time visiting the Black Arrow Rocket Collection which is on display in the Space Exhibition at the Powerhouse Discovery Centre. Laurie's father, Maurice Watson as part of Britain's rocket satellite launch program, was the Chief Rocket Development Engineer working on the project during the 1950's & 1960's at Woomera Rocket Range and the Needles Testing Facility, Isle of Wight, England.
For more information about the Black Arrow program & the Powerhouse collection -
www.powerhousemuseum.com/insidethecollection/2010/11/rocketing-away/
Everywhere we explored, there was a new one to be checked out, whether it be on the footpath, in an empty shop at The Rocks or a new shopping centre in Ultimo, under an umbrella, or at the Sydney Powerhouse Museum.
The Sydney Powerhouse Museum, which was just a short walk from our accommodation, was hosting the Sydney Mini Maker Faire over the weekend. The Pop Up Shops were family-friendly & showcasing invention, creativity and resourcefulness. I found the 3D Printing Makers, particularly entertaining & informative.
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| A 3D Printed wind powered walking machine, complete with many moving parts. |
www.sydneydesign.com.au/2014/event/sydney-mini-maker-faire
www.powerhousemuseum.com
On another floor, "The Oopsatoreum: inventions of Henry A. Mintox", was a collection of inventions arranged to tickle your funny bone & whet your appetite!
Certainly a humorous and offbeat collection of inventions fashioned from whimsical and strangely significant objects from the Powerhouse Museum's collection.
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| A poster showing some of the whimsical inventions of the imaginery Henry A Mintox. This "Oops" exhibition is a selection of quirky museum objects & some made-up stories to explain their invention & use. |
We also spent a little time visiting the Black Arrow Rocket Collection which is on display in the Space Exhibition at the Powerhouse Discovery Centre. Laurie's father, Maurice Watson as part of Britain's rocket satellite launch program, was the Chief Rocket Development Engineer working on the project during the 1950's & 1960's at Woomera Rocket Range and the Needles Testing Facility, Isle of Wight, England.
For more information about the Black Arrow program & the Powerhouse collection -
www.powerhousemuseum.com/insidethecollection/2010/11/rocketing-away/
Photos today taken with the phone! ...
Time to pack the suitcases - off to Africa tomorrow :-)
Bye for now
Cheers
Jen
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