{"id":99153,"date":"2026-11-13T07:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T23:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99153"},"modified":"2026-11-13T07:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T23:17:01","slug":"how-powerhouse-parramatta-sydneys-new-museum-rewrites-the-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99153","title":{"rendered":"How Powerhouse Parramatta, Sydney\u2019s new museum, rewrites the rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/12\/2c3defcd-71e3-4aa7-9a27-ba1582c770ca_e3d749f8.jpg?itok=UfODYvJc&amp;v=1794477911\" \/><br \/>\u201cWashington has the Smithsonian, London has the British Museum, but Parramatta has the Powerhouse.\u201d So declared New South Wales Premier Chris Minns at the museum\u2019s opening on November 7, in a comment crafted more for applause than proportion.<br \/>\nParramatta is the heart of Sydney\u2019s fast-growing west, about 25km (15.5 miles) from the city centre, and until now has had no major state cultural institution.<br \/>\nThe A$915 million (US$626 million) Powerhouse Parramatta is the Australian state\u2019s biggest&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3374167\/how-powerhouse-parramatta-sydneys-new-museum-rewrites-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWashington has the Smithsonian, London has the British Museum, but Parramatta has the Powerhouse.\u201d So declared New South Wales Premier Chris Minns at the museum\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2383,29275,22967,32628,208,32603],"class_list":["post-99153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-museum","tag-parramatta","tag-powerhouse","tag-rewrites","tag-rules","tag-sydneys","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}