Seb Chan and the team at Powerhouse Museum in Sydney certainly likes to make sure they stay one step ahead of everyone else in the museums sector, and they’ve proved it once again with the launch of a custom WordPress plugin that interfaces with their collections information through the API (which, of course, they have had up and running for ages).
Here’s a little test.
Concept drawings for the 4th Generation 'Millennium' train2006/52/8 Drawings (3), concept sketches and renderings for the 4th generation 'Millennium' train, paper / plastic, made by TDI (Transport Design International) and Design Resource Australia, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia, 1997-1998
Photograph of boys marching on the training ship "Sobraon"P1845 Photographic print, albumen, black & white, mounted on card, 'Training Ship "Sobraon." On the March', NSW Government Printer, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Rain cloak (charkab)A10955 Rain cloak (charakab) or blanket, wool, Bumthang area, Central Butan, 1890-1920
Rain gauge (pluviograph)H7354 Rain gauge (pluviograph), wood / brass / galvanised iron / glass, made and used by Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1860-1900
Packet of 'Fink's Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites Nerve & Brain Tonic'2002/53/6 Packaging for proprietary pharmaceutical, 'Fink's Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites Nerve & Brain Tonic', cardboard, manufacturer and place of manufacture unknown, [1955-1975]
Glass plate negative of Como Hotel, Como with Illawarra train line2008/165/1-126 Glass plate negative (1 of 193), Como Hotel, Como with Illawarra railway line, glass, photographer possibly Arthur Phillips, Australia, c. 1900
A Korean rain gauge92/156 Rain gauge, cast iron, designed by Jang Yeong-sil 1442, made in Korea, 1990
Malietoa supporters trained by Lieutenant Gaunt, Apia, Samoa, 189985/1284-1481 Photographic negative, Malietoa supporters trained by Lieutenant Gaunt marching through the streets of Apia, gelatin / glass, photographer unknown, published by Kerry and Co., Apia, Upolu, Samoa, March 1899
Tin plate toy locomotive from train set85/2587-24 Toy locomotive, from train set, tin plate, made by Meccano, England, c. 1937
Anatomical model of a human brainH1704 Anatomical model, human brain, papier-mache / plaster / paint, maker unknown, 1850-1894
Servomechanism training equipment2008/182/1 Servomechanism training equipment (2), AC servo system and mechanical gear set Kit 'A', metal / wood / plastic / electronic components, AC servo system designed and made by Servomex Controls Ltd, mechanical gear set designed and made by Feedbac
'Moraine' sofa by Zaha Hadid2005/180/1 Sofa and cover, 'Moraine', polyurethane foam/ leather/ canvas, designed by Zaha Hadid, England, 2000, made by Sawaya & Moroni, Italy, 2004
Toy Tri-ang Express floor train85/2566-1 Toy Tri-ang Express floor train, metal, Tri-ang, England 1950
Optical projector array from Fleetwork Trainer98/113/2 Optical Projector Array, Fleetwork Trainer component, metal / alloy / electronic components, commissioned by the Communications School, HMAS Cerberus, Victoria, Australia, made by Research Engineers Ltd, London, England, 1966
Locomotive No.1 which hauled the first passenger train in New South Wales7949 Locomotive, steam, No. 1, hauled the first passenger train in New South Wales in 1855, made by Robert Stephenson and Company, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, 1854
Photograph of Timken Steel and Tube Company grain chart88/289-318 Photographic glass plate negative, copy from original book of the Timken Steel and Tube Company grain size classification chart, Clyde Engineering Pty Ltd, Australia, 1900-1950
Two rain gauge measuring cylinders.85/1913 Rain gauges (2), measuring cylinders, glass, made by Angelo Tornaghi, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1861-1900
Photograph of Avro cadet trainer plane A6-1788/289-147 Photographic glass plate negative, Avro Cadet trainer aircraft A6-17 on float, Clyde Engineering Pty Ltd, Australia, 1941
Photograph of parts for grain stripper88/289-213 Photographic glass plate negative, parts for Clyde horsedrawn grain stripper, Clyde Engineering Pty Ltd, Australia, 1900-1940
Training manual for 'Breathalyzer' blood alcohol testing apparatus/2006/8/3 Training manual for blood alcohol testing apparatus, 'Breathalyzer Training Manual I', paper, prepared by Sergeant 2nd Class W E Burns, Breath Analysis Section, NSW Police Department, published by Authority of the The New South Wales Commissioner