The Powerhouse Museum wants to show you there's more than meets the eye with this revealing exhibition, The Invisible Revealed. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has put its incredible innovations to work, using nuclear beams to unveil a deeper, more granular look at objects from the museum's collection.
See artefacts that have been scanned through ANSTO's nuclear reactor, synchrotron and other particle accelerator based technologies. The process reveals an object's composition and structure – revealing invaluable and fascinating insights into how they were made and how they can be preserved well into the future.
The Invisible Revealed will show a selection of artefacts alongside the data and secrets revealed by the ANTSO capability. ANSTO have scanned objects such as Samurai swords from 987–1830, a Chinese Shang dynasty bronze wine vessel from 1600–1046 BCE and more recent examples such as the world’s first hand held calculator from the 1960s.
Catch The Invisible Revealed at the Powerhouse Museum until May 2022. Find out more information and plan your visit here.