It’s been one year since Sydney, Australia’s Powerhouse Museum became the second institution to join the Commons on Flickr — a year that’s clearly impressed the museum as much as it has its fans.

The Powerhouse today has, to celebrate its first year with the Commons, announced that it’s giving a gift back to the community it found there: a Commons photobook.

Then and Now: Stories from the Commons celebrates both the Powerhouse’s Commons collections and the greater life they gain on on the site, as Flickr users add their own comments and information about each image.

The Powerhouse’s anniversary photobook is not only a gift to us, though: it also gives new ways for Commons supporters to give back. Ten people who give back with words on the Powerhouse’s Photo of the Day blog will receive free copies of the book. And every person who purchases a book will be helping to digitize more of the Powerhouse’s photography collections — for the Commons.

So a happy first Commons anniversary to the Powerhouse Museum — with thanks for showing us again that the Commons is truly “for the win”, for everyone.

Girls skipping at an athletics carnival (Powerhouse Museum)

Tags: anniversary, Commons birthday, photobook, Powerhouse Museum

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