Remembering the Guardians of Sunda Strait: An exhibition at the Houston Public Library
27 Feb 2017
On a dark and stormy day in Houston, Texas, museum’s latest international travelling exhibition starts to take shape.
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Discover stories behind the latest exhibitions, fascinating explorations into maritime science and archaeology, and the surprising details of what happens inside (and outside) a modern working museum.
Maritime history links between Australia and Indonesia
24 Feb 2017
This weekend (25-26th February 2017) the President of Indonesia will visit Australia for the first time since being elected in 2014.
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Put a tour guide in your pocket with our new visitor app
27 Dec 2016
Enrich your visit to the museum with our new Visitor App. Built for iOS and Android, the App features seven themed self-guided audio tours, six highlight tours as well as great photos, event and exhibition info, maps and amenities.
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Bailey announces his first exhibition: 'Dogs and Cats All at Sea'
12 Dec 2016
When I first came to the museum, people kept calling me a ‘salty sea dog’. I thought they meant it literally, as I sometimes fall in the harbour when I chase seagulls too enthusiastically – but no!
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Wild Ocean Woman: Kay Cottee’s ‘First Lady’
25 Nov 2016
Imagine being thrown about in your small yacht surfing down a 20-metre wave. You’re in the Southern Indian Ocean, it’s freezing, you’re exhausted and soaked through. You’re days or weeks from land. You have no GPS. You’re alone.
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'Freedom or Death!' in Bali
02 Nov 2016
Australians usually go to Bali for the beaches or scuba diving. Recently, a team from the Australian National Maritime Museum went to Bali for a very different reason – to open an exhibition and lead a seminar on some amazing but largely forgotten shared histories of the two countries.
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Re-creating Harrison’s timekeepers…in Australia
20 Oct 2016
It is said that longevity is improved markedly by keeping your mind challenged and active and keeping hand–eye coordination intact. If that’s the case Norm Banham might last forever.
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A world of wildlife: From the desk of Bailey
23 Sep 2016
When I first came to work here, my human colleagues had strict instructions never to let me inside the actual museum. Ha! That didn’t last long. My furry charm worked its magic, and today , after I’d had my bath and was all squeaky clean, I was invited to review our exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
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Harold Cazneaux: Fame and family
12 Sep 2016
If you weave your way through the imagery and beautiful photographs in Through a different lens – Cazneaux by the water, you’ll notice that 1937 was a big year for Australian photographer Harold Cazneaux: the culmination of a forty-year career that corresponded with the dawning of the Australian nation, and an emerging national consciousness.
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A working harbour: Waterfront change through Cazneaux’s ‘seeing eye’
29 Aug 2016
Whatever pictures are made of our great Sydney today will in future years have some historical interest and value. As time marches on there will always be a ‘Sydney of yesterday’.
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