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.
12 Jan 2021
Paradise Lost: Daniel Solander's legacy
17 Aug 2020
75th anniversary of Indonesian independence
22 Jul 2020
Fixing the Frederick Elliott watercolours: A big conservation project of small paintings
20 Apr 2020
Mythbusting Cook: Fact fiction and total fallacy
22 Dec 2019
Cook in the curriculum: An opportunity to re-evaluate Cook's place in history
05 Nov 2019
William Bligh at war
08 Oct 2019
Bligh and Banks: Preserving a piece of history
![The Observatory, Point Venus, Otahytey [Tahiti], George Tobin, 1792. State Library of New South Wales (FL1606978)](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/signals/the-observatory-point-venus-otahytey-tahiti-george-tobin-1792-state-library-of-new-south-wales-fl160.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=75010BFB02B370BE22F832F8994344A664EE0771 "The Observatory, Point Venus, Otahytey [Tahiti], George Tobin, 1792. State Library of New South Wales (FL1606978)")
29 Sep 2019
Bligh and the peoples of the Pacific: The Polynesian threads in European stories
14 Sep 2019