Open 10am - 4pm | FREE ENTRY
For one night only, the Museum turns into a summer playground after hours!
Catch live performances and DJ sets as the Lighthouse Gallery transforms into the Copacabana Club.
📆Thurs 29 Jan 6 -9pm
🎟️ Don’t miss it: www.sea.museum/beach-ball
#SeaMuseum #LATES
For one night only, the Museum turns into a summer playground after hours!
Catch live performances and DJ sets as the Lighthouse Gallery transforms into the Copacabana Club.
📆Thurs 29 Jan 6 -9pm
🎟️ Don’t miss it: www.sea.museum/beach-ball
#SeaMuseum #LATES
Dive into the 117-year legacy of iconic boatbuilder Norman R Wrights & Sons. From surviving the Great Depression to pioneering cutting edge marine technology, it’s a family story of craftsmanship, resilience and life on the water.
📖 www.sea.museum/en/society-and-water/norman-r-wright
Dive into the 117-year legacy of iconic boatbuilder Norman R Wrights & Sons. From surviving the Great Depression to pioneering cutting edge marine technology, it’s a family story of craftsmanship, resilience and life on the water.
📖 www.sea.museum/en/society-and-water/norman-r-wright
Join us for a special panel event as authors Therese Spruhan and Chris Baker.
Sat 24 Jan, 2 to 4pm
$10 | Free for
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/special-event-why-aussies-love-swimming-tickets-1977480931699?
Join us for a special panel event as authors Therese Spruhan and Chris Baker.
Sat 24 Jan, 2 to 4pm
$10 | Free for
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/special-event-why-aussies-love-swimming-tickets-1977480931699?
Images: Nicole Miller/NZUHG & James Hunter
Images: Nicole Miller/NZUHG & James Hunter
16–20 Jan 2026
Free entry
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/norman-r-wright
16–20 Jan 2026
Free entry
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/norman-r-wright
While the temperature climbs, these gentoo penguins are slicing through icy Antarctic waters. Clumsy on land, but absolute pros in the ocean.
Need a cool break? Dive into the Ocean Photographer of the Year.
📸 Antarctica by Romain Barats
While the temperature climbs, these gentoo penguins are slicing through icy Antarctic waters. Clumsy on land, but absolute pros in the ocean.
Need a cool break? Dive into the Ocean Photographer of the Year.
📸 Antarctica by Romain Barats
Our hands-on museum spaces are made for little bodies with big energy - safe places to run, touch, splash, explore and learn without the sunburn.
❄️ Fully air-conditioned. Kid-approved.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/summer-school-holidays
Our hands-on museum spaces are made for little bodies with big energy - safe places to run, touch, splash, explore and learn without the sunburn.
❄️ Fully air-conditioned. Kid-approved.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/summer-school-holidays
This summer, Gladdy Drawing Club presents Beach Bods a life-drawing session set inside The Beach, the museum’s summer exhibition and playscape.
Wednesday 7 & 14 January, 11am–12pm
FREE
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/beach-bods-life-drawing-tickets-1977344617981?
This summer, Gladdy Drawing Club presents Beach Bods a life-drawing session set inside The Beach, the museum’s summer exhibition and playscape.
Wednesday 7 & 14 January, 11am–12pm
FREE
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/beach-bods-life-drawing-tickets-1977344617981?
We’re beginning a major conservation project to replace her standing rigging - the 56mm shrouds that support each mast and spar, carrying all 28 sails under constant tension.
Please donate today to help preserve this remarkable ship.
www.sea.museum/en/support/donate
We’re beginning a major conservation project to replace her standing rigging - the 56mm shrouds that support each mast and spar, carrying all 28 sails under constant tension.
Please donate today to help preserve this remarkable ship.
www.sea.museum/en/support/donate
👉 A brief history of surfboards
https://www.sea.museum/en/society-and-water/a-brief-history-of-surfboards
Images: (Detail) Engraver: Edmund Scott, ANMM Collection
👉 A brief history of surfboards
https://www.sea.museum/en/society-and-water/a-brief-history-of-surfboards
Images: (Detail) Engraver: Edmund Scott, ANMM Collection
Throwback to the Gold Coast, 1950s: John Patterson giving his clients a classic sun-tan oil rub 🏖️✨. While sunbaking was all the rage, protecting your skin is the real 2026 resolution!
📸 Jeff Carter, 1957–59 | ANMM Collection
Throwback to the Gold Coast, 1950s: John Patterson giving his clients a classic sun-tan oil rub 🏖️✨. While sunbaking was all the rage, protecting your skin is the real 2026 resolution!
📸 Jeff Carter, 1957–59 | ANMM Collection
but do they know your favourite museum vessel? ⚓💔
If they don’t know, is it really love for 2026?
Tag them and test it 👀
but do they know your favourite museum vessel? ⚓💔
If they don’t know, is it really love for 2026?
Tag them and test it 👀
You’ve been diving deep - from gentle giants to game-changing boats.
👉 Dive into what’s capturing attention at collections.sea.museum
#Top2025 #YearInReview
You’ve been diving deep - from gentle giants to game-changing boats.
👉 Dive into what’s capturing attention at collections.sea.museum
#Top2025 #YearInReview
Make a splash after dark as a shimmering shoal of mermaids transforms The Beach into a magical underwater world
📅 When: Friday 16 & Saturday 17 January
Grab your tickets now: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/summer-school-holidays
#WhatsOnSydney #Mermaids
Make a splash after dark as a shimmering shoal of mermaids transforms The Beach into a magical underwater world
📅 When: Friday 16 & Saturday 17 January
Grab your tickets now: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/summer-school-holidays
#WhatsOnSydney #Mermaids
From a lone humpback at Byron Bay to mass strandings overseas, heartbreaking scenes are becoming more frequent.
www.sea.museum/en/ocean-futures/whale-strandings-on-the-rise
Image: © Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.
From a lone humpback at Byron Bay to mass strandings overseas, heartbreaking scenes are becoming more frequent.
www.sea.museum/en/ocean-futures/whale-strandings-on-the-rise
Image: © Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.
We’re taking a pause today, but the museum reopens at 9:30am on Boxing Day - see you then!
Image: Brian Robinson, Solwater Relic III, Ur Wayii (Incoming Tide).
We’re taking a pause today, but the museum reopens at 9:30am on Boxing Day - see you then!
Image: Brian Robinson, Solwater Relic III, Ur Wayii (Incoming Tide).
This photograph shows migrants aboard the MV TOSCANA in Trieste in 1954. Stories like these reflect the enduring role migration has played in shaping Australia.
📷 MV TOSCANA, Trieste, 1954
This photograph shows migrants aboard the MV TOSCANA in Trieste in 1954. Stories like these reflect the enduring role migration has played in shaping Australia.
📷 MV TOSCANA, Trieste, 1954
Beaches are places of connection and belonging, and Bondi holds a special place in Australian culture.
Our thoughts are with everyone affected.
The beach has always been a place where we all meet - it belongs to us all. Daryl Karp, Director & CEO
Beaches are places of connection and belonging, and Bondi holds a special place in Australian culture.
Our thoughts are with everyone affected.
The beach has always been a place where we all meet - it belongs to us all. Daryl Karp, Director & CEO
https://www.sea.museum/en/ocean-futures/underwater-photography
https://www.sea.museum/en/ocean-futures/underwater-photography
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/more-names-added-to-australias-national-monument-to-migration-a-symbol-of-belonging-and-hope/svke6yhqi
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/more-names-added-to-australias-national-monument-to-migration-a-symbol-of-belonging-and-hope/svke6yhqi
🕛 12-1 pm: Australian Ocean Liners at War
🕑 2-3:30 pm: Ghosts Beneath the Waves
When: Saturday 6 December
🎟 $10 / Free for Members
Bookings: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
🕛 12-1 pm: Australian Ocean Liners at War
🕑 2-3:30 pm: Ghosts Beneath the Waves
When: Saturday 6 December
🎟 $10 / Free for Members
Bookings: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
Assistant Conservator Andi is condition reporting a Mokuy figure just back from Yolŋu Power: The Art of Yirrkala at the Art Gallery NSW.
Condition reports help us monitor an object’s condition over time crucial for outgoing loans.
Assistant Conservator Andi is condition reporting a Mokuy figure just back from Yolŋu Power: The Art of Yirrkala at the Art Gallery NSW.
Condition reports help us monitor an object’s condition over time crucial for outgoing loans.
Find out more: https://historychallenge.org.au/
📷 Steve Keough
#nationalhistorychallenge #nhc2025
Find out more: https://historychallenge.org.au/
📷 Steve Keough
#nationalhistorychallenge #nhc2025
It’s also National Water Safety Day the perfect moment to recognise the generations of lifesavers who’ve been keeping Australians safe in the surf for nearly a century.
It’s also National Water Safety Day the perfect moment to recognise the generations of lifesavers who’ve been keeping Australians safe in the surf for nearly a century.
Join us on Thursday 4 December for a special evening with artist, writer and wharfie Sam Wallman.
📅 Thurs 4 Dec 6 to 7.30 pm
🎟️ $10
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/view-from-the-docks-in-conversation-with-sam-wallman-tickets-1685773807839
Join us on Thursday 4 December for a special evening with artist, writer and wharfie Sam Wallman.
📅 Thurs 4 Dec 6 to 7.30 pm
🎟️ $10
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/view-from-the-docks-in-conversation-with-sam-wallman-tickets-1685773807839