Australian National Maritime Museum
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Australia's National Maritime Museum located on Gadigal Country, Sydney 🐳 We share stories of the sea and waterways.
Open 10am - 4pm | FREE ENTRY
Open 10am - 4pm | FREE ENTRY
Rowing Queens!
We were delighted to welcome the remarkable team from Seas the Day to the museum this week. Following their extraordinary achievement of rowing across the Pacific Ocean, they shared their journey with us exhausted yet uplifted. Congratulations to you both Miriam and Jess!
We were delighted to welcome the remarkable team from Seas the Day to the museum this week. Following their extraordinary achievement of rowing across the Pacific Ocean, they shared their journey with us exhausted yet uplifted. Congratulations to you both Miriam and Jess!
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Rowing Queens!
We were delighted to welcome the remarkable team from Seas the Day to the museum this week. Following their extraordinary achievement of rowing across the Pacific Ocean, they shared their journey with us exhausted yet uplifted. Congratulations to you both Miriam and Jess!
We were delighted to welcome the remarkable team from Seas the Day to the museum this week. Following their extraordinary achievement of rowing across the Pacific Ocean, they shared their journey with us exhausted yet uplifted. Congratulations to you both Miriam and Jess!
This #RemembranceDay, we honour the submariners of AE2.
Before the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli, AE2 became the first Allied submarine to breach the Dardanelles, “running amok” to disrupt enemy supply lines.
Scuttled after five days of daring action, all 35 crew survived.
Before the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli, AE2 became the first Allied submarine to breach the Dardanelles, “running amok” to disrupt enemy supply lines.
Scuttled after five days of daring action, all 35 crew survived.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This #RemembranceDay, we honour the submariners of AE2.
Before the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli, AE2 became the first Allied submarine to breach the Dardanelles, “running amok” to disrupt enemy supply lines.
Scuttled after five days of daring action, all 35 crew survived.
Before the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli, AE2 became the first Allied submarine to breach the Dardanelles, “running amok” to disrupt enemy supply lines.
Scuttled after five days of daring action, all 35 crew survived.
🌊 On this day in 1914, the guns of HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden met off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in what became the Royal Australian Navy’s first sea battle.
Diagram by Albert M. Barker, drawn from the captains’ original sketches, maps the courses of both ships during the battle.
00029824 #WWI
Diagram by Albert M. Barker, drawn from the captains’ original sketches, maps the courses of both ships during the battle.
00029824 #WWI
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🌊 On this day in 1914, the guns of HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden met off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in what became the Royal Australian Navy’s first sea battle.
Diagram by Albert M. Barker, drawn from the captains’ original sketches, maps the courses of both ships during the battle.
00029824 #WWI
Diagram by Albert M. Barker, drawn from the captains’ original sketches, maps the courses of both ships during the battle.
00029824 #WWI
SUNDAY READ: After decades of beach walks, Mark and Lucy Longden found something extraordinary buried in the sand between Ocean Grove and Point Lonsdale, the remains of a wooden ship, possibly lost more than a century ago.
⚓️ https://loom.ly/Hagya8c
Photo: Rodney Nicholson
⚓️ https://loom.ly/Hagya8c
Photo: Rodney Nicholson
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
SUNDAY READ: After decades of beach walks, Mark and Lucy Longden found something extraordinary buried in the sand between Ocean Grove and Point Lonsdale, the remains of a wooden ship, possibly lost more than a century ago.
⚓️ https://loom.ly/Hagya8c
Photo: Rodney Nicholson
⚓️ https://loom.ly/Hagya8c
Photo: Rodney Nicholson
🌊 Now Open: Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025
Dive into the beauty, drama and fragility of our blue planet.
📅 6 November 2025 to 3 May 2026
👉 www.sea.museum/ocean-photographer
Presented in partnership @oceanographic_mag and @blancpain1735
Dive into the beauty, drama and fragility of our blue planet.
📅 6 November 2025 to 3 May 2026
👉 www.sea.museum/ocean-photographer
Presented in partnership @oceanographic_mag and @blancpain1735
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
🌊 Now Open: Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025
Dive into the beauty, drama and fragility of our blue planet.
📅 6 November 2025 to 3 May 2026
👉 www.sea.museum/ocean-photographer
Presented in partnership @oceanographic_mag and @blancpain1735
Dive into the beauty, drama and fragility of our blue planet.
📅 6 November 2025 to 3 May 2026
👉 www.sea.museum/ocean-photographer
Presented in partnership @oceanographic_mag and @blancpain1735
⚓ Visiting Vessel Alert!
We’re excited to welcome the brand-new HMAS Arafura to the museum visiting alongside the historic HMAS Advance.
Both vessels have served as patrol boats in Australia’s northern waters, and it’s hard not to make some comparisons!
We’re excited to welcome the brand-new HMAS Arafura to the museum visiting alongside the historic HMAS Advance.
Both vessels have served as patrol boats in Australia’s northern waters, and it’s hard not to make some comparisons!
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
⚓ Visiting Vessel Alert!
We’re excited to welcome the brand-new HMAS Arafura to the museum visiting alongside the historic HMAS Advance.
Both vessels have served as patrol boats in Australia’s northern waters, and it’s hard not to make some comparisons!
We’re excited to welcome the brand-new HMAS Arafura to the museum visiting alongside the historic HMAS Advance.
Both vessels have served as patrol boats in Australia’s northern waters, and it’s hard not to make some comparisons!
🐴 Here’s your form guide White’s Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei)
🏆 Status: Endangered in NSW
📏 Size: Up to 16 cm tall
🌊 Habitat: Seagrass meadows, sponges & soft corals
👨👩👧 Family values: Monogamous
🐢 Speed: One of the slowest swimmers in the sea
📸 Photos: William Gladstone
🏆 Status: Endangered in NSW
📏 Size: Up to 16 cm tall
🌊 Habitat: Seagrass meadows, sponges & soft corals
👨👩👧 Family values: Monogamous
🐢 Speed: One of the slowest swimmers in the sea
📸 Photos: William Gladstone
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🐴 Here’s your form guide White’s Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei)
🏆 Status: Endangered in NSW
📏 Size: Up to 16 cm tall
🌊 Habitat: Seagrass meadows, sponges & soft corals
👨👩👧 Family values: Monogamous
🐢 Speed: One of the slowest swimmers in the sea
📸 Photos: William Gladstone
🏆 Status: Endangered in NSW
📏 Size: Up to 16 cm tall
🌊 Habitat: Seagrass meadows, sponges & soft corals
👨👩👧 Family values: Monogamous
🐢 Speed: One of the slowest swimmers in the sea
📸 Photos: William Gladstone
Maritime history is full of mighty moustaches - each one a story of resilience and sea-faring style.
Image: Samuel J Hood Studio
#Movember #MartimeMoustache
Image: Samuel J Hood Studio
#Movember #MartimeMoustache
November 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Maritime history is full of mighty moustaches - each one a story of resilience and sea-faring style.
Image: Samuel J Hood Studio
#Movember #MartimeMoustache
Image: Samuel J Hood Studio
#Movember #MartimeMoustache
🌊 What’s On This November?
Discover Frozen Witness: Aurora’s Polar Voyages Ocean Photographer of the Year launching 6 November.
Talks: Royal Australian Navy in Antarctica, The Wallace Line with Ian Burnet, Future of Freediving, to family favourites.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
Discover Frozen Witness: Aurora’s Polar Voyages Ocean Photographer of the Year launching 6 November.
Talks: Royal Australian Navy in Antarctica, The Wallace Line with Ian Burnet, Future of Freediving, to family favourites.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🌊 What’s On This November?
Discover Frozen Witness: Aurora’s Polar Voyages Ocean Photographer of the Year launching 6 November.
Talks: Royal Australian Navy in Antarctica, The Wallace Line with Ian Burnet, Future of Freediving, to family favourites.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
Discover Frozen Witness: Aurora’s Polar Voyages Ocean Photographer of the Year launching 6 November.
Talks: Royal Australian Navy in Antarctica, The Wallace Line with Ian Burnet, Future of Freediving, to family favourites.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
🎉 Happy World Teachers’ Day!
Today we celebrate and highlight the work of our incredible Museum Educators, many of whom are highly experienced, trained teachers.
Explore free online learning resources:
www.sea.museum/en/learn
#WorldTeachersDay2025 #HatsOffToTeachers
Today we celebrate and highlight the work of our incredible Museum Educators, many of whom are highly experienced, trained teachers.
Explore free online learning resources:
www.sea.museum/en/learn
#WorldTeachersDay2025 #HatsOffToTeachers
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
🎉 Happy World Teachers’ Day!
Today we celebrate and highlight the work of our incredible Museum Educators, many of whom are highly experienced, trained teachers.
Explore free online learning resources:
www.sea.museum/en/learn
#WorldTeachersDay2025 #HatsOffToTeachers
Today we celebrate and highlight the work of our incredible Museum Educators, many of whom are highly experienced, trained teachers.
Explore free online learning resources:
www.sea.museum/en/learn
#WorldTeachersDay2025 #HatsOffToTeachers
🎃 Need some last-minute Halloween costume inspo? We’ve got you covered maritime style!
Take a cue from some of our icons and turn your Halloween look into a sea-worthy statement.
Show us your nautical Halloween looks! 👻
Take a cue from some of our icons and turn your Halloween look into a sea-worthy statement.
Show us your nautical Halloween looks! 👻
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
🎃 Need some last-minute Halloween costume inspo? We’ve got you covered maritime style!
Take a cue from some of our icons and turn your Halloween look into a sea-worthy statement.
Show us your nautical Halloween looks! 👻
Take a cue from some of our icons and turn your Halloween look into a sea-worthy statement.
Show us your nautical Halloween looks! 👻
The first section of this historic structure was lifted into place by crane today, even in the rain! ☔
Originally built in 1912 at Garden Island, the mast once sent flag, light and semaphore messages to ships across Sydney Harbour. It was dismantled in 1978 and later restored at the museum in 1991.
Originally built in 1912 at Garden Island, the mast once sent flag, light and semaphore messages to ships across Sydney Harbour. It was dismantled in 1978 and later restored at the museum in 1991.
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The first section of this historic structure was lifted into place by crane today, even in the rain! ☔
Originally built in 1912 at Garden Island, the mast once sent flag, light and semaphore messages to ships across Sydney Harbour. It was dismantled in 1978 and later restored at the museum in 1991.
Originally built in 1912 at Garden Island, the mast once sent flag, light and semaphore messages to ships across Sydney Harbour. It was dismantled in 1978 and later restored at the museum in 1991.
📸 Throwback to 1978!
The Garden Island Signal Mast was dismantled and airlifted by a Chinook helicopter in 1978. The mast originally erected in 1912 before part of it was relocated to the museum in 1991.
After extensive repair work over the past six months it will be reinstalled this week.
The Garden Island Signal Mast was dismantled and airlifted by a Chinook helicopter in 1978. The mast originally erected in 1912 before part of it was relocated to the museum in 1991.
After extensive repair work over the past six months it will be reinstalled this week.
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
📸 Throwback to 1978!
The Garden Island Signal Mast was dismantled and airlifted by a Chinook helicopter in 1978. The mast originally erected in 1912 before part of it was relocated to the museum in 1991.
After extensive repair work over the past six months it will be reinstalled this week.
The Garden Island Signal Mast was dismantled and airlifted by a Chinook helicopter in 1978. The mast originally erected in 1912 before part of it was relocated to the museum in 1991.
After extensive repair work over the past six months it will be reinstalled this week.
⛵ Sydney Harbour comes alive!
This Sunday, 26 October, watch the pearl lugger John Louis in the Balmain Regatta Working Boats category. A tradition stretching back to the 1830s, captured in our historic Hall photographic collection.
#BalmainRegatta #SydneyHarbour #MaritimeHeritage #WorkingBoats
This Sunday, 26 October, watch the pearl lugger John Louis in the Balmain Regatta Working Boats category. A tradition stretching back to the 1830s, captured in our historic Hall photographic collection.
#BalmainRegatta #SydneyHarbour #MaritimeHeritage #WorkingBoats
October 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
⛵ Sydney Harbour comes alive!
This Sunday, 26 October, watch the pearl lugger John Louis in the Balmain Regatta Working Boats category. A tradition stretching back to the 1830s, captured in our historic Hall photographic collection.
#BalmainRegatta #SydneyHarbour #MaritimeHeritage #WorkingBoats
This Sunday, 26 October, watch the pearl lugger John Louis in the Balmain Regatta Working Boats category. A tradition stretching back to the 1830s, captured in our historic Hall photographic collection.
#BalmainRegatta #SydneyHarbour #MaritimeHeritage #WorkingBoats
♿ The Maritime Museum offers Sensory Days, audio tours, and social stories on special days, and sensory backpacks are available every day, including toys and noise-reducing headphones - just ask our friendly staff.
Learn more: www.sea.museum/en/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility
Learn more: www.sea.museum/en/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
♿ The Maritime Museum offers Sensory Days, audio tours, and social stories on special days, and sensory backpacks are available every day, including toys and noise-reducing headphones - just ask our friendly staff.
Learn more: www.sea.museum/en/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility
Learn more: www.sea.museum/en/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility
This Sunday, grandparents get the VIP treatment! Free entry, tall ships, exhibitions, café treats and 15% off at the shop. Celebrate, explore, and make memories together! 🌊❤️
More info: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
#GrandparentsDay #MaritimeMuseum #FamilyDayOut
More info: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
#GrandparentsDay #MaritimeMuseum #FamilyDayOut
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This Sunday, grandparents get the VIP treatment! Free entry, tall ships, exhibitions, café treats and 15% off at the shop. Celebrate, explore, and make memories together! 🌊❤️
More info: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
#GrandparentsDay #MaritimeMuseum #FamilyDayOut
More info: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
#GrandparentsDay #MaritimeMuseum #FamilyDayOut
⚓ This week in 1944, the Royal Australian Navy played a vital role in what is considered one of the largest naval battles, the Battle for Leyte Gulf in the Philippines.
The series of engagements marked a turning point in the Pacific War and set the course for the liberation of the Philippines.
The series of engagements marked a turning point in the Pacific War and set the course for the liberation of the Philippines.
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
⚓ This week in 1944, the Royal Australian Navy played a vital role in what is considered one of the largest naval battles, the Battle for Leyte Gulf in the Philippines.
The series of engagements marked a turning point in the Pacific War and set the course for the liberation of the Philippines.
The series of engagements marked a turning point in the Pacific War and set the course for the liberation of the Philippines.
☀️ Beat the heat and dive into some incredible stories!
🎤 Talk: HMS Edinburgh and the Lost Gold
📚 Author Talk: Secrets, Judi Morison
👻 Evening Edition: Australian Ghost Ships
📖 Book Launch: Twice in a Blue Moon, Richard Barnes and Pilbara, Judy Nunn
https://www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
🎤 Talk: HMS Edinburgh and the Lost Gold
📚 Author Talk: Secrets, Judi Morison
👻 Evening Edition: Australian Ghost Ships
📖 Book Launch: Twice in a Blue Moon, Richard Barnes and Pilbara, Judy Nunn
https://www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
October 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
☀️ Beat the heat and dive into some incredible stories!
🎤 Talk: HMS Edinburgh and the Lost Gold
📚 Author Talk: Secrets, Judi Morison
👻 Evening Edition: Australian Ghost Ships
📖 Book Launch: Twice in a Blue Moon, Richard Barnes and Pilbara, Judy Nunn
https://www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
🎤 Talk: HMS Edinburgh and the Lost Gold
📚 Author Talk: Secrets, Judi Morison
👻 Evening Edition: Australian Ghost Ships
📖 Book Launch: Twice in a Blue Moon, Richard Barnes and Pilbara, Judy Nunn
https://www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
🎉 Happy Birthday to the Sydney Opera House! 🎂
Here’s a throwback to Sydney Harbour in the 1960s when the P&O liner ORIANA was being turned around by three tugboats off Bennelong Point
📸 John Richard “Jack” Tyrrell Richardson, around 1960
Gift of Patricia ANMS1125[061]
richardson
Here’s a throwback to Sydney Harbour in the 1960s when the P&O liner ORIANA was being turned around by three tugboats off Bennelong Point
📸 John Richard “Jack” Tyrrell Richardson, around 1960
Gift of Patricia ANMS1125[061]
richardson
October 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
🎉 Happy Birthday to the Sydney Opera House! 🎂
Here’s a throwback to Sydney Harbour in the 1960s when the P&O liner ORIANA was being turned around by three tugboats off Bennelong Point
📸 John Richard “Jack” Tyrrell Richardson, around 1960
Gift of Patricia ANMS1125[061]
richardson
Here’s a throwback to Sydney Harbour in the 1960s when the P&O liner ORIANA was being turned around by three tugboats off Bennelong Point
📸 John Richard “Jack” Tyrrell Richardson, around 1960
Gift of Patricia ANMS1125[061]
richardson
🌊 Celebrate Grandparents Day at the Maritime Museum!
Free entry for all grandparents on Sunday 26 October as our way of saying thank you for the special role they play in our lives.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
Free entry for all grandparents on Sunday 26 October as our way of saying thank you for the special role they play in our lives.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
October 19, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🌊 Celebrate Grandparents Day at the Maritime Museum!
Free entry for all grandparents on Sunday 26 October as our way of saying thank you for the special role they play in our lives.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
Free entry for all grandparents on Sunday 26 October as our way of saying thank you for the special role they play in our lives.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
Sunday Read: On Namibia's Skeleton Coast, lions have learned to hunt seals, becoming the world's only maritime lions.
Photographer Griet Van Malderen captured this extraordinary adaptation.
👉www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-the-photo-showing-namibias-desert-lions-living-on-the-beach
Photographer Griet Van Malderen captured this extraordinary adaptation.
👉www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-the-photo-showing-namibias-desert-lions-living-on-the-beach
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sunday Read: On Namibia's Skeleton Coast, lions have learned to hunt seals, becoming the world's only maritime lions.
Photographer Griet Van Malderen captured this extraordinary adaptation.
👉www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-the-photo-showing-namibias-desert-lions-living-on-the-beach
Photographer Griet Van Malderen captured this extraordinary adaptation.
👉www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-the-photo-showing-namibias-desert-lions-living-on-the-beach
Work on Loan 🚚
Nancy McDinny's powerful painting, Macassin Collecting Trapang (1), is currently featured in the 'Awakening Histories' exhibition at Monash University.
Installation view Photo: Andrew Curtis
© Nancy McDinny/Copyright Agency, 2025.
Nancy McDinny's powerful painting, Macassin Collecting Trapang (1), is currently featured in the 'Awakening Histories' exhibition at Monash University.
Installation view Photo: Andrew Curtis
© Nancy McDinny/Copyright Agency, 2025.
October 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Work on Loan 🚚
Nancy McDinny's powerful painting, Macassin Collecting Trapang (1), is currently featured in the 'Awakening Histories' exhibition at Monash University.
Installation view Photo: Andrew Curtis
© Nancy McDinny/Copyright Agency, 2025.
Nancy McDinny's powerful painting, Macassin Collecting Trapang (1), is currently featured in the 'Awakening Histories' exhibition at Monash University.
Installation view Photo: Andrew Curtis
© Nancy McDinny/Copyright Agency, 2025.
How do you solve a puzzle like putting a ship in a bottle or in this case, a lightbulb? 💡
Model ship builder Mike is creating something extraordinary for the Festival of Model Ship Building 2025 at Wests Ashfield.
His latest work, a Commonwealth Lightship Carpentaria encased in a giant lightbulb.
Model ship builder Mike is creating something extraordinary for the Festival of Model Ship Building 2025 at Wests Ashfield.
His latest work, a Commonwealth Lightship Carpentaria encased in a giant lightbulb.
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
How do you solve a puzzle like putting a ship in a bottle or in this case, a lightbulb? 💡
Model ship builder Mike is creating something extraordinary for the Festival of Model Ship Building 2025 at Wests Ashfield.
His latest work, a Commonwealth Lightship Carpentaria encased in a giant lightbulb.
Model ship builder Mike is creating something extraordinary for the Festival of Model Ship Building 2025 at Wests Ashfield.
His latest work, a Commonwealth Lightship Carpentaria encased in a giant lightbulb.
“This was the first time that we'd listened in to any Japanese signal, and it was right on our doorstep. If I hadn’t picked it up, nobody would have known about it.” Bruce Robertson (1919–2025)
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/exhibitions/secret-strike-war-on-our-shores
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/exhibitions/secret-strike-war-on-our-shores
October 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
“This was the first time that we'd listened in to any Japanese signal, and it was right on our doorstep. If I hadn’t picked it up, nobody would have known about it.” Bruce Robertson (1919–2025)
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/exhibitions/secret-strike-war-on-our-shores
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/exhibitions/secret-strike-war-on-our-shores
🌊 Did you know? Our elegant steam yacht SY Ena once served a very different purpose, as HMAS Sleuth, a Royal Australian Navy patrol vessel during World War I.
Originally built in Sydney in 1900 to 1901 for banker Sir Thomas Dibbs, the vessel has lived many lives.
📸 HMAS Sleuth 1917
Originally built in Sydney in 1900 to 1901 for banker Sir Thomas Dibbs, the vessel has lived many lives.
📸 HMAS Sleuth 1917
October 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
🌊 Did you know? Our elegant steam yacht SY Ena once served a very different purpose, as HMAS Sleuth, a Royal Australian Navy patrol vessel during World War I.
Originally built in Sydney in 1900 to 1901 for banker Sir Thomas Dibbs, the vessel has lived many lives.
📸 HMAS Sleuth 1917
Originally built in Sydney in 1900 to 1901 for banker Sir Thomas Dibbs, the vessel has lived many lives.
📸 HMAS Sleuth 1917