What's on

16 March - 14 July

Search and rescue operations take place every minute, every hour, every day, all around the world. From the air to the sea and on land, responsive operations are lifelines to many people in times of need. But what does a rescue scenario really involve? View more exhibition information.

Cost and booking information

Times: Daily 9.30 am - 5 pm daily
Cost: Included in the Big Ticket.

13 April - 3 November

In 2010 a team of explorers comprising of wildlife photographers, filmmakers and scientists embarked on an expedition from the Antarctic Peninsula to South Georgia. This stunning visual documentation of the expedition captures life above and below the ice, the fauna and flora, glaciers, and the magnificent land and seascapes of this great wilderness. View more exhibition information.

Cost and booking information

Times: Daily 9.30 am - 5 pm daily
Cost: Included in museum entry.

24 May - 10 June | Daily after dark

For the first time, the museum will light up as part of the exciting Vivid Sydney program, along with major harbourside attractions in Darling Harbour and around Sydney. Our roof top projection is inspired by the colour, patterns, flavours and sounds of India to complement our exhibition East of India - Forgotten trade with Australia open from 1 June - 18 August.

View full program of events.

Cost and booking information

Cost: Free

1 June - 18 August

The early Australian colonies, at the 'ends of the earth' from Europe, turned to nearby Asia for survival and growth. This exhibition tracks our colonial links with India, the power and monopoly of the English East India Company, and its inevitable decline. It's a tale of ships and shipwrecks, rice and rum, officers and officials, sailors, soldiers and servants - taking us from the old allure of Asia to modern-day ties between India and Australia.

Cost and booking information

Times: Daily 9.30 am - 5 pm daily

Friday 31 May | 10 am - 2.30 pm

nnual Japanese Midget Sub tour 71st anniversary of the Battle of Sydney Harbour On the winter's night of May 31 1942 three Japanese midget submarines slipped into Sydney Harbour in a bid to destroy allied vessels anchored there.
By dawn all had been destroyed despite a possible "comedy of errors" in doing so. The only allied casualty that night was HMAS Kuttabul which was sunk with naval ratings aboard, killing 21.

Join expert Stephen Carruthers and curator Lindsey Shaw in a cruise of the sites followed by a visit to Garden is to see a recovered midget sub conning tower and lunch prior to returning to the museum.

Cost and booking information

Cost: Members $65, child $35, General: adult $75, child $35,
Bookings essential: Essential phone +61 2 9298 3644 or email members@anmm.gov.au or book online
Meet: at the HMAS vampire ticket booth at 9.30am

Friday 21 June| 11 am - 2 pm

Join curators Nigel Erskine and Michelle Linder for a tour of the exhibition followed by a delicious themed Indian lunch with guests Kumar and Suba Mahadean, authors of the new cookbook/biography, Food, Family and Tradition. These skilled restaurateurs behind the "hatted "restaurants Abhi's and Akhi's present traditional and modern Indian recipes alongside their personal story of their arranged marriage, international adventures, immigration to Australia, and finally their success in creating one of the best loved Indian restaurants in Australia. Chef Kumar has featured on Master Chef Australia twice.
Book sales and signing at the conclusion of the event.

Cost and booking information

Cost: Members $45 Guests $55. Early bird booking of $40 until end of May. Includes two course lunch and tour of the exhibition. In the Exhibition and Terrace room.
Bookings essential: Phone +61 2 9298 3644 or email members@anmm.gov.au or book online.

Sundays from 5 May - 23 June | 11 am - 12 pm & 2 pm - 3 pm

Explore wonderful and curious objects from our education collection in this interactive discovery device in our galleries.

Cost and booking information

For ages: All ages
Cost: Free with museum entry

Sundays from 5 May - 16 June (except 19 May) | 11 am - 3 pm

Delve into the amazing Antarctic environment with artmaking, cool science experiments, dress-ups and games. Discover how global warming affects the South Pole's critters. Create your own Antarctic animal snowdome and make a weather-balloon mobile.

Cost and booking information

For ages: 5-12 years
Cost: $8.50 per child, FREE members/Big Ticket. Adults general museum fees apply
Bookings: No bookings required

Tuesdays 7 - 28 May & Saturday 11 May | 10 am - 10.45 am & 11 am - 11.45 am

Mini Mariners welcomes 2-5-year-olds and their parents/carers. Expect lots of fun with games, craft and story time. Our interactive gallery tour is led by a costumed guide and there is free play in our themed space.

Tuesdays in May is Antarctic Animals. Join your character guides as we tap and waddle like a penguin, clap like a seal and jump like a Humpback whale, travelling through the galleries to learn about Antarctic animals in the Elysium Epic exhibition. Enjoy story time, games and songs, make a penguin puppet or a painted seal to take home.

Cost and booking information

Cost: $8.50 per child, first adult $3.50, additional adults $7.00 (includes galleries ticket) Members free.
Bookings essential: Phone +61 2 9298 3655 or email bookings@anmm.gov.au
Book online:
Tuesday 21 May 10.00 am or 11.00 am
Tuesday 28 May 10.00 am or 11.00 am

Tuesdays 4-25 June, and Saturday 15 June| 10 am or 11 am

Cost and booking information

For ages: 2-5 years + carers
When: Tuesdays during school term
Time: 10 am - 10.45 am and 11 am - 11.45 am
Cost: $8.50 per child, first adult $3.50, additional adults $7.00 (includes galleries ticket) Members free.
Bookings essential: Please click on the session time you would like to book for below
Book online:
Tuesday 4 June 10 am or 11 am
Tuesday 11 June 10 am or 11 am
Saturday 15 June 10 am or 11 am
Tuesday 18 June 10 am or 11 am
Tuesday 25 June 10 am or 11 am

Phone +61 2 9298 3655 or email bookings@anmm.gov.au

Sunday 26 May | 2 pm - 4.30 pm

Uncover the stories behind the beautiful Elysium Epic exhibition, an in-depth scientific and photographic survey of Antarctica and the impact of global warming on Earth's last remote place. Enjoy a special screening of the expedition documentary and hear from Michael Aw, Elysium expedition director and three time winner of NHM /BBC's wildlife photographer of the year. Includes afternoon tea and museum entry.

Cost and booking information

Cost: Adults $45/ members/concessions $40. Includes morning tea and museum entry.
Bookings: Contact WEA by phone +61 2 9264 2781 or the WEA website.

Sunday 16 June | 2 - 5 pm

Liz Williamson, renowned textile artist and head of Design at UNSW COFA, discusses her Woven in Asia series, the influence of Indian artisan textiles on her work and the legacies of the colonial cloth trade on contemporary textile practice. Join a workshop in Bandhani (Indian tie dye) using plant and indigo dyes to make your own beautiful resist dye-patterned scarves. .

Cost and booking information

Date: Sunday 16 June
Time: 2- 5 pm
Cost: $40 (Members/Concessions $35) Includes entry to East of India, all workshop materials and afternoon tea
Bookings essential: : Phone +61 2 9298 3655 or book online