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.

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. Visit the exhibition website.

Cost and booking information

Times: Daily 9.30 am - 5 pm daily

Tuesday 28 May | 7 pm - 9 pm

You are invited to the launch of the landmark publication, The Duyfken, edited by Mr Rupert Gerritson. The book commemorates the unveiling of the First Contact Memorial at Mapoon, the point where the Dutch VOC ship Duyfken made landfall in 1606. This is the site of the first recorded European contact on Australian soil with the Aboriginal people.

Bookings are essential as there is limited capacity, only 30 places available.

Cost and booking information

Cost: Free
Bookings essential: Only 30 places available. Phone +61 2 9298 3644 or email members@anmm.gov.au.

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

7 June | 10 am | Join us at the museum or via video conference

The Australian National Maritime Museum is offering senior chemistry students the opportunity to meet our in-house experts as they discuss new conservation processes to be undertaken and contemporary corrosion and conversation issues.

Join our Maritime Archaeology Manager, Kieran Hosty and Conservation Manager,  Jonathan London as they present two in-depth case studies, on the retrieval, original conservation and subsequent conservation work on the Sirius Anchor and three small objects found recently on the Great Barrier Reef.

At the conclusion of each case study there will be an opportunity for students to ask our experts during the question and answer session.

Cost and booking information

Book in your class via our Booking Officer +61 2 9298 3655 or bookings@anmm.gov.au
  
Or register for the free video conference with DART Connections.

14 June | 10 am or 1 pm | Join us at the museum or via video conference

Tim Jarvis AM, Shackleton Epic expedition leader, is one of the world's leading explorers and possesses an extraordinary adventure and leadership resume. He is also a best-selling author, film-maker and public speaker, and has recently returned from Antarctica where he retraced Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary 1916 voyage of survival and crossing of South Georgia's mountainous interior.
 
Join Tim for an exclusive talk for schools at the museum on Friday 14 June at 10 am or 1 pm. Afterwards, view the stunning photography exhibition Elysium Antarctic Visual Epic.

Cost and booking information

Book in your class via our Booking Officer +61 2 9298 3655 or bookings@anmm.gov.au
 
Or register for the free video conference with DART Connections.

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.