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HM Bark Endeavour replica to undertake epic circumnavigation of Australia
28 July 2010
The Australian National Maritime Museum's magnificent replica of Captain Cook's ship HM Bark Endeavour will make an historic circumnavigation of Australia in 2011 - 12.
Announcing the voyage today the Hon Peter Garrett AM MP, Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts, said the vessel will visit 18 ports on the 13-month voyage.
David Moore – Portraits of a shipping company
4 June 2010
Until December 2010
Australian National Maritime Museum
Darling Harbour
In the late 1970s the eminent Australian photographer David Moore accepted a commission to portray the Columbus Line's container fleet for a high-profile advertising campaign.
The 25 striking colour prints in the exhibition David Moore - Portraits of a shipping company demonstrate how brilliantly well he responded to his brief to capture the grandeur of the ships at sea.
National Maritime Museum acquires record-breaking trans-Tasman kayak
4 June 2010
The custom-built kayak that Sydney adventurers James Castrission and Justin Jones paddled across the Tasman Sea in 2007-08 has achieved Australian maritime heritage status.
The Australian National Maritime Museum has acquired the 9-metre long foam-and-fibreglass vessel for its historical collection.
NEW EXHIBITION - NAIDOC 2009: celebrating and acknowledging Indigenous Australians
24 June 2009
These ten prints by established and emerging Indigenous artists were commissioned by the Netherlands Embassy to mark 400 years of Dutch contact with the Australian continent and its people.
New exhibition traces the changing shape of swimwear
19 June 2009
Neck-to-knees, togs, budgie smugglers, sluggos, maillot... over the last century swimwear, like its name, has evolved... from a functional outfit to an often provocative fashion essential.
It's all about Charles Darwin these school holidays!
19 June 2009
Junior naturalist workshop week...20-24 July 2009
Kids can become junior naturalists for a week at the Australian National Maritime Museum and discover the hidden secrets of natural science.
National Maritime Museum lights up blue for Refugee Week
12 June 2009
The Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour will be bathed in blue light every night next week to commemorate Refugee Week (14-20 June).
It’s Vampire’s 50th birthday… and you're invited to the party
14 May 2009
One of Sydney Harbour's best known vessels, the destroyer HMAS Vampire, is approaching its big Five-O and everyone is invited to the birthday celebrations!
Enjoy classic vampire flicks alongside HMAS Vampire
7 May 2009
To celebrate the 50th birthday of its biggest object HMAS Vampire, the Australian National Maritime Museum is hosting three nights of the 'living dead' with special cult vampire movies in June.
Museum cancels Endeavour's voyage to Queensland ports
1 May 2009
The Australian National Maritime Museum has reluctantly called off the HM Bark Endeavour replica's planned voyage to several ports along the Queensland coast later this year.
Adventurer McAuley’s solo kayak in National Maritime Museum collection
15 April 2009
The Australian National Maritime Museum has acquired the kayak that adventurer Andrew McAuley used on his ill-fated attempt to become the first person to paddle alone across the Tasman from Australia to New Zealand.
Children voyage with Darwin as junior naturalists these holidays
24 March 2009
Kids will experience what it's like to be a junior naturalist these holidays at the Australian National Maritime Museum's Discover Darwin autumn school holiday activities.
National Maritime Museum program considers Darwin and his world
13 February 2009
A major symposium in Sydney on 20-21 March will discuss Charles Darwin... his life, his voyage of scientific discovery on HMS Beagle and the great surge of scientific research into natural history that he inspired.
FAMILY FUN: Movies by Moonlight on board HMAS Vampire and an Endeavour Adventure ...
10 February 2009
Movies by Moonlight on board HMAS Vampire is returning this March with another program of classic films. Join us for a unique movie experience as the helicopter deck of HMAS Vampire is turned into the ultimate outdoor theatre.
Charles Darwin - Voyages and ideas that shook the world
27 January 2009
We all know travel broadens our vision and stimulates our thinking... but what sort of voyage was it that inspired Charles Darwin to construct his theory of evolution that shook the 19th century world's beliefs to their very core?
Museum archaeologists confirm historic shipwreck site on Barrier Reef
7 January 2009
Australian National Maritime Museum archaeologists working off the coast of North Queensland are now convinced they have located the site where HM Colonial Schooner Mermaid ran aground and broke up on the Great Barrier Reef in 1829.
Museum team finds historic shipwreck site on reef off North Queensland coast
6 January 2009
Australian National Maritime Museum archaeologists have almost certainly found the site of an intriguing 1829 shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef some 20 km off the coast of North Queensland.
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Media enquiries:
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