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The Vaughan Evans Library is the research library of the Australian National Maritime Museum. The collection reflects the activities and collecting interests of the museum. It includes:

• publications relating to the museum's permanent exhibition themes
• many standard reference sources for research on ships and shipping
• material relating to temporary exhibitions
• specialist museum publications on topics like exhibitions design, conservation and restoration, museology and maritime archaeology
• good runs of journals on shipbuilding, yachting and surfing (with the emphasis on non-current materials).

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You can also access a small, but growing, number of publications on the Vaughan Evans Digital Library.

Can't find what you're looking for?

• Visit the library, open by appointment from 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Monday to Friday and the first Saturday of each month (excluding public holidays). Over the Xmas holidays the Library will be closed between 25th December 2012 and the 1st January 2013. Reopening on Wednesday 2nd January 2013. Contact the Public Enquiries Librarian for an appointment on +61 2 9298 3731 or email library@anmm.gov.au.   
• Make an enquiry using the online form.
• Browse our online research guides for the answers you need.
• For the latest library news, research advice and bookmarks, visit the library blog.