Due to the sheer size of our collection, only a fraction of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s objects can be on display at any one time. 

Don't let our lack of physical space get in the way of making new discoveries. You can explore a rich and diverse collection of artefacts online ranging from rocket boats to gold buttons, and discover a wealth of remarkable stories.

Main image: Dock workers and floating crane / Titan Darling Harbour / c. 1947. David Moore. ANMM Collection 00030758

 

 

Colonial Wallpapers - Pacific Encounters

 

Based on the conventions and elements of early European sea charts, the painting 'Colonial Wallpapers - Pacific Encounters' incorporates a central compass rose, rumb lines and wind gods in a reconstruction of the Pacific.

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07 Oct 2013

Aboard the TINGIRA : Our Navy’s Nursery

05 Oct 2013

It was 'a veritable blaze of splendour' - Lightshows of the past

04 Oct 2013

100 years: The first fleet of the Royal Australian Navy

25 Sep 2013

A tale of three blazers, two t-shirts and one pocket – collecting America’s Cup apparel

04 Sep 2013

Who’s your seafaring relative?

03 Sep 2013

Borrowing from the Maritime Museum’s Collection

10 Aug 2013

The sport of turtle riding and ‘the Greatest Liar on Earth’

09 Aug 2013

Suitcases, boats and bridges

29 Jul 2013

Sailing, Spacemen and underpants