Discover stories behind the latest exhibitions, fascinating explorations into maritime science and archaeology, and the surprising details of what happens inside (and outside) a modern working museum.

20 Aug 2020
The melancholy wreck of the 'Dunbar'

22 Jul 2020
Fixing the Frederick Elliott watercolours: A big conservation project of small paintings

16 Jul 2020
Las Balsas: The world's longest raft journey

15 Jul 2020
Ask an Archaeologist Day

22 May 2020
Bound for 'South Australian': South Australia's oldest known shipwreck found
![SS Federal docked at a wharf. Built in 1889, owned by McIlwraith McEacharn Limited, wrecked off the Western Australian coast in 1901. ANMM Collection, ANMS0047[142] Black and white photograph of a ship](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/12-dec-2019/signals-129/anms0047142_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
21 Dec 2019
Digitising our history: The tragedy of SS Federal

13 Dec 2019
Rhode Island revisited: The search for Cook's Endeavour continues

01 Dec 2019
PS Herald Revisited
![Workers place concrete reinforcement steel in the Tooma–Tumut Tunnel, part of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1960. Photographer Don Edwards. ANMM Collection Gift from Barbara Alysen ANMS0215[016] Workers place concrete reinforcement steel in the Tooma–Tumut Tunnel, part of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1960. Photographer Don Edwards. ANMM Collection Gift from Barbara Alysen ANMS0215[016]](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/10-oct-2019/anms0215016_2160x1080-copy.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
17 Oct 2019