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.
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03 Nov 2020
The Greycliffe ferry disaster
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26 Oct 2020
Fast Five: Quick questions with artist Tawhai Rickard
![The first known image of Jeanne Baret, from 1816. From Navigazioni di Cook del grande oceano e intorno al globo, Volume 2, 1816, Sonzogono e Comp, Milano. Reproduced courtesy State Library of NSW, FL3740703 The first known image of Jeanne Baret, from 1816. From Navigazioni di Cook del grande oceano e intorno al globo, Volume 2, 1816, Sonzogono e Comp, Milano. Reproduced courtesy State Library of NSW](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/july-2020/fl3740703_2160x1080-copy.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
27 Jul 2020
The extraordinary circumnavigation of Jeanne Baret
![Entry to the Kupe to Cook exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum Entry to the Kupe to Cook exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/july-2020/kupe-to-cook_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
08 Jul 2020
Who was Kupe?
![Under Southern Skies exhibition entry Under Southern Skies exhibition entry](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/june-2020/usss-6484_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
10 Jun 2020
Long way from the River
![Transcending Boundaries (by teamLab) - Electric waterfalls pour down the walls and over artificial boulders; then as they encounter individual visitors they deviate and meander, creating the illusion that the “flow” has been trapped and redirected to create beautiful eddies all around you. Transcending Boundaries (by teamLab)](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/may-2020/transcending-boundaries-by-teamlab2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
29 May 2020
A new museology for generation Z: The impact and revolution of Japanese digital art
![Photojournalist Justin Gilligan standing in front of his photograph, Colliding Views Photojournalist Justin Gilligan standing in front of his photograph, Colliding Views](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/may-2020/ww-photographer-2020_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
22 May 2020
Q&A with WPY finalist Justin Gilligan
![These military personnel, believed to be members of the Australian Flying Corps, were photographed by Josiah Barnes while boarding RMS Orsova for overseas service in 1916. ANMM Collection 00027610 Military personnel photographed boarding Orsova in 1916](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2020/03-mar-2020/00027610_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
19 Mar 2020
A deadly shipmate: Surviving 'Spanish flu' aboard HMAT Orsova
![Women in their swimming costumes on the beach at Lindeman Island, Queensland, Christmas 1928. Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Women in their swimming costumes on the beach at Lindeman Island, Queensland, Christmas 1928](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2020/02-feb-2020/john-oxley-library-state-library-of-queensland-neg-116602160x1080reduced.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
17 Feb 2020