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.
Fast Five – Quick Questions with Virtual Heritage Jedi, Brett Leavy
01 Jul 2019
Before Brett joins the panel discussion for our upcoming Ocean Talk on Aboriginal Perspectives of Sydney Harbour, we asked him some rapid fire questions.
Read more![Postcard depicting a painting of the mutineers turning Lieutenant Bligh adrift from the Bounty, before 1816, ANMM Collection Gift from Rhonda Coleman, ANMS1140[037]](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/june-2019/mutiny-on-the-bounty_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160 "Postcard depicting a painting of the mutineers turning Lieutenant Bligh adrift from the Bounty, before 1816, ANMM Collection Gift from Rhonda Coleman, ANMS1140[037]")
A mutiny and a mystery
14 Jun 2019
What happened to Fletcher Christian and the Bounty mutineers?
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Problematic Profanity: William Bligh's Bad Language
13 Jun 2019
William Bligh is remembered as a naval officer, expert navigator, cartographer, explorer and the governor of New South Wales – just to name a few. But what about a serial swearer?
William Bligh 101 – who was he and why should we care?
13 Jun 2019
Who was Captain William Bligh? Perhaps you know him as a sailor and the infamous mutiny on board the HMS Bounty. Or maybe you know him as the governor of New South Wales who was deposed in the only successful military coup in Australian history?
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Find your feet in our Refugee Week tapestry workshops
07 Jun 2019
Artists Sayd Abdali and Jane Théau are making a tapestry rug at the museum during Refugee Week.
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Stitched with love
07 Jun 2019
The wonderful story of how a love of knitting united two countries.
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Fast Five - Quick Questions with Maritime Archaeologist Emily Jateff
23 May 2019
Before Emily joins the panel discussion for our special National Archaeology Week Ocean Talk this evening, we asked her some rapid fire questions.
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Style Files: vintage fashion in boating magazines
17 May 2019
Celebrating the retro style of 60's advertising
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Remembering the marvelous maritime mothers
10 May 2019
As Mother’s Day approaches a maritime museum is not usually a place one would look for motherly sentiment. Yet here at the museum and the Vaughan Evans Library there are small yet extraordinary reminders of what motherhood can mean.
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