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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21 May 2015

Lynton Lamb's Orient Line designs

28 Apr 2015

Anzacs and surf lifesavers

22 Apr 2015

Anzac Cove from the water: the Gallipoli diary of 2nd Engineer George Armstrong

14 Apr 2015

Diving into the past: the Beatrice Kerr collection
Kay Cottee - First lady

08 Apr 2015

Going it alone – Kay Cottee’s voyage aboard Blackmores First Lady

04 Mar 2015

Sharing the collection on Google Cultural Institute

20 Feb 2015

Operation: Torpedo

03 Feb 2015

You have to be in it to win it – trophies from the collection

07 Jan 2015

A pilot steamer for the collection