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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27 Jul 2013

The opulent ship with a royal connection

05 Jul 2013

Alone on the wide, wide sea : The voyage of the SPRAY

27 Jun 2013

History and knitting

19 Jun 2013

Musical Mallets – the sing song sounds of caulking tools

18 Jun 2013

Around the world in the 1800s : The voyage of the SUNBEAM

15 Jun 2013

Stories of growing up in Australia

11 Jun 2013

Coca Cola and lanolin: Channel swimming champion visits museum

08 Jun 2013

60 years on, thanks for all the photographs Sam

05 Jun 2013

George Cruikshank: Satirising the Eastern trade