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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30 Nov 2012

Walking in Hall’s footsteps

23 Nov 2012

The Prosecutor and the Perpetrator: Murder in Melbourne…

16 Nov 2012

The Prince of Pickpockets who stole our imagination with a swagger

09 Nov 2012

A Special Kind of Bluebird

05 Nov 2012

The three Mysteries: the Island, the Star and the disappearance

25 Oct 2012

From Brunswick to Bullecourt

19 Oct 2012

The ‘indescribable horror’

28 Sep 2012

William Dampier - Buccaneer, Explorer, Hydrographer and sometime Captain

12 Sep 2012

Ron and Valerie Taylor and their quest to protect