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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03 May 2012

Don't forget to honour your mother! Medals and mementoes from the collection

01 May 2012

Object of the week: The horrors of the deep

24 Apr 2012

Australian troops marched the streets of Sydney

23 Apr 2012

Object of the Week: Coming home - the diary of Sgt JG Campbell

17 Apr 2012

Object of the week: A sailor's woe and a heroic maiden

10 Apr 2012

Object of the Week: The ex-slave, the doomed barque and the American President.

29 Mar 2012

Object of the Week - Voyage into the unknown: the beautiful white dress

23 Mar 2012

Object of the week – Mementos of the Great White Fleet

09 Mar 2012

Operation Rimau, the tragic sequel to the success of MV Krait