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Four individuals lowering 20 tiles attached to a board into the water for a scientific experiment

Science at work: Settlement plates and space invaders

09 Dec 2019

Marine scientists visited the museum to install 40 settlement plates below the waterline, investigating marine growth and factors that can reduce the establishment of species that aren’t native to Australia.

Inger Lundberg standing in a museum store

From Aland to Australia: Inger Lundberg on the historic ship Pommern

09 Dec 2019

We chat to museum and cultural heritage scientist Inger Lundberg about one of her great maritime loves – the four-masted ship Pommern!

10 ways to save water at home

03 Dec 2019

With level 2 water restrictions due to start on 10 December in Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Illawarra, we have listed 10 different ways you can help save water at home – every drop counts!

5 things to do with kids on a rainy day

28 Nov 2019

Looking for things to do on a rainy day? Don’t despair, we have some ideas to keep you and your little ones entertained – and most importantly dry!

War canoes leave the beach at the K and K festival. Photo: David Payne, ANMM

Visiting the Huhu Bay War Canoe Festival

27 Nov 2019

Historic Vessels curator David Payne and Indigenous curator Helen Anu recently attended the opening of the museum's Massim Canoe exhibition at the Massim Museum and Cultural Centre.

Gina Sinozich, We are sailing the Suez Canal on our way to Australia, 2003. ANMM Collection Gift from Gina Sinozich 00037916

Sail, steam and Suez views

17 Nov 2019

This week marks the 150th anniversary of a great historic coincidence – the opening of the Suez Canal and the launch of the British tea clipper Cutty Sark.

Coming and Going, the Sydney memorial to British child migrants by Sasha Reid, located outside the museum in Darling Harbour

Reflecting on the child migrant apology

16 Nov 2019

Ten years ago today, the Australian government made a long-awaited national apology to the thousands of former child migrants whose lives were impacted by government-sponsored child migration schemes.

Whispers from the deep

11 Nov 2019

Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Wireless radio operator, John Brown, kept a journal of his service during WWI. Brown’s journal begins just before the outbreak of WWI and concludes after Armistice.

Bligh - Hero or Villain? Manipulated Portrait of Rea-Admiral William Bligh. Courtesy of National Library of Australia.

William Bligh at war

05 Nov 2019

Fighting in both the battles of Camperdown (1797) and Copenhagen (1801), William Bligh proved to be a formidable opponent of Britain’s enemies, taking on larger and more heavily armed ships as his military prowess became clear.