Pride Flies High
February 13, 2019
For the first time in its 28 year history, the Australian National Maritime Museum will proudly raise a rainbow flag above at its Darling Harbour location to recognise and celebrate its commitment to telling the “hidden histories” of LGBTQI people at sea, as well as to the Museum’s diverse staff and guests.
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54th Wildlife Photographer of the Year opens
February 12, 2019
The largest wildlife photography competition in the world, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, is opening at the Australian National Maritime Museum on 7 March, with discounted pre-sales opening today.
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Maritime Museum launches new talk series
February 04, 2019
For the love of oceans! The Australian National Maritime Museum is launching an exciting new monthly talk series in 2019, Ocean Talks, with a range of fascinating marine experts who will challenge everything you know about the depths (and shallows) of earth’s oceans.
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Voyage to mark 250-year Cook anniversary in 2020
January 22, 2019
The replica ship HMB Endeavour will circumnavigate Australia from March 2020 to May 2021, to mark 250 years since Captain James Cook reached the east coast of Australia.
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Celebrate summer nights by the sea at the Australian National Maritime Museum
December 20, 2018
The Australian National Maritime Museum is keeping its doors open late this summer as it transforms its waterfront into Sydney’s newest waterfront bar. Throughout January, entry to the Museum and its waterside bar will be free for Summer Lates.
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Internationally-Acclaimed Art Exhibition ‘On Sharks & Humanity’ Opens Today
December 11, 2018
The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) officially opens its new exhibition ‘On Sharks & Humanity’ to visitors, to open the summer season at the Museum.
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Rooftop projections welcomes IMC Conference Delegates
October 29, 2018
Waves of Migration a dynamic light show exploring the history of migration to Australia, will screen on the Australian National Maritime Museum’s iconic roofline during the International Metropolis Conference at Darling Harbour, from tonight until Sunday November 4.
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CHANGE OF DATE: New exhibition On Sharks & Humanity will now open on 11 December 2018
October 22, 2018
This summer the Australian National Maritime Museum will welcome the internationally-acclaimed contemporary art exhibition On Sharks & Humanity, featuring works by more than 30 artists from around the world – all united by the need to protect sharks.
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Search continues for HMB Endeavour’s final resting place
September 19, 2018
In response to media reports this morning that James Cook’s HMB Endeavour has been found, the Australian National Maritime Museum can confirm that a team of US and Australian maritime archaeologists and volunteers from the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP), the Australian National Maritime Museum and Silentworld Foundation are currently undertaking fieldwork in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island as part of an ongoing search for James Cook’s ship HMB Endeavour.
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104 years on, new evidence behind WWI submarine HMAS AE1’s tragic loss
September 14, 2018
On the 104th anniversary of the loss of Australia’s first submarine HMAS AE1, a report released by the Australian National Maritime Museum today reveals new evidence which may finally solve the mystery behind its disappearance on 14 September 1914.
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