High-tech wreck hunting on board the RV Investigator
05 Apr 2019
RV Investigator uses the latest technology to survey, record and analyse the coast and waters of Australia, including searching for shipwrecks.
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Discover stories behind the latest exhibitions, fascinating explorations into maritime science and archaeology, and the surprising details of what happens inside (and outside) a modern working museum.
Investigating a rocky relationship
15 Mar 2019
Australia is surrounded by deep, mysterious oceans. The RV Investigator to explores these depths. But who is conducting the groundbreaking science on board? Enter Dr Joanne Whittaker, marine geophysicist, and Dr Rebecca Carey, volcanologist. Together they are gathering data to unlock the ancient history of the sea floor...
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Capturing nature, before it disappears
28 Feb 2019
Multi-award-winning international nature photographer Michael Aw has lived on the edge of art and adventure. But his photographs also tell a story of a changing planet and the impact this is having on the animals.
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Ghost nets
30 Jan 2019
Sculptures made from abandoned fishing nets weave a message of sustainability
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Science and secrets of Sydney Harbour
24 Aug 2018
What a weekend! The waterfront was full of visitors looking to explore the underwater world of Sydney Harbour. Over 1200 people came through the door and we hope every one of them left with a greater understanding of the harbour’s diversity of life and work that is being done by organisations across NSW to protect and engage with this underwater world.
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Introducing the Seabin project
08 Jun 2018
Once upon a time, two surfers got sick of swimming in garbage. Unlike most of us, they decided to do something about it. In 2015, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski quit their jobs and sourced seed funding from Shark Mitigation Systems to design a prototype ocean garbage collecting ‘Seabin’.
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RV Investigator: A science lab goes to sea
01 Jun 2018
Commander Matthew Flinders and the crew of HMS Investigator spent three years circumnavigating Australia. From 1801-1803 a team of British sailors, soldiers, artists and scientists and an Aboriginal man, Bungaree, from the Guringai area around Broken Bay, just north of Sydney, charted the coastline and analysed marine and terrestrial flora and fauna.
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'The greatest threat to our oceans is ignorance'
22 Jan 2016
When we think of threats to our oceans we might think of pollution, climate change or over-fishing. But there is another, bigger danger – one that underpins all these. Ignorance.
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A new artificial reef at the Australian National Maritime Museum
22 Jun 2015
Next time you visit the Australian National Maritime Museum, make sure you take a peek under the north wharf for a glimpse of our new artificial reef. Last week we installed a series of six Reef Balls® — purpose-built artificial reef habitats for sea creatures donated by the NSW Department of Primary Industries.
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