ICMM post conference tours
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Post Congress tours
These unique tours have been developed in partnership with maritime museums across the country.
Delegates can arrive and depart from a range of international airports including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth. This provides some cost-effective opportunities to visit destinations outside New South Wales.
The locations of key maritime museums can be found at the Australian Maritime Museums Council website.
Depending on demand, the following post congress tours will be available.
A weekend away at the bush capital
Indicative cost. $750.
With an early start from ANMM on Saturday, September 19, participants will be able to take in the countryside between Sydney and Canberra with a stop at the outstanding National Trust of Australia (NSW) property, Retford Park. Visits in Canberra will include afternoon tea at Parliament House, a general tour of the city and tours of the Australian War Memorial and the National Museum of Australia. Note that the cost includes transport, accommodation and museum entry but does not include meals.
Four days in Southern Tasmania
Indicative cost $1500 + airfares.
A partnership with the Maritime Museum Tasmania and the Australian Wooden Boat Festival, providing delegates with the opportunity to tour key maritime locations in Southern Tasmania, including Bruny Island / D’Entrecasteaux Channel, the Tasmanian Wooden Boat Centre (Huon River) and historic maritime Hobart.
The cost of the tour includes accommodation, entrance fees, local transport and guiding. Note that meals are not included.
Spice, Spirits and Shipwrights: Culture and Coastlines of Sulawesi
Indicative cost Aus $5,500 + tax + airfares
Tour leader Jeffrey Mellefont is a research associate of the Australian National Maritime Museum. He has published widely on Indonesian maritime traditions, speaks Bahasa Indonesia and is an experienced tour leader. This tour will focus on traditional boat building, providing a rare opportunity to visit key sites in the region. It will start and end in Makassar, South Sulawesi. For the tour to proceed it will require a minimum of 10 participants. Note that you may need a visa to travel to Indonesia and we are unable to assist with visa applications.
Spice, Spirits and Shipwrights: Culture and Coastlines of Sulawes is managed by World Expeditions and can be booked on their website. Alternatively, if you would like more information you can express interest in the tour on the Congress registration form.
Contact us
If you have questions or comments about the International Congress of Maritime Museums, hosted in Sydney in September 2026, please contact the team at the Australian National Maritime Museum by email at ICMM2026@sea.museum