Storybox

Installation

Photo taken at night, of bright screens in a large cube, showing a red and orange aboriginal artwork, with a female figure silhouetted on the right of the image.

The Australian National Maritime Museum is proud to be working with STORYBOX to create a series of stories that highlight different aspects of our relationships to the oceans and waterways.

Storybox is a bespoke digital cube created by Studio ESEM, designed to inspire, inform and connect communities in shared spaces around Australia. Each program is unique, reflecting the creativity and connections that surround it. Learn more at storybox.co

Content on Storybox at the museum is constantly changing, with new creative projects exploring our collection, exhibitions and programs. Make sure to stop by during your visit to dive deeper insight into stories both above and below the water.

Past projects

Tunku and Ngaadi

Created by Studio Gilay for Vivid 2025 and also projected on the Museum's roof.

Tunku and Ngaadi is a Dreaming story from the south coast of NSW told and illustrated by Walbunja and Ngarigo artist Cheryl Davison. This story is about shaping the valleys, plants, animals and waterways.

Gifted powers of creation, Ngaadi thrives, while Tunku is overwhelmed, refusing to finish his work he is banished to the moon by the Creator, Mirriyal. Ngaadi is heartbroken, her tears become rivers and oceans, her shattered heart forms the waratah flower. Though forever separated from Ngaadi, Tunku’s moonlight guides Earth’s rhythms of life.

Illustration by a first nations artist showing whales and fish circling on a blue background

Photo taken at night, of bright screens in a large cube, showing a red and orange aboriginal artwork, with a female figure silhouetted in front of it.

Anthony Rigby-Smith

Photo taken at night, of bright screens in a large cube, showing an animation of fish underwarter, with a male figure silhouetted in front.

Anthony Rigby-Smith

Endeavour departs

In January 2025, Endeavour voyaged from the museum in Sydney to Hobart to take part in the Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF), the country’s largest wooden boat festival.

With the wind against us, watch as the replica tall ship motors out of Sydney Harbour before turning south.

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Fleet stories

Highlighting the hard that our Fleet team do behind the scenes every single day, Fleet stories shines a light on their experience on our wonderful vessels and reveals what they love most about their lives onboard them.

Photo of a viewfinder on a video camera, showing a woman standing on a wooden tall ship.

photo of captain of endeavour standing and smiling, with the mast and ropes behind him.

Photo showing 3 men standing behind a video camera on a wooden tall ship

Underwater Sydney

Underwater Sydney was the museum's first project for Storybox. It aims to provide a unique perspectives on what lies beneath our oceans, and the role we all play in sustaining healthy underwater lives.

Featuring stunning underwater videography of Sydney’s waterways by Mike Jones, Underwater Sydney enables audiences to engage with and experience the beauty and variety of marine flora and fauna.

Underwater Sydney - STORYBOX.

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