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.
![Captain Cook by Nathaniel Dance (1735-1811), published 1969. State Library of Victoria, H32508 Painting of James Cook](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/12-dec-2019/signals-129/captain-cook-by-nathaniel-dance_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
20 Apr 2020
Mythbusting Cook: Fact fiction and total fallacy
![Cooked 2020. Image courtesy Jake Duczynski](/-/media/anmm/images/whats-on/exhibitions/ghost-nets/ghostnets-slider_2160x1080/endeavour-voyaging-banner-1/cooked2020-01_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
22 Dec 2019
Cook in the curriculum: An opportunity to re-evaluate Cook's place in history
![Workers place concrete reinforcement steel in the Tooma–Tumut Tunnel, part of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1960. Photographer Don Edwards. ANMM Collection Gift from Barbara Alysen ANMS0215[016] Workers place concrete reinforcement steel in the Tooma–Tumut Tunnel, part of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1960. Photographer Don Edwards. ANMM Collection Gift from Barbara Alysen ANMS0215[016]](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/10-oct-2019/anms0215016_2160x1080-copy.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
17 Oct 2019
Snowy stories
![José Coelho is farewelled by his teaching colleagues in Ponta do Sol, Madeira, prior to his departure for Australia, 1956. José Coelho is farewelled by his teaching colleagues in Ponta do Sol, Madeira, prior to his departure for Australia, 1956.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/signals/1-jose-coelho_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
28 Sep 2019
Love and sacrifice: From Madeira Island to the Snowy Mountains
![An iceberg superbly sculpted by wind and water, is lit by the Arctic sun. Gillian Clark, Eskimo Bay, 2015 An iceberg superbly sculpted by wind and water, is lit by the Arctic sun. Gillian Clark, Eskimo Bay, 2015](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/169gillian-clark2k4a1522print_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
24 Sep 2019
Polar opposites: What's the difference between the Arctic and Antarctica?
![Sylvia Earle celebrating the ocean at the top of the world [Michael Aw] Sylvia Earle celebrating the ocean at the top of the world [Michael Aw]](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/wrktsn0v_sylviaearle_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
13 Sep 2019
Her deepness: Dr Sylvia Earle
![Bailey, WPY 2019 Bailey, WPY 2019](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/bailey-wpy_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
10 Sep 2019
A delighted doggo: Bailey reviews Wildlife Photographer of the Year
![Watercolour of Port Adelaide, South Australia, by Samuel Thomas Gill, 1840s. Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia Watercolour of Port Adelaide, South Australia, by Samuel Thomas Gill, 1840s. Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/08-aug-2019/watercolour-of-port-adelaide_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
27 Aug 2019
A worker in tulle: The English lacemakers of Calais
![lighthouse](/-/media/anmm/images/venues/lighthouse_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
23 Aug 2019