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.
08 Oct 2019
Bligh and Banks: Preserving a piece of history
![Dorothea Lange at work [Image courtesy Library of Congress LOC 8b27245a]](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/10-oct-2019/dorothea-lange-at-work2160x1080-version-2.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160 "Dorothea Lange at work [Image courtesy Library of Congress LOC 8b27245a]")
03 Oct 2019
Capturing the home front: Stark images of difficult times
![Sample wallpaper for Sea Monsters [Hawke Graphics]](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/sample-wallpaper-from-sea-monsters_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160 "Sample wallpaper for Sea Monsters [Hawke Graphics]")
30 Sep 2019
Underwater graphics: Designing Sea Monsters
![The Observatory, Point Venus, Otahytey [Tahiti], George Tobin, 1792. State Library of New South Wales (FL1606978)](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/signals/the-observatory-point-venus-otahytey-tahiti-george-tobin-1792-state-library-of-new-south-wales-fl160.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160 "The Observatory, Point Venus, Otahytey [Tahiti], George Tobin, 1792. State Library of New South Wales (FL1606978)")
29 Sep 2019
Bligh and the peoples of the Pacific: The Polynesian threads in European stories
24 Sep 2019
Polar opposites: What's the difference between the Arctic and Antarctica?
14 Sep 2019
'A bully and a bastard's bastard': Peter FitzSimons on William Bligh
![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 "Sylvia Earle celebrating the ocean at the top of the world [Michael Aw]")
13 Sep 2019
Her deepness: Dr Sylvia Earle
12 Sep 2019
Paleoart: Impressions of prehistoric predators
![Goy Galdeano (centre, in white striped top) with the first group of female Spanish assisted migrants to Australia, 1960 [reproduced courtesy Melissa Zabalegui]](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/signals/3-goy-galdeano_2160x1080_compressed.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160 "Goy Galdeano (centre, in white striped top) with the first group of female Spanish assisted migrants to Australia, 1960 [reproduced courtesy Melissa Zabalegui]")
02 Sep 2019