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.
![Photo by Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash Toddler jumping in puddle](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/11-nov-2019/daiga-ellaby-ny1vyugidmg-unsplash_2160x1080_copy.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
28 Nov 2019
5 things to do with kids on a rainy day
![War canoes leave the beach at the K and K festival. Photo: David Payne, ANMM](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/11-nov-2019/war-canoes-leave-the-beach-at-the-k-and-k-festival_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
27 Nov 2019
Visiting the Huhu Bay War Canoe Festival
![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
![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
Blackbirding: Australia's slave trade?
![Annarosa Coluccio (third from left) with her parents (left) and mother-in-law (fourth from left) at her proxy marriage in Roccella Jonica, Calabria, Italy, 1956. Reproduced courtesy Isabella Coluccio Annarosa Coluccio (third from left) with her parents (left) and mother-in-law (fourth from left) at her proxy marriage in Roccella Jonica, Calabria, Italy, 1956. Reproduced courtesy Isabella Coluccio](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/08-aug-2019/1-annarosa-coluccio-proxy-marriage_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
22 Aug 2019
Until we meet again: An Italian proxy bride's story
![Jonesy](/-/media/anmm/images/whats-on/events/oceans-talks/jonesy-np-4_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160)
29 Apr 2019