Immersive education programs, resources and games that bring learning to life.

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School excursions

Our digital education programs explore the many ways in which the sea has shaped Australia and continues to transform us today.

Virtual excursions

Connect your classroom with Australia's museum of the sea using our curriculum-linked learning activities.

Learning resources

The museum has developed a suite of high-quality online games, designed specifically to augment classroom teaching.

Games centre

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Learn about the interconnectedness of land, sea and sky Country for First Nations people, and develop a deeper understanding of the richness and diversity of First Nations cultures.

Guided tour

Onsite

History

Geography

HASS

Creative arts

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

First Nations knowledge

First Nations

School program

Barani 

Students will discover life below the waves in this whole-day depth study on marine science. Students will get their hands wet with ocean science fieldwork exercises.

Workshop

Science

Biology

Oceans, earth and environment

Ocean futures

Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics 

Students can earn their pirate licence in this swashbuckling adventure!

Tour and workshop

English

Pirates

Pirate school 

Climb aboard, handle artefacts and investigate the first recorded contact between European and First Nations people.

Dutch seafaring

First contacts: tall ship Duyfken

Bring history to life as students explore the iconic Endeavour replica. In this guided tour, students are immersed in the 18th century world of maritime exploration.

British seafaring

Endeavour tour

Explore the museum at your own pace on a self-guided visit to the museum galleries and HMAS Vampire. A self-guided visit gives teachers and students the freedom to discover the museum independently and in your own time.

Self-guided

Mathematics

Technologies

Sustainability

Self-guided school visit

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Featured programs

This virtual site study asks Year 7 and 8 history students to become maritime archaeologists and solve a history mystery

Learning activity

Learning resource for schools

Maritime archaeology

Shipwrecks

Mystery Shipwreck - Archaeology Case Study 

Students examine primary and secondary sources from the museum's collection to understand the significance of the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour in the context of the war in the Pacific.

World War II

War in the Pacific - secret strike on Sydney Harbour 

Learn words in Dharawal language using the animated video Barani, created by Studio Gilay for the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Dharawal language

Featured resources

This education resource introduces students to the Duyfken, which was the first European vessel to meet the First Nations people of Australia on Wik country on the Cape York Peninsula in 1606.

1606 - Contact at Cape Keerweer

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