Habitat

Beneath the Surface

Enjoy monthly talks by the museum's Knowledge team and their guests

Beneath the Surface is our monthly talk series hosted by the museum’s Knowledge team and their guests.

Go beneath the surface and behind the scenes with museum curators and conservators to find out more about current exhibitions, research projects and collections. In an effort to share content with both national and local audiences, some talks will be delivered online and some onsite. Onsite talks are shared via social media to ensure national audiences don’t miss out. The Beneath the Surface program is offered free of charge to the public, although museum members receive first dibs on bookings! Please see below for information on the first three talks in the series. More information to be announced in future. 

Photo by Matt Curnock. Courtesy Ocean Image Bank. 

 

 

 


Upcoming Talks

 

 

 


Past Talks

 

March 2023

 

Beneath the Surface - The White Star Line Service to Australia

With Inger Sheil, Assistant Curator

 

November 2022

 

Beneath the Surface - The many afterlives of HMB Endeavour

With Kieran Hosty, Manager Maritime Archaeology and Dr James Hunter, Navy Curator and Archaeologist

 

October 2022

 

Beneath the Surface - Picturing fish: more than meets the eye

With Cay-Leigh Bartnicke, Curator of Special Projects

 

September 2022

 

Beneath the Surface - Desperate Voyages: Destination Australia until the early 1980s

Dr Roland Leikauf, Curator of Post-war Immigration

 

August 2022

 

Beneath the Surface - Exploring Shipwrecks in virtual reality

Dr James Hunter, Navy Curator and Archaeologist

 

July 2022

 

Beneath the Surface - Working together on Aboriginal watercraft

Matt Poll, Manager Indigenous Programs

 

June 2022

 

Beneath the Surface - Shaped by the Sea: creating an exhibition about deep time

Stephen Gapps, Senior Curator Voyaging and Early Colonial Maritime History

 

May 2022

 

Beneath the Surface - Sustainable Shipping

Emily Jateff, Senior Curator Ocean Science and Technology

April 2022

 

Beneath the Surface - Aboriginal maritime knowledges of Sydney Harbour

Matt Poll, Manager Indigenous Programs

Beneath the Surface - Titanic: What more is there to discover?

Inger Sheil, Assistant Curator