Australia's National Maritime Museum located on Gadigal Country, Sydney 🐳 We share stories of the sea and waterways.
Open 10am - 4pm | FREE ENTRY
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Scurvy, sea sickness, and rudimentary surgeries… 🤢🩹
Think you’ve had a rough week at work? Try living below deck during the Age of Sail!
🗓️ Thursday 18 June, 2 – 3:30PM
🎟️$10 or FREE for Museum Members!
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Australian National Maritime Museum
In 1933, the crew of the German cruiser Köln took on the Royal Australian Navy at Rose Bay during a 10-day stopover. Talk about a pitch with a view!
From harbor-side friendlies to the World Cup stage.
📸 Crew of the Köln and Royal Australian Naval teams, 10 May 1933 Samuel J Hood Studio, 00024912
#OnThisDay 1947 the Australian Government approved the creation of the Fleet Air Arm.
From the arrival of HMAS Sydney (III) in 1948 to today's advanced aviation technology, the FAA remains a cornerstone of the @Australian_Navy.
Photos: Petty Officer Harry Owen Hamment, an Engine Room Artificer
The secret behind the Viking Age? It all comes down to boat design. 📐⚓
Step into Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard and you’ll find a life-sized boat prow as curator Dr Adrián Maldonado explains.
https://www.sea.museum/galloway-hoard
Produced by National Museums Scotland
The hardest working crew at the museum don't actually wear a uniform...
Happy World Environment Day! While we look after Australia’s maritime history above the water, three museum Seabins are busy cleaning up below it 24/7.
The PS Canally is officially back in steam! Built in 1907 this icon was once a vital link on the Murray River "superhighway" long before our road networks existed.
Read the full story here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-01/ps-canally-paddle-steamer-recommissioned-at-morgan-festival/106726190?
Can art and science change the fate of the Great Barrier Reef? 🌊
Join us 10 June for Beyond the Bleach, partnered with @Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative. We’re moving past "inevitable decline" to real-world action.
🔗 www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/big-blue-ideas
Vivid Sydney plans tomorrow night? Sorted. 🌌
Sea Gathering: Myth & Modernity—a free, luminous night festival of light, sound.
6:45 PM by Kee’ahn, a Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal and Torres Strait Islander artist
🎟 FREE entry | Tuesday 2 June, 6pm–8pm
https://www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/vivid-sydney
This Mabo Day, we launch Pearling Elders ⚓️🐚
Marking the 90th anniversary of the 1936 Torres Strait maritime strike, this free exhibition features powerful portraits by Wayne Quilliam and oral histories celebrating the resilience of Zenadth Kes seafarers.
#MaboDay #PearlingElders #WayneQuilliam
No thoughts, just 1,000-year-old Viking-age treasure on loop. 🫠✨
Standard museum behaviour, honestly. 🏛️ Wow!
📍 Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard
⚓️ Open daily | 10am - 4pm
www.sea.museum/galloway-hoard
Presented by @nationalmuseumsscotland
#GallowayHoard #MuseumTok #
Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
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After being raised from the bottom of the river, dug out of the mud, and lovingly restored, the PS Canally is ready to take passengers up and down the River Murray.
