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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 8h

🚤 The Real Water Police Are Here!

This weekend, you can meet the real officers from the NSW Police Force Marine Area Command right here.

📅 Boat Tours: Now open daily until Wednesday 15 October
🕙 10am to 4pm
FREE event

#WaterPolice #FamilyEvent

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 1d

Australia's coast was a WWII battlefield, and most of us never knew it.

Discover the hidden history of submarine attacks, coastal bombings, and lost ships with Dr Tom Lewis OAM.

🎟️ FREE
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/author-talk-australian-coastal-wars-dr-tom-lewis-tickets-1409728047539?

#WWIIHistory

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 2d

🚤 Visiting Vessel: NSW Police Boat "Vigilant"

We’re excited to welcome the NSW Marine Area Command and one of their new police boats to the museum!

🕙 Saturday 11 – Wednesday 15 Oct
sea.museum/police-boat

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 2d

🧩 Sensory-Friendly Days are back this Spring! Enjoy early or late access to exhibitions and vessels in a calm, welcoming space.

Read our Social Stories and plan your visit online. 🌻

www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/sensory-friendly-days

#SeaMuseum #SensoryFriendly #AccessibleMuseum

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 3d

It’s World Octopus Day! 🐙
Pictured here, ocean trailblazer Valerie Taylor with an octopus, a curious and intelligent cephalopod vital to healthy oceans.
Discover more incredible ocean stories at the Maritime Museum 🌊

#WorldOctopusDay

📸 Valerie Taylor with an octopus by Ron Taylor 1971

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 6d

🌊 Daylight savings starts today giving us more time for ocean adventures! Snorkel, explore lighthouses, protect beaches and uncover the deep sea’s mysteries at the Museum ⚓

👉 Don’t miss the Big Blue Ideas Talk Series: Is the Deep Sea a Wasteland or a Wonderland?
www.sea.museum/big-blue-ideas

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 7d

💡 This week we celebrate 151 years since Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse first lit the Queensland coast and 30 years since it found its home at the Maritime Museum.

👉 www.sea.museum/en/society-and-water/cape-bowling-green-lighthouse

Image: CBGL with Captain John Anderson Kidd 1902 -1912

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 7d

🌞⚓ Family fun, all hands on deck!
This Spring at the Maritime Museum: exhibitions, vessels, science circus shows, hands-on workshops & more. 🚢🎨🔬

Bring the crew - it’s a whole day of adventure for the whole family! 🌊✨

Open daily 9.30am - 5pm
www.sea.museum/school-holidays

📷: Smith Media

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 9d

⚓🌊 What’s On this October?

From century-old tall ships and underwater drone challenges to hands-on creative workshops, thought-provoking talks, and inspiring author events, October is packed with discoveries.

🎟️ Explore the full program and plan your visit: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 9d

🌙✨ Our Welcome Wall team joined the Cabramatta Moon Festival to launch the second Vietnamese panel on Australia’s National Monument to Migration.

Honouring Vietnamese migration this November – join us!
Registrations close 8 Oct 👉 www.sea.museum/en/support/national-monument

#MigrationStories

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 11d

🌊 Could humans ever live under the sea?

At #SXSWSydney Senior Curator of Ocean Futures Emily Jateff brings together experts to explore the future of ocean exploration
Dr Todd Bond (Deep Sea Ecologist), Dr Alexandra Schnell & Sean Wolpert

https://www.sxswsydney.com/

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 13d

💧 Celebrate World Rivers Day

As an island nation, Australia has always been defined by its waterways from inland rivers to our vast coastline.

Our collection is full of images and objects that show just how important rivers are to our maritime story.

#WorldRiversDay #MaritimeHeritage

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 13d

Sunday Read: Turtle cam! Ever wondered what turtles are doing when we're not watching? 🤔

This week's Sunday Watch and Read uncover the hidden world of flatback turtles in WA's Roebuck Bay!

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-20/world-first-tracking-of-flatback-turtles-in-roebuck-bay-broome/105794534

World-first tracking shows the ocean from a turtle's point of view

GPS tracking, motion sensors and video cameras reveal where flatback turtles in Broome's Roebuck Bay feed and travel, contributing to a richer understanding of the vulnerable species.

www.abc.net.au

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 14d

School holidays = sorted ✅

Climb aboard historic ships, get hands-on in Kids on Deck, catch the Splashing Science Circus and create a woven angelfish

Plus: underwater drones, trails, workshops & more.

📅 Daily all holidays
🎟️ Free + paid activities

www.sea.museum/school-holidays

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 15d

❄️ Now open | Free entry
Frozen Witness: Aurora’s Polar Voyages tells the story of the SY Aurora – the ship that carried Mawson & Shackleton into the frozen unknown and a pair of famous huskies 🐾

🎟 Free entry
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/exhibitions/frozen-witness-auroras-polar-voyages

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 16d

⚓🌏 World Maritime Day 🌏⚓

Over 80% of global trade moves by sea. Today we’re celebrating the people who make it possible including writer, illustrator & wharfie Sam Wallman, a proud unionist whose award-winning work tells powerful stories of working people.

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 16d

🌊 The ocean carries over 80% of global trade, but it also carries our stories, sustains communities and shelters countless species.

As Clear as Crystal by Jason Gulley Wildlife Photographer of the Year. This image of a manatee and calf drifting through restored eelgrass.

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 19d

Step into Sydney's sailing history! ⛵ Our Century-old Fleet brings a unique gathering of historic vessels to our Heritage Pontoon from 30 September to 11 October.

Come see these incredible boats each over 100 years old and still sailing today.

www.sea.museum/century-old-fleet

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 20d

Sunday Watch: This week @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social, Honorary Research Associate at the Maritime Museum and leading wildlife scientist gave a National Press Club Address about Australia’s Scientific Future.

https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2511C033S00

National Press Club Address: Dr Vanessa Pirotta - Wildlife Scientist

Dr Vanessa Pirotta, leading wildlife scientist, addresses the National Press Club of Australia on the topic of Australia's Scientific Future: Built on Education, Connection and Investment.

iview.abc.net.au

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 21d

📸✨ Date with a Wildlife Photographer!

Go “speed dating” with some of Australia’s best wildlife photographers! Join Scott Portelli, Angela Robertson-Buchanan, Charles Davis and Matty Smith in an intimate, fast-paced evening.

Thursday 2 October | 6:30–8:30pm
Tickets: $50
www.sea.museum/wildlife

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 21d

🌊 Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 winners are in! 🇦🇺

🐋 Marcia Riederer – Fine Art winner, Dwarf Minke whale, Great Barrier Reef
🐋 Craig Parry – Human Connection winner, Humpback whale rescue, Seven Mile Beach

📸 On show from 6 November

#OPY25

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Babbington Francis Flapdoodle @motithewonderdog.bsky.social · 21d

Not a Catalina.

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 22d

⚓ Not all pirates sailed in the age of treasure maps and tall ships.

This matchbook from USS Kidd (DD-661) nicknamed the “Pirate of the Pacific” collected in Sydney by Vanessa “Zena” Roberson, it’s one of many keepsakes she gathered from visiting US Navy ships.

www.sea.museum/WWII-80-years

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 24d

Most of us know Ken Done for his bright depictions of Sydney summers, beaches, surf and sunshine. ☀️🎨

But did you know he also painted a powerful series of 14 works about the Japanese midget submarine raid on Sydney Harbour in 1942?

www.sea.museum/secret-strike

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 24d

On this day in 1945, Australian POWs from the Eighth Division returned home, coming ashore at Rose Bay after years of captivity. A moment of relief, resilience and reunion.

🔗 www.sea.museum/WWII-80-years

📷 State Library of Victoria (Acc No: H98.103/4220)

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