Australian National Maritime Museum
@seamuseum.bsky.social
Australia's National Maritime Museum located on Gadigal Country, Sydney 🐳 We share stories of the sea and waterways.
Open 10am - 4pm | FREE ENTRY
Open 10am - 4pm | FREE ENTRY
Special Guest Talk
Join us on Thurs 4 December from 6- 7:30 pm for a special guest talk with artist and wharfie Sam Wallman.
$10
Book: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/special-guest-talk-sam-wallman-view-from-the-docks-tickets-1685773807839?
Join us on Thurs 4 December from 6- 7:30 pm for a special guest talk with artist and wharfie Sam Wallman.
$10
Book: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/special-guest-talk-sam-wallman-view-from-the-docks-tickets-1685773807839?
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Special Guest Talk
Join us on Thurs 4 December from 6- 7:30 pm for a special guest talk with artist and wharfie Sam Wallman.
$10
Book: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/special-guest-talk-sam-wallman-view-from-the-docks-tickets-1685773807839?
Join us on Thurs 4 December from 6- 7:30 pm for a special guest talk with artist and wharfie Sam Wallman.
$10
Book: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/special-guest-talk-sam-wallman-view-from-the-docks-tickets-1685773807839?
Duyfken Update
During routine maintenance, we discovered rot in the ship's apron.
After three weeks of careful inspection and work, we’re pleased to say the rot affected only this one piece.
Removing it was quite the challenge. The team had to use a hydraulic jack applying about 2Tons of force.
During routine maintenance, we discovered rot in the ship's apron.
After three weeks of careful inspection and work, we’re pleased to say the rot affected only this one piece.
Removing it was quite the challenge. The team had to use a hydraulic jack applying about 2Tons of force.
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Duyfken Update
During routine maintenance, we discovered rot in the ship's apron.
After three weeks of careful inspection and work, we’re pleased to say the rot affected only this one piece.
Removing it was quite the challenge. The team had to use a hydraulic jack applying about 2Tons of force.
During routine maintenance, we discovered rot in the ship's apron.
After three weeks of careful inspection and work, we’re pleased to say the rot affected only this one piece.
Removing it was quite the challenge. The team had to use a hydraulic jack applying about 2Tons of force.
SUNDAY READ 🌊⚓
Step aboard the Neoliner Origin, the world’s largest sailing cargo ship, on its inaugural voyage from France to the US.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/19/shipping-carbon-emissions-neoliner-origin-cargo-age-of-sail?
#SustainableShipping #GreenTravel
Step aboard the Neoliner Origin, the world’s largest sailing cargo ship, on its inaugural voyage from France to the US.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/19/shipping-carbon-emissions-neoliner-origin-cargo-age-of-sail?
#SustainableShipping #GreenTravel
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
SUNDAY READ 🌊⚓
Step aboard the Neoliner Origin, the world’s largest sailing cargo ship, on its inaugural voyage from France to the US.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/19/shipping-carbon-emissions-neoliner-origin-cargo-age-of-sail?
#SustainableShipping #GreenTravel
Step aboard the Neoliner Origin, the world’s largest sailing cargo ship, on its inaugural voyage from France to the US.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/19/shipping-carbon-emissions-neoliner-origin-cargo-age-of-sail?
#SustainableShipping #GreenTravel
Dive into the world of freediving! 🌊✨
📍 Theatre, Australian National Maritime Museum
🗓️ 23 Nov / 2 to 3:30PM (walkthrough from 1 PM)
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/special-live-panel-the-future-of-freediving-tickets-1855748877849?
📍 Theatre, Australian National Maritime Museum
🗓️ 23 Nov / 2 to 3:30PM (walkthrough from 1 PM)
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/special-live-panel-the-future-of-freediving-tickets-1855748877849?
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Dive into the world of freediving! 🌊✨
📍 Theatre, Australian National Maritime Museum
🗓️ 23 Nov / 2 to 3:30PM (walkthrough from 1 PM)
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/special-live-panel-the-future-of-freediving-tickets-1855748877849?
📍 Theatre, Australian National Maritime Museum
🗓️ 23 Nov / 2 to 3:30PM (walkthrough from 1 PM)
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/special-live-panel-the-future-of-freediving-tickets-1855748877849?
🎬 Can you guess the movie? 🤔 Use the collection of objects below as your clues and drop your answer in the comments! 👀🍿
#MovieMystery #GuessTheFilm #ClueChallenge
#MovieMystery #GuessTheFilm #ClueChallenge
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🎬 Can you guess the movie? 🤔 Use the collection of objects below as your clues and drop your answer in the comments! 👀🍿
#MovieMystery #GuessTheFilm #ClueChallenge
#MovieMystery #GuessTheFilm #ClueChallenge
A Graphic Tale of Shipwreck has arrived at the Victor Harbor National Trust Museum — right where the story began.
It’s already drawing record crowds. Big thanks to our SA partners for helping bring this exhibition home.
More info: www.victorharbornattrust.org.au
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It’s already drawing record crowds. Big thanks to our SA partners for helping bring this exhibition home.
More info: www.victorharbornattrust.org.au
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November 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
A Graphic Tale of Shipwreck has arrived at the Victor Harbor National Trust Museum — right where the story began.
It’s already drawing record crowds. Big thanks to our SA partners for helping bring this exhibition home.
More info: www.victorharbornattrust.org.au
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It’s already drawing record crowds. Big thanks to our SA partners for helping bring this exhibition home.
More info: www.victorharbornattrust.org.au
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Given to a six-year-old girl at the 1941 Welcome Home parade for HMAS Sydney (II), this souvenir Red Ensign carries the pencilled signatures of five sailors.
Just 9 months later, all five were lost when Sydney sank with all 645 hands lost.
ANMM Collection – Gift from Valerie Sloan.
Just 9 months later, all five were lost when Sydney sank with all 645 hands lost.
ANMM Collection – Gift from Valerie Sloan.
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Given to a six-year-old girl at the 1941 Welcome Home parade for HMAS Sydney (II), this souvenir Red Ensign carries the pencilled signatures of five sailors.
Just 9 months later, all five were lost when Sydney sank with all 645 hands lost.
ANMM Collection – Gift from Valerie Sloan.
Just 9 months later, all five were lost when Sydney sank with all 645 hands lost.
ANMM Collection – Gift from Valerie Sloan.
We’ve all crossed the historic Pyrmont Bridge… but have you seen it from below? 👀
Our conservation team went under the bridge with steam engineer Graham, one of the few authorised to operate the swing mechanism, to get a close-up of this iconic structure. 🌉⚙️
Our conservation team went under the bridge with steam engineer Graham, one of the few authorised to operate the swing mechanism, to get a close-up of this iconic structure. 🌉⚙️
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We’ve all crossed the historic Pyrmont Bridge… but have you seen it from below? 👀
Our conservation team went under the bridge with steam engineer Graham, one of the few authorised to operate the swing mechanism, to get a close-up of this iconic structure. 🌉⚙️
Our conservation team went under the bridge with steam engineer Graham, one of the few authorised to operate the swing mechanism, to get a close-up of this iconic structure. 🌉⚙️
Shifting sands at Maroubra Beach have revealed the wreck of the HEREWARD once again — a 19th-century iron clipper driven ashore during a fierce storm in May 1898. Though the crew survived, the ship never sailed again, slowly pulled apart by waves and weather.
Object number 00002278
Object number 00002278
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Shifting sands at Maroubra Beach have revealed the wreck of the HEREWARD once again — a 19th-century iron clipper driven ashore during a fierce storm in May 1898. Though the crew survived, the ship never sailed again, slowly pulled apart by waves and weather.
Object number 00002278
Object number 00002278
Rowing Queens!
We were delighted to welcome the remarkable team from Seas the Day to the museum this week. Following their extraordinary achievement of rowing across the Pacific Ocean, they shared their journey with us exhausted yet uplifted. Congratulations to you both Miriam and Jess!
We were delighted to welcome the remarkable team from Seas the Day to the museum this week. Following their extraordinary achievement of rowing across the Pacific Ocean, they shared their journey with us exhausted yet uplifted. Congratulations to you both Miriam and Jess!
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Rowing Queens!
We were delighted to welcome the remarkable team from Seas the Day to the museum this week. Following their extraordinary achievement of rowing across the Pacific Ocean, they shared their journey with us exhausted yet uplifted. Congratulations to you both Miriam and Jess!
We were delighted to welcome the remarkable team from Seas the Day to the museum this week. Following their extraordinary achievement of rowing across the Pacific Ocean, they shared their journey with us exhausted yet uplifted. Congratulations to you both Miriam and Jess!
This #RemembranceDay, we honour the submariners of AE2.
Before the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli, AE2 became the first Allied submarine to breach the Dardanelles, “running amok” to disrupt enemy supply lines.
Scuttled after five days of daring action, all 35 crew survived.
Before the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli, AE2 became the first Allied submarine to breach the Dardanelles, “running amok” to disrupt enemy supply lines.
Scuttled after five days of daring action, all 35 crew survived.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This #RemembranceDay, we honour the submariners of AE2.
Before the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli, AE2 became the first Allied submarine to breach the Dardanelles, “running amok” to disrupt enemy supply lines.
Scuttled after five days of daring action, all 35 crew survived.
Before the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli, AE2 became the first Allied submarine to breach the Dardanelles, “running amok” to disrupt enemy supply lines.
Scuttled after five days of daring action, all 35 crew survived.
🌊 On this day in 1914, the guns of HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden met off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in what became the Royal Australian Navy’s first sea battle.
Diagram by Albert M. Barker, drawn from the captains’ original sketches, maps the courses of both ships during the battle.
00029824 #WWI
Diagram by Albert M. Barker, drawn from the captains’ original sketches, maps the courses of both ships during the battle.
00029824 #WWI
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🌊 On this day in 1914, the guns of HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden met off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in what became the Royal Australian Navy’s first sea battle.
Diagram by Albert M. Barker, drawn from the captains’ original sketches, maps the courses of both ships during the battle.
00029824 #WWI
Diagram by Albert M. Barker, drawn from the captains’ original sketches, maps the courses of both ships during the battle.
00029824 #WWI
SUNDAY READ: After decades of beach walks, Mark and Lucy Longden found something extraordinary buried in the sand between Ocean Grove and Point Lonsdale, the remains of a wooden ship, possibly lost more than a century ago.
⚓️ https://loom.ly/Hagya8c
Photo: Rodney Nicholson
⚓️ https://loom.ly/Hagya8c
Photo: Rodney Nicholson
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
SUNDAY READ: After decades of beach walks, Mark and Lucy Longden found something extraordinary buried in the sand between Ocean Grove and Point Lonsdale, the remains of a wooden ship, possibly lost more than a century ago.
⚓️ https://loom.ly/Hagya8c
Photo: Rodney Nicholson
⚓️ https://loom.ly/Hagya8c
Photo: Rodney Nicholson
🌊 Now Open: Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025
Dive into the beauty, drama and fragility of our blue planet.
📅 6 November 2025 to 3 May 2026
👉 www.sea.museum/ocean-photographer
Presented in partnership @oceanographic_mag and @blancpain1735
Dive into the beauty, drama and fragility of our blue planet.
📅 6 November 2025 to 3 May 2026
👉 www.sea.museum/ocean-photographer
Presented in partnership @oceanographic_mag and @blancpain1735
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
🌊 Now Open: Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025
Dive into the beauty, drama and fragility of our blue planet.
📅 6 November 2025 to 3 May 2026
👉 www.sea.museum/ocean-photographer
Presented in partnership @oceanographic_mag and @blancpain1735
Dive into the beauty, drama and fragility of our blue planet.
📅 6 November 2025 to 3 May 2026
👉 www.sea.museum/ocean-photographer
Presented in partnership @oceanographic_mag and @blancpain1735
⚓ Visiting Vessel Alert!
We’re excited to welcome the brand-new HMAS Arafura to the museum visiting alongside the historic HMAS Advance.
Both vessels have served as patrol boats in Australia’s northern waters, and it’s hard not to make some comparisons!
We’re excited to welcome the brand-new HMAS Arafura to the museum visiting alongside the historic HMAS Advance.
Both vessels have served as patrol boats in Australia’s northern waters, and it’s hard not to make some comparisons!
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
⚓ Visiting Vessel Alert!
We’re excited to welcome the brand-new HMAS Arafura to the museum visiting alongside the historic HMAS Advance.
Both vessels have served as patrol boats in Australia’s northern waters, and it’s hard not to make some comparisons!
We’re excited to welcome the brand-new HMAS Arafura to the museum visiting alongside the historic HMAS Advance.
Both vessels have served as patrol boats in Australia’s northern waters, and it’s hard not to make some comparisons!
🐴 Here’s your form guide White’s Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei)
🏆 Status: Endangered in NSW
📏 Size: Up to 16 cm tall
🌊 Habitat: Seagrass meadows, sponges & soft corals
👨👩👧 Family values: Monogamous
🐢 Speed: One of the slowest swimmers in the sea
📸 Photos: William Gladstone
🏆 Status: Endangered in NSW
📏 Size: Up to 16 cm tall
🌊 Habitat: Seagrass meadows, sponges & soft corals
👨👩👧 Family values: Monogamous
🐢 Speed: One of the slowest swimmers in the sea
📸 Photos: William Gladstone
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🐴 Here’s your form guide White’s Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei)
🏆 Status: Endangered in NSW
📏 Size: Up to 16 cm tall
🌊 Habitat: Seagrass meadows, sponges & soft corals
👨👩👧 Family values: Monogamous
🐢 Speed: One of the slowest swimmers in the sea
📸 Photos: William Gladstone
🏆 Status: Endangered in NSW
📏 Size: Up to 16 cm tall
🌊 Habitat: Seagrass meadows, sponges & soft corals
👨👩👧 Family values: Monogamous
🐢 Speed: One of the slowest swimmers in the sea
📸 Photos: William Gladstone
Maritime history is full of mighty moustaches - each one a story of resilience and sea-faring style.
Image: Samuel J Hood Studio
#Movember #MartimeMoustache
Image: Samuel J Hood Studio
#Movember #MartimeMoustache
November 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Maritime history is full of mighty moustaches - each one a story of resilience and sea-faring style.
Image: Samuel J Hood Studio
#Movember #MartimeMoustache
Image: Samuel J Hood Studio
#Movember #MartimeMoustache
🌊 What’s On This November?
Discover Frozen Witness: Aurora’s Polar Voyages Ocean Photographer of the Year launching 6 November.
Talks: Royal Australian Navy in Antarctica, The Wallace Line with Ian Burnet, Future of Freediving, to family favourites.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
Discover Frozen Witness: Aurora’s Polar Voyages Ocean Photographer of the Year launching 6 November.
Talks: Royal Australian Navy in Antarctica, The Wallace Line with Ian Burnet, Future of Freediving, to family favourites.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🌊 What’s On This November?
Discover Frozen Witness: Aurora’s Polar Voyages Ocean Photographer of the Year launching 6 November.
Talks: Royal Australian Navy in Antarctica, The Wallace Line with Ian Burnet, Future of Freediving, to family favourites.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
Discover Frozen Witness: Aurora’s Polar Voyages Ocean Photographer of the Year launching 6 November.
Talks: Royal Australian Navy in Antarctica, The Wallace Line with Ian Burnet, Future of Freediving, to family favourites.
www.sea.museum/en/whats-on
🎉 Happy World Teachers’ Day!
Today we celebrate and highlight the work of our incredible Museum Educators, many of whom are highly experienced, trained teachers.
Explore free online learning resources:
www.sea.museum/en/learn
#WorldTeachersDay2025 #HatsOffToTeachers
Today we celebrate and highlight the work of our incredible Museum Educators, many of whom are highly experienced, trained teachers.
Explore free online learning resources:
www.sea.museum/en/learn
#WorldTeachersDay2025 #HatsOffToTeachers
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
🎉 Happy World Teachers’ Day!
Today we celebrate and highlight the work of our incredible Museum Educators, many of whom are highly experienced, trained teachers.
Explore free online learning resources:
www.sea.museum/en/learn
#WorldTeachersDay2025 #HatsOffToTeachers
Today we celebrate and highlight the work of our incredible Museum Educators, many of whom are highly experienced, trained teachers.
Explore free online learning resources:
www.sea.museum/en/learn
#WorldTeachersDay2025 #HatsOffToTeachers
🎃 Need some last-minute Halloween costume inspo? We’ve got you covered maritime style!
Take a cue from some of our icons and turn your Halloween look into a sea-worthy statement.
Show us your nautical Halloween looks! 👻
Take a cue from some of our icons and turn your Halloween look into a sea-worthy statement.
Show us your nautical Halloween looks! 👻
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
🎃 Need some last-minute Halloween costume inspo? We’ve got you covered maritime style!
Take a cue from some of our icons and turn your Halloween look into a sea-worthy statement.
Show us your nautical Halloween looks! 👻
Take a cue from some of our icons and turn your Halloween look into a sea-worthy statement.
Show us your nautical Halloween looks! 👻
The first section of this historic structure was lifted into place by crane today, even in the rain! ☔
Originally built in 1912 at Garden Island, the mast once sent flag, light and semaphore messages to ships across Sydney Harbour. It was dismantled in 1978 and later restored at the museum in 1991.
Originally built in 1912 at Garden Island, the mast once sent flag, light and semaphore messages to ships across Sydney Harbour. It was dismantled in 1978 and later restored at the museum in 1991.
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The first section of this historic structure was lifted into place by crane today, even in the rain! ☔
Originally built in 1912 at Garden Island, the mast once sent flag, light and semaphore messages to ships across Sydney Harbour. It was dismantled in 1978 and later restored at the museum in 1991.
Originally built in 1912 at Garden Island, the mast once sent flag, light and semaphore messages to ships across Sydney Harbour. It was dismantled in 1978 and later restored at the museum in 1991.
📸 Throwback to 1978!
The Garden Island Signal Mast was dismantled and airlifted by a Chinook helicopter in 1978. The mast originally erected in 1912 before part of it was relocated to the museum in 1991.
After extensive repair work over the past six months it will be reinstalled this week.
The Garden Island Signal Mast was dismantled and airlifted by a Chinook helicopter in 1978. The mast originally erected in 1912 before part of it was relocated to the museum in 1991.
After extensive repair work over the past six months it will be reinstalled this week.
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
📸 Throwback to 1978!
The Garden Island Signal Mast was dismantled and airlifted by a Chinook helicopter in 1978. The mast originally erected in 1912 before part of it was relocated to the museum in 1991.
After extensive repair work over the past six months it will be reinstalled this week.
The Garden Island Signal Mast was dismantled and airlifted by a Chinook helicopter in 1978. The mast originally erected in 1912 before part of it was relocated to the museum in 1991.
After extensive repair work over the past six months it will be reinstalled this week.
⛵ Sydney Harbour comes alive!
This Sunday, 26 October, watch the pearl lugger John Louis in the Balmain Regatta Working Boats category. A tradition stretching back to the 1830s, captured in our historic Hall photographic collection.
#BalmainRegatta #SydneyHarbour #MaritimeHeritage #WorkingBoats
This Sunday, 26 October, watch the pearl lugger John Louis in the Balmain Regatta Working Boats category. A tradition stretching back to the 1830s, captured in our historic Hall photographic collection.
#BalmainRegatta #SydneyHarbour #MaritimeHeritage #WorkingBoats
October 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
⛵ Sydney Harbour comes alive!
This Sunday, 26 October, watch the pearl lugger John Louis in the Balmain Regatta Working Boats category. A tradition stretching back to the 1830s, captured in our historic Hall photographic collection.
#BalmainRegatta #SydneyHarbour #MaritimeHeritage #WorkingBoats
This Sunday, 26 October, watch the pearl lugger John Louis in the Balmain Regatta Working Boats category. A tradition stretching back to the 1830s, captured in our historic Hall photographic collection.
#BalmainRegatta #SydneyHarbour #MaritimeHeritage #WorkingBoats
♿ The Maritime Museum offers Sensory Days, audio tours, and social stories on special days, and sensory backpacks are available every day, including toys and noise-reducing headphones - just ask our friendly staff.
Learn more: www.sea.museum/en/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility
Learn more: www.sea.museum/en/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
♿ The Maritime Museum offers Sensory Days, audio tours, and social stories on special days, and sensory backpacks are available every day, including toys and noise-reducing headphones - just ask our friendly staff.
Learn more: www.sea.museum/en/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility
Learn more: www.sea.museum/en/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility
This Sunday, grandparents get the VIP treatment! Free entry, tall ships, exhibitions, café treats and 15% off at the shop. Celebrate, explore, and make memories together! 🌊❤️
More info: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
#GrandparentsDay #MaritimeMuseum #FamilyDayOut
More info: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
#GrandparentsDay #MaritimeMuseum #FamilyDayOut
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This Sunday, grandparents get the VIP treatment! Free entry, tall ships, exhibitions, café treats and 15% off at the shop. Celebrate, explore, and make memories together! 🌊❤️
More info: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
#GrandparentsDay #MaritimeMuseum #FamilyDayOut
More info: www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/grandparents-day
#GrandparentsDay #MaritimeMuseum #FamilyDayOut