Discover stories behind the latest exhibitions, fascinating explorations into maritime science and archaeology, and the surprising details of what happens inside (and outside) a modern working museum.

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Kim Tao

Kim is the curator of post-Federation immigration at the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Passengers watch from the deck of City of Sydney as Skaubryn burns in the Indian Ocean, 1958. ANMM Collection Gift from Barbara Alysen ANMS0214[005]. Reproduced courtesy International Organisation for Migration

15 Jan 2019

Four ships, one lifeboat
Marie and Michel Nehme at Fairlane Farm, Nehme vineyard, Yenda, 1988. All images reproduced courtesy Julie Nehme

10 Jan 2019

Wine and poetry
Lace

09 Nov 2018

Lace and the displaced

08 Oct 2018

60 years since the end of the dictation test
Cane farmers

06 Aug 2018

Operation Kangaroo

26 Jun 2018

The Staging Post

18 May 2018

The saga of Skaubryn

28 Mar 2018

Migration and photography: The Skaubryn archive

14 Feb 2018

Two centuries of Chinese migration