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.
13 Dec 2019
Rhode Island revisited: The search for Cook's Endeavour continues
01 Dec 2019
PS Herald Revisited
05 Nov 2019
William Bligh at war
![Workers place concrete reinforcement steel in the Tooma–Tumut Tunnel, part of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1960. Photographer Don Edwards. ANMM Collection Gift from Barbara Alysen ANMS0215[016]](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/10-oct-2019/anms0215016_2160x1080-copy.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=ACFBF7E12E5AACEA7CA7904E1016411EDC5DAC38 "Workers place concrete reinforcement steel in the Tooma–Tumut Tunnel, part of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1960. Photographer Don Edwards. ANMM Collection Gift from Barbara Alysen ANMS0215[016]")
17 Oct 2019
Snowy stories
08 Oct 2019
Bligh and Banks: Preserving a piece of history
![The Observatory, Point Venus, Otahytey [Tahiti], George Tobin, 1792. State Library of New South Wales (FL1606978)](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/signals/the-observatory-point-venus-otahytey-tahiti-george-tobin-1792-state-library-of-new-south-wales-fl160.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=75010BFB02B370BE22F832F8994344A664EE0771 "The Observatory, Point Venus, Otahytey [Tahiti], George Tobin, 1792. State Library of New South Wales (FL1606978)")
29 Sep 2019
Bligh and the peoples of the Pacific: The Polynesian threads in European stories
20 Sep 2019
4 surprising shipwrecks of Sydney Harbour
14 Sep 2019
'A bully and a bastard's bastard': Peter FitzSimons on William Bligh
![Goy Galdeano (centre, in white striped top) with the first group of female Spanish assisted migrants to Australia, 1960 [reproduced courtesy Melissa Zabalegui]](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/signals/3-goy-galdeano_2160x1080_compressed.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=46A48236CA3D78D08C4257540F4240E733C88176 "Goy Galdeano (centre, in white striped top) with the first group of female Spanish assisted migrants to Australia, 1960 [reproduced courtesy Melissa Zabalegui]")
02 Sep 2019