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.
![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
![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
Mutiny on the Montserrat: The 60th anniversary of Operation Eucalyptus
23 Aug 2019
Blackbirding: Australia's slave trade?
07 Jun 2019
Stitched with love
07 Jun 2019
Find your feet in our Refugee Week tapestry workshops
![Johann and Katharina Emmelhainz on the Beulah passenger list, 1849. Courtesy NSW State Archives Reel 2145, [4/4820].](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/3-johann-and-katharina-emmelhainz_2160x1080.jpg?la=en&hash=0F95ED9030DFD4431A14D65F586FFD2F646E8B6F)
04 Apr 2019
Vinedressers and vintners
03 Apr 2019
So you think you know a thing or two about sharks
17 Mar 2019
Remembering the Irish famine orphans
05 Feb 2019