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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28 Feb 2022
The sad fate of HMAS Perth (I)
![shipwreck, vessel, sea](/-/media/g54--scuba-copy.jpg?h=1440&la=en&w=1920&hash=E0560C3717FFA73AB4F149F07B96333DE74622A9)
12 Dec 2021
Sanyo Maru shipwrecked off Arnhem Land
![Wreck Seeker, an educational game by the Australian National Maritime Museum](/-/media/anmm/images/discover/apps-and-games/wreck-seeker/wreck-seeker_image_16-9_1200x675_resize.jpg?h=675&la=en&w=1200&hash=FA795533B6C99D35D6363153C07EC75D0DFA50E2)
23 Aug 2021
Wreck Seeker: New educational game uncovers underwater mysteries
![Screenshot from the PS 'Herald' VR experience Screenshot from the PS 'Herald' VR experience](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/september-2020/ps-herald-vr-experience_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=CBF25465FD43841F25D30EB4903CE9E23B67DC22)
14 Sep 2020
The PS 'Herald' VR Experience: Seven students, one virtual dive
![A small selection of the museum's Dunbar collection, purchased with the assistance of the Andrew Thyne Reid Charitable Trust](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/august-2020/dunbarwreck_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=0FCC6905536FC49DF5A57988A1C1913FE793A7AA)
20 Aug 2020
The melancholy wreck of the 'Dunbar'
![Lucilla Ronai examining the large Frederick Elliot work comprising of many small watercolours. ANMM Collection 00054300 Lucilla Ronai examining the large Frederick Elliot work comprising of many small watercolours. ANMM Collection 00054300](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/may-2020/lucilla-ronai-examining-the-large-frederick-elliot-work_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=0B74A23779D233154AF71EB54700BB14C5216DBB)
22 Jul 2020
Fixing the Frederick Elliott watercolours: A big conservation project of small paintings
![Kieran Hosty at Boot Reef in December 2018. Image Julia Sumerling/Silentworld Foundation Kieran Hosty at Boot Reef in December 2018. Image Julia Sumerling/Silentworld Foundation](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/july-2020/bootreef_bloglowres_juliasumerling_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=50647A8DEF665FF4C3494D15C4E340E0CA7E3F78)
15 Jul 2020
Ask an Archaeologist Day
![James Hunter (left) and Kieran Hosty use baseline-offset mapping to record the hull structure in South Australian's bow. Image Tim Zapor James Hunter (left) and Kieran Hosty use baseline-offset mapping to record the hull structure in South Australian's bow](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/may-2020/p6252477_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=6B51B4E6D2FC7FE6E5BF272510EF12EA8C1CBF14)
22 May 2020
Bound for 'South Australian': South Australia's oldest known shipwreck found
![SS Federal docked at a wharf. Built in 1889, owned by McIlwraith McEacharn Limited, wrecked off the Western Australian coast in 1901. ANMM Collection, ANMS0047[142] Black and white photograph of a ship](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/12-dec-2019/signals-129/anms0047142_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=ED85135FF0A642E0082A17854BF9D61F5B799174)
21 Dec 2019