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.

17 May 2016

Flying home: How to make a zoetrope

19 Apr 2016

Lost at Sea: Finding Longitude with Ships, Clocks & Stars

24 Mar 2016

Marooned on disintegrating ice: Catch Shackleton at the museum before it disappears

23 Mar 2016

‘Birds are acceptable…’: Waves and Water opens at Noosa Regional Gallery

18 Mar 2016

War at Sea exhibition travels to Fremantle
Sailing off Coal Point, c.1935. Photographer unknown. Image: Lake Macquarie Community Heritage Photography collection

15 Feb 2016

Applications for MMAPSS 2016-2017 grants now open

11 Feb 2016

Would you have survived being sick on the high seas?
Parrot pinata  for kids arts and crafts

09 Feb 2016

Pieces of Eight and a Parrot Pinata

22 Jan 2016

'The greatest threat to our oceans is ignorance'