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.
![Klaas and Aafke Woldring on their wedding day, the Netherlands, 1959. Reproduced courtesy Klaas and Aafke Woldring.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/1-klaas-and-aafke-woldring-wedding-day_2160x1080.jpg?la=en&hash=4918C8F2FFD6186A7CF87759BA3E5963149FA448)
19 Jan 2019
To Australia via the Cape
![Magdalena (Leni) Janic, aged 15, Katscher, Germany, 1940. Reproduced courtesy Annette Janic.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/1-leni-aged-15_2160x1080.jpg?la=en&hash=C92AAC067855624BDA458FB6F5E7DC3BC9DD5D06)
18 Jan 2019
War child
![Maie Talmet (second from left) at Woodside Hostel with the doll her father gave her on arrival in Adelaide, 1949. Reproduced courtesy Maie Barrow.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/6-maie-talmet-at-woodside-hostel_2160x1080.jpg?la=en&hash=CA6413DDA08CA65B28975F67DDDF05DDFE6A201B)
17 Jan 2019
As far from Europe as possible
![Going away party for the wedding of Maria and Lorenzo Roder’s daughter, Mary (front row, holding handbag), c 1921. Maria and Lorenzo are in the back row, third and fourth from right. Reproduced courtesy Pauline Lovitt.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/roder_002_2160x1080.jpg?la=en&hash=8369931E7853919FE392C16D2B7A9839B5DD36B8)
16 Jan 2019
La Cella Venezia
![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](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/4-ir005672-001.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=1E4A6CB1BD295643396121C8E7A09B94BD26BADC)
15 Jan 2019
Four ships, one lifeboat
![Passengers become amateur navigators as they trace their vessel’s progress on a long 19th century sea voyage. From ‘Scenes on board an Australian emigrant ship’, The Illustrated London News, 1848. ANMM Collection 00003594](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/lead-image.jpg?la=en&hash=9B209D709580550A48D87406AE1BE88C221D7803)
15 Jan 2019
Of stars and jellyfish
![Marie and Michel Nehme at Fairlane Farm, Nehme vineyard, Yenda, 1988. All images reproduced courtesy Julie Nehme](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/01-jan-2019/5-marie-and-michel-fairlane-farm_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=6F1D495E688BCFF301372122E875C5519E26405B)
10 Jan 2019
Wine and poetry
![This humble fishing trawler led a double life during World War II as part of Operation Jaywick. Image: Andrew Frolows/ANMM.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/krait-restoration-event-5279_pro-960x640.jpg?la=en&hash=DEC2453495C7D583934B22AA7E439D5645D0D67C)
09 Jan 2019
Operation Jaywick
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08 Jan 2019