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] 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)
17 Oct 2019
Snowy stories
![Classic Wooden Boat Festival 2018. Day 3 - Sunday 15, April 2018. Man in striped shirt and sailor's cap using an antique megaphone. MacDougall Photography for ANMM Classic Wooden Boat Festival 2018. Day 3 - Sunday 15, April 2018. Man in striped shirt and sailor's cap using an antique megaphone. MacDougall Photography for ANMM](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/10-oct-2019/anmm18_0408226_cwbf_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=8EFD20AF2EFBED9C7ECEF0D3FD072B315853A83D)
11 Oct 2019
Classic & Wooden Boat Festival: Save the Date
![Dr Espen Knutsen Dr Espen Knutsen](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/espen-knutsen_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=7322A39CE76CE9545355768A55F53E6E7F9FEAB6)
10 Oct 2019
Unearthing paleontology: Ten questions with Dr Espen Knutsen
![Jeffrey Fox working on the cameo medallion of Sir Joseph Banks Jeffrey Fox working on the cameo medallion of Sir Joseph Banks](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/10-oct-2019/jeff-working-on-cameo_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=A4B947EE297A94F4A37F36C36F118C870B770D6C)
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) 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)
29 Sep 2019
Bligh and the peoples of the Pacific: The Polynesian threads in European stories
![An iceberg superbly sculpted by wind and water, is lit by the Arctic sun. Gillian Clark, Eskimo Bay, 2015 An iceberg superbly sculpted by wind and water, is lit by the Arctic sun. Gillian Clark, Eskimo Bay, 2015](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/169gillian-clark2k4a1522print_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=A82073631F4C3CE020E0288B152B5BC39E4602FA)
24 Sep 2019
Polar opposites: What's the difference between the Arctic and Antarctica?
![Bligh - Hero or Villain? Manipulated Portrait of Rea-Admiral William Bligh. Courtesy of National Library of Australia.](/-/media/anmm/images/whats-on/exhibitions/bligh/bligh_web-hero_2160x1080px_split_credit.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=A0DE46CD17CD29599A7FB174520B7005BCC767CC)
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] 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)
02 Sep 2019
Mutiny on the Montserrat: The 60th anniversary of Operation Eucalyptus
![Plate 19 from a catalogue of the rare and valuable shells which formed the celebrated collection of the late Mrs Bligh Plate 19 from a catalogue of the rare and valuable shells which formed the celebrated collection of the late Mrs Bligh](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/08-aug-2019/plate-19_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=7B4E21CAAAB77FC9114156A8818667D0C8F81AB0)
29 Aug 2019