Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

Australian National Maritime Museum (GPS: -33.86935, 151.19863) celebrates Australia's association with the sea. Also known as ANMM, it is a maritime museum operated by the Australian Government located at Darling Harbour in Sydney. The ANMM exhibits everything related to Australia's history and the sea, including Australian Aboriginal maritime cultures, navigators, convicts, boat people, and the relation with commerce, sports and so on.

On the wharf outside the ANMM museum building are heritage ships the Krait (1920), the Carpentaria (1917), ex-Royal Australian Navy ships, an Oberon class submarine (1968), a Daring class destroyer (1956), an Attack class patrol boat (1968), a merchant ship James Craig (1874) and replicas of the Bounty and the Endeavour. Also on exhibit is Ken Warby's boat Spirit of Australia, which is the current holder of the world water speed record of 317.5696 mph. Even a flimsy Vietnamese refugee boat is on display.

Address

Australian National Maritime Museum
2 Murray St.,
Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Getting there

Location: Darling Harbour
Contact: 9298 37777
Buses to take: 443, 888, Sydney Explorer
Nearest CityRail Stations: Town Hall
Nearest Monorial Station: Harbourside
Opening Hours: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm daily, closed on Christmas Day

Australian National Maritime Museum is on the Map of Sydney, Australia

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