Refurbished venues opening soon

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The Sydney Harbour Gallery and Ben Lexcen Terrace

THE MUSEUM IS OPENING ITS WINDOWS to the world. For the first time ever, we have removed the covers from our harbour-facing windows, shining a light on our new Sydney Harbour Gallery exhibition space. An airlock links this gallery with the renovated Ben Lexcen Terrace. These two areas work together, forming a physical connection between the Darling Harbour waterscape and the museum. Outside on the terrace, visitors can relax, have lunch and take in the view of our fleet. Inside the gallery, they can immerse themselves in historical and contemporary stories of the environments above and below the waters of Sydney Harbour.

01 Artist’s impression of the refurbished Ben Lexcen Terrace and, behind it, the new Sydney Harbour Gallery. Image Virtual Ideas/ANMM 02 This digital artwork in the Sydney Harbour Gallery traces the ebb and flow of Sydney Harbour traffic over a year. Image Andrew Frolows/ANMM

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Named for one of Australia’s premier yachtsmen and marine architects, the Ben Lexcen Terrace has always been a star attraction of the Maritime Museum’s precinct, with an unbeatable view of the Sydney CBD and Darling Harbour. Right next to the Pyrmont Light Rail and Pyrmont ferry wharf, the Ben Lexcen Terrace is a premier location for your next event, offering a covered open-air venue with pull-down shades for inclement days. It can host 450 standing or 200 seated. In the gallery, visitors will understand the role of Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson) as a modern working harbour through displays, videos and a large-scale digital artwork representing 365 days of marine traffic. Find out what the Sydney Institute of Marine Science is doing to restore vital habitats and protect biodiversity through artificial reef structures, projects to restore crayweed and oysters, and living seawalls. Understand your role in ensuring the ongoing health and safety of above- and belowwater harbour inhabitants, and be amazed by the Westpac Little Ripper Lifesaver, a new acquisition to the museum, which performed the first-ever drone sea rescue in 2018. The Sydney Harbour Gallery and Ben Lexcen Terrace work in partnership, forming a physical connection between the Darling Harbour waterscape and the museum

The Sydney Harbour Gallery welcomes back the museum’s volunteer modelmakers in a newly designed desk at the entrance to the space, where visitors can learn from these highly skilled artisans and see museum collection models that highlight commercial, recreational and transport vessels past and present. The Sydney Harbour Gallery is sponsored by the Port Authority of NSW and delivered in collaboration with the Sydney Institute of Marine Science and The Little Ripper Group.

The Sydney Harbour Gallery and Ben Lexcen Terrace are expected to open in October. Please check www.sea.museum for updates.

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