Museum events
Summer at the museum
Members event: Speakers talk
Sleuthing fun
Sail into a world where imagination meets the sea at the Maritime Museum this summer, with exhibitions, vessels, creative workshops, performances, tours, trails and more. It’s a whole lot of fun for all members of the family!
William Dawes – marine, astronomer, engineer
Murder mystery at sea
2–3.30 pm Friday 17 December The voyage of the First Fleet from England to Botany Bay was more than a convenient way to rid Britain of its convicts. Join Richard de Grijs on the trail of William Dawes, astronomer, engineer, surveyor and ordnance officer – from his arrival in 1788 to beyond his death and up to the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932.
6 pm and 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays 14 January–5 February Be part of an immersive experience on board the navy destroyer HMAS Vampire. A mysterious SOS: the captain and officers are dead – an encrypted message is sent. Intrigued? Join a crack team in the middle of the Pacific Ocean during the Cold War to help solve this murder mystery at sea. sea.museum/murder-mystery
Free for Members and one guest. Bookings essential; see opposite
Ginspiration
Harbour cruises
Musical cruise
Ladies with spirit
Sail on Duyfken
Acoustic life of boatsheds
6 pm and 8 pm Fridays 17 December and 14, 21, 28 January
Visit website for sailing dates
20–23 January
Experience one of the rarest ships in the world while soaking up the sunset and sails on Sydney Harbour. Cruise past Barangaroo, Circular Quay, the Opera House, Garden Island and other famous sites around the harbour as you relax and enjoy a gourmet snack box and drinks while feeling the sea breeze, hearing stories of life on the ocean and watching the crew replicate 17th-century sailing.
The waterways west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge provide the backdrop for a unique maritime experience. Board one of Sydney’s historic Rosman ferries – along with a company of musicians, sound artists, shipwrights and deckhands – and embark on a sonic expedition to the unsung places of our iconic working harbour. During a series of original performances inspired by its boatsheds, workshops and waterways, you’ll sink into the varying soundscapes of places shaped by time, tide and trade.
Are you a passionate consumer of craft spirits or want a ‘gintastic’ start to your weekend? Then enter the world of Ladies of Spirit to explore the talented women producing amazing gins across New South Wales. Historically, women were skilled in botany, fermenting and distilling for medicinal purposes and, without a doubt, for drinking too. So join us on board the docked Edwardian steam yacht Ena for a fabulous and fascinating delve into the world of gin!
sea.museum/sail-duyfken ANMM image
sea.museum/boatsheds Image courtesy Acoustic Boatsheds
