Past Events and Exhibitions

Family Pick

Port River Cruises on Historic Vessel ‘Archie Badenoch’

01 May - 02 October 2022

Special Event

Torrens Island Quarantine Station Tours 2022

22 May - 25 September 2022

Ten Pound Poms

08 - 10 September 2022

Fathers Day

04 September 2022

Family Pick

Dive Deep, Dream Big: Book Week Story Time at the Museum

20 - 21 August 2022

Special Event

Sea Country Stories – Launch Event

19 August 2022

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Ship N Bricks: Seafarers Edition

09 - 24 July 2022

Illuminating Songwriters Who Fly Under the Radar

23 July 2022

School Holidays: Origami Art

09 - 20 July 2022

Special Event

Songs from the Edge of World

08 July 2022

Special Event

TALK: Museums and the Virtual World

09 June 2022

Special Event

South Australia’s History Festival – Finding Flinders: The Man behind the Map

26 May 2022

Special Event

| SOLD OUT | South Australia’s History Festival – Lockdown: How we quarantined before COVID

06 - 15 May 2022

Special Event

| SOLD OUT | South Australia’s History Festival – Tall Ships and Sailor Boys

14 May 2022

Special Event

School Holidays: GooRoo Animation

27 April - 01 May 2022

Special Event

Adelaide Fringe: Pirates of Penzance

27 February 2022

Family Pick

School Holidays: Ship N Bricks

11 December 2021 - 27 January 2022

Family Pick

School Holidays: GooRoo Animation Claymation

21 - 25 January 2022

Special Event

Autism Friendly Sensory Sessions

23 - 24 October 2021

Family Pick

School Holidays: Ship n Bricks

25 September - 10 October 2021

Family Pick

School Holidays: GooRoo Animation

25 - 28 September 2021

Special Event

Torrens Island Quarantine Station Tours – September 2021

17 - 19 September 2021

Special Event

EXTENDED: Ship N’ Bricks!

31 July - 01 August 2021

Special Event

NAIDOC Week – Kaurna Cultural Walking Tour of Port Adelaide

11 July 2021

Special Event

Labour of Love Paste Up walk

01 - 31 May 2021

Drowning, Not Waving…

16 - 30 May 2021

Family Pick

Ted’s Big Day Out

14 December 2020 - 22 January 2021

Family Pick

Cat’s Out of the Bag! – School Holidays

14 December 2020 - 22 January 2021

Family Pick

School Holiday Scavenger Hunt

28 September - 09 October 2020

History Matters: Webinar Series for Teachers

22 July - 23 September 2020

Science Week

French Science on the High Seas: Voyages of discovery to our shores and beyond

18 August 2020

Special Event

History Festival Schools Poetry Takeover

01 - 31 May 2020

Family Pick

School Holidays: Happy Birthday Play School Exhibition

07 December 2019 - 28 January 2020

Family Pick

Play School date with Zindzi

16 January 2020

“Kis A Sailor” limited edition gin

01 March - 31 December 2019

Special Event

Waterborne

11 - 15 December 2019

Special Event

Dive into Shipwreck History!

06 December 2019

Family Pick

School Holidays at the Museum – Pirates in their PJ’s

30 September - 11 October 2019

Curator's Pick

Spice at any price

15 August 2019

Science Week

Port River Pod: A Talk by Dr Mike Bossley

14 August 2019

Steam Tug Yelta Port River Cruises 2019

17 February - 17 June 2019

Steam and Station Historic Discovery Days 2019

17 February - 17 June 2019

Family Pick

School Holidays at the museum – Survivor

16 - 28 April 2019

Curator's Pick

Golden Globe Yacht Race

21 February 2019

Family Pick

Celebrations for the Tour Down Under Stage 1 finish!

15 January 2019

Curator's Pick

Waisted: How whalebone shaped the female form

09 November 2018

In Whom We Trust

24 October 2018

Passengers lining up at the Quarantine Station

Torrens Island Quarantine Station Tours 2018

25 March - 21 October 2018

Family Pick

Muesums In The Port

13 - 14 October 2018

Family Pick

School Holidays at the Museum – Sunken Secrets

02 - 12 October 2018

Family Pick

Visit us at the Royal Adelaide Show

31 August - 09 September 2018

Family Pick

Dads and Carers for Free on Father’s Day

02 September 2018

Snowmageddon: The Penguins of Antarctica

09 - 20 July 2018

Help us preserve Nelcebee for another 135 years

01 January - 22 June 2018

Curator's Pick

Historic tug cruises: ST Yelta 2018

23 January - 03 June 2018

Special Event

Ship Loads of Beer!

30 May 2018

Shelf Life

21 May 2018

Curator's Pick

Steam and Station Tours 2018

24 January - 20 May 2018

Who were the 1836ers? Identifying the ships, passengers and crew

14 May 2018

Jane Austen – Songs of the Sea

10 May 2018

Swimming a horse between a ketch and shore

Secrets of Wedge Island: a forgotten history

08 May 2018

Family Pick

Shipwrecked….again!

16 - 27 April 2018

Whale of a Tale

08 - 25 January 2018

Jane Austen’s Songs of the Sea

04 November 2017

Torrens Island Quarantine Station Tours 2017

06 May - 21 October 2017

Family Pick

School holiday activity – Treasure Island, the other side of the story

03 - 13 October 2017

Curator's Pick

The Bird Collections of the Baudin Expedition, 1803-1804

22 September 2017

Past Events and Exhibitions

Events

Port River Cruises on Historic Vessel ‘Archie Badenoch’

Torrens Island Quarantine Station Tours 2022

Ten Pound Poms

Fathers Day

Dive Deep, Dream Big: Book Week Story Time at the Museum

Sea Country Stories – Launch Event

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Ship N Bricks: Seafarers Edition

Illuminating Songwriters Who Fly Under the Radar

School Holidays: Origami Art

Songs from the Edge of World

TALK: Museums and the Virtual World

South Australia’s History Festival – Finding Flinders: The Man behind the Map

| SOLD OUT | South Australia’s History Festival – Lockdown: How we quarantined before COVID

| SOLD OUT | South Australia’s History Festival – Tall Ships and Sailor Boys

School Holidays: GooRoo Animation

Adelaide Fringe: Pirates of Penzance

School Holidays: Ship N Bricks

School Holidays: GooRoo Animation Claymation

Autism Friendly Sensory Sessions

School Holidays: Ship n Bricks

School Holidays: GooRoo Animation

Torrens Island Quarantine Station Tours – September 2021

EXTENDED: Ship N’ Bricks!

NAIDOC Week – Kaurna Cultural Walking Tour of Port Adelaide

Labour of Love Paste Up walk

Drowning, Not Waving…

Ted’s Big Day Out

Cat’s Out of the Bag! – School Holidays

School Holiday Scavenger Hunt

History Matters: Webinar Series for Teachers

French Science on the High Seas: Voyages of discovery to our shores and beyond

History Festival Schools Poetry Takeover

School Holidays: Happy Birthday Play School Exhibition

Play School date with Zindzi

“Kis A Sailor” limited edition gin

Waterborne

Dive into Shipwreck History!

School Holidays at the Museum – Pirates in their PJ’s

Spice at any price

Port River Pod: A Talk by Dr Mike Bossley

Steam Tug Yelta Port River Cruises 2019

Steam and Station Historic Discovery Days 2019

School Holidays at the museum – Survivor

Golden Globe Yacht Race

Celebrations for the Tour Down Under Stage 1 finish!

Waisted: How whalebone shaped the female form

In Whom We Trust

Torrens Island Quarantine Station Tours 2018

Muesums In The Port

School Holidays at the Museum – Sunken Secrets

Visit us at the Royal Adelaide Show

Dads and Carers for Free on Father’s Day

Snowmageddon: The Penguins of Antarctica

Help us preserve Nelcebee for another 135 years

Historic tug cruises: ST Yelta 2018

Ship Loads of Beer!

Shelf Life

Steam and Station Tours 2018

Who were the 1836ers? Identifying the ships, passengers and crew

Jane Austen – Songs of the Sea

Secrets of Wedge Island: a forgotten history

Shipwrecked….again!

Whale of a Tale

Jane Austen’s Songs of the Sea

Torrens Island Quarantine Station Tours 2017

School holiday activity – Treasure Island, the other side of the story

The Bird Collections of the Baudin Expedition, 1803-1804

Permanent Exhibitions

First Voyages: Exploring the Southern Coast

Active II

Port Adelaide Lighthouse

Dolphins! The Port River Pod

Action Stations: South Australia and the Navy

Tapestry of Treasures: The First Nautical Museum

Wrecked! Tragedy and the Southern Seas

Bound for South Australia

Mosquito Fleet

Living in Port