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South Australian Maritime Museum

Past Events and Exhibitions

Events

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

Science Week

Port River Pod: A Talk by Dr Mike Bossley

ST Yelta cruising on the Port River

Steam Tug Yelta Port River Cruises 2019

17 February - 17 June 2019

Steam and Station Historic Discovery Days 2019

17 February - 17 June 2019

Drowning, Not Waving…

05 April - 27 May 2019

Family Pick

School Holidays at the museum – Survivor

16 - 28 April 2019

Curator's Pick

Mark Sinclair on his yacht

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

Captain John Dikkenberg

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

SA Maritime Museum

Dads and Carers for Free on Father’s Day

02 September 2018

Snowmageddon: The Penguins of Antarctica

09 - 20 July 2018

Nelcebee water colour by John Ford

Help us preserve Nelcebee for another 135 years

01 January - 22 June 2018

Curator's Pick

ST Yelta cruising on the Port River

Historic tug cruises: ST Yelta 2018

23 January - 03 June 2018

Special Event

Sailor with drink

Ship Loads of Beer!

Curator Lindl Lawton with tour group

Shelf Life

Curator's Pick

Passengers lining up at the Quarantine Station

Steam and Station Tours 2018

24 January - 20 May 2018

Model of the Buffalo

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

Jane Austen – Songs of the Sea

Swimming a horse between a ketch and shore

Secrets of Wedge Island: a forgotten history

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

Passengers lining up at the Quarantine Station

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

Temporary Exhibitions

Final Week

Messing about in boats

22 May - 10 November 2019

Curator's Pick

Lustre: Pearling & Australia

08 December 2018 - 28 April 2019

Leviathan: An astonishing history of whales

15 December 2017 - 11 November 2018

Kondoli: the woven whale

25 May - 02 September 2018

Nelcebee water colour by John Ford

Help us preserve Nelcebee for another 135 years

01 January - 22 June 2018

Curator's Pick

ST Yelta cruising on the Port River

Historic tug cruises: ST Yelta 2018

23 January - 03 June 2018

Curator's Pick

Passengers lining up at the Quarantine Station

Steam and Station Tours 2018

24 January - 20 May 2018

Women of the River Country

16 October - 07 December 2017

Passengers lining up at the Quarantine Station

Torrens Island Quarantine Station Tours 2017

06 May - 21 October 2017

Curator's Pick

Cazneaux by the water

Through a different lens – Cazneaux by the Water

16 June - 15 October 2017

The Art of Science: Baudin’s Voyagers 1800-1804

30 June - 11 December 2016

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The South Australian Maritime Museum and History Trust of South Australia acknowledges the First Nations peoples of South Australia, whose connection to country and living cultures began in time immemorial and continues to the present. We affirm our commitment to advancing reconciliation.