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South Australian Maritime Museum

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Resources for families

Self Guided Museum Trails

These trail booklets are designed for teachers to use with students during a self- guided visit to the South Australian Maritime Museum. They introduc...

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Fact Sheets

The following fact sheets contain a summary of information about selected Maritime Museum objects and resources. Active II Fact Sheet Archie Badenoch ...

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Active II

A favourite for every visitor is the replica ketch Active II. Built by shipwright Bill Porter and rigged by sail maker Don Lucas in 1986, it fills o...

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126 Lipson Street, Port Adelaide, 5015

Daily 10am — 5pm (Closed Good Friday & Christmas Day)

What’s happening at @sa_maritime_museum

  • Do you remember what it was like when you first arrived in a new country? 🗺 Did you write down everything you saw so you wouldn't forget? ✍️ Well that's what Able Seaman George Frederick Jeffry did when he sailed from SA to China in 1900 aboard the HMCS Protector to fight in the 'Boxer Rebellion'.. . "There are hundreds of sampans on the River; most of them are bum boats who hawk all sorts of things. As soon as we were moored they flocked around us like a swarm of bees. All along the shore there are small carts called rickshaws. Myself and several others got in one each and off we went..." . Read stories like this and more at our FREE Transcribathon event on 25 and 26 October. Link in bio 🔗
  • #Repost @adelaide_heritage with @get_repost ・・・ The South Australia Maritime Museum is located inside old adjoining bond stores, built in the 1850s. I really recommend a visit- heaps of cool maritime histiory stuff inside. @sa_maritime_museum #theport #maritime #maritimehistory #lipsonstreet #portadelaide #Lipsonstreet #portadelaide #adelaide #adelaideheritage #oldbuilding @southaustralia #heritage #heritagelisted
  • Torrens Island Quarantine Station is open THIS SUNDAY! Take advantage of the sun while it's out and join us for a tour at 10am or 11.15am Spaces are very limited so get in quick. Ticket link in bio! 🔗 (Image courtesy of The Advertiser)
  • Our senior curator, Lindl recently attended the International Maritime Museum Conference in Sweden and is now researching collections across Europe. She has come across the most fascinating things while over there including these ‘mermaids’. They are a fish tail 🐟 sewn onto the skeleton of a monkey 🐒 with fish teeth inserted in the mouth. These grotesque little creatures were sold to hapless sailors in the Far East and Pacific looking for that unique gift to bring home. 🎁

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