Museum Shipkeeper Mirjam Hilgeman. Image: courtesy Australian National Maritime Museum.
The Australian National Maritime Museum is home to a collection that centres on all things nautical. Those collected objects may be as small as a shackle from a historic boat, to the very boat itself. The Museum holds 12 vessels within its fleet, making it one of the largest floating historical vessel collections in the world.
Many of those vessels are active working “exhibits”, including a replica of the tall ship the Duyfken, which celebrated her 25th anniversary in January. Together, a team of shipwrights maintain or conserve the ships.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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