Australian National Maritime Museum
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Aerial photograph of the Australian National Maritime Museum, as seen from Sydney Tower
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| Established | 1991 |
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| Location | Darling Harbour, Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°52′09″S 151°11′55″E / 33.869167°S 151.198611°ECoordinates: 33°52′09″S 151°11′55″E / 33.869167°S 151.198611°E |
| Type | Maritime museum |
| Director | Kevin Sumption (2012–present) |
| Chairperson | Peter Dexter AM |
| Architect | Philip Cox, Richardson Taylor & Partners |
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Australian Government; via the Department of Communications and the Arts |
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| Website | anmm |
The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) is a federally operated maritime museum in Darling Harbour, Sydney. After considering the idea of establishing a maritime museum, the federal government announced that a national maritime museum would be constructed at Darling Harbour, tied into the New South Wales State government's redevelopment of the area for the Australian bicentenary. The museum building was designed by Philip Cox, and although an opening date of 1988 was initially set, construction delays, cost overruns, and disagreements between the state and federal governments over funding responsibility pushed the opening back to 1991.
One of six museums directly operated by the federal government, the ANMM is the only one located outside of the Australian Capital Territory. The museum is structured around seven main galleries, focusing on the discovery of Australia, the relationships between the Australian Aborigines and the water, travel to Australia by sea, the ocean as a resource, water-based relaxation and entertainment, the naval defence of the nation, and the relationship between the United States of America and Australia. The last gallery was funded by the United States government, and is the only national museum gallery in the world funded by a foreign nation. Four additional gallery spaces are used for temporary exhibits. Three museum ships – the HM Bark Endeavour Replica, the destroyer HMAS Vampire, and the submarine HMAS Onslow – are open to the public, while smaller historical vessels berthed outside can be viewed but not boarded.
Of the six museums operated directly by the Federal government (the ANMM, the Australian War Memorial, the National Museum of Australia, the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, and Questacon), the ANMM is the only one located outside the Australian Capital Territory. The museum is administered by the Department of Communications and the Arts on behalf of the Australian Government.
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