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National Maritime Museum

The Australian National Maritime Museum is a federally operated maritime museum in , 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 in 1988.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: maritime museum in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: “ANMM”, “anmm.gov.au”, “Australian National Maritime Museum”, and “MuSeaUm”
  • Address: 2 Murray Street
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darling Harbour and HMAS Vampire.

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is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central . It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.

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was the third of three Australian-built Daring-class destroyers serving in the Royal Australian Navy. One of the first all-welded ships built in Australia, she was constructed at Cockatoo Island Dockyard between 1952 and 1959, and was commissioned into the RAN a day after completion. is situated 100 metres east of National Maritime Museum.

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is one of six Oberon-class submarines, previously operated by the Royal Australian Navy. The submarine was named after the town of , and Sir Alexander Onslow, with the boat's motto and badge derived from Onslow's family heritage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pyrmont and City Centre.

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is an inner-city suburb of , in the state of , 2 kilometres south-west of the in the local government area of the .

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The was where Governor Arthur Phillip first raised the British flag on Australian soil in January 1788, the earliest site of European settlement in Australia.

Neighborhood
is the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of East, in , , in the Great Depression.

National Maritime Museum

Latitude
-33.86938° or 33° 52′ 10″ south
Longitude
151.19874° or 151° 11′ 56″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Levels
3
Open location code
4RRH45JX+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 16598528
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
8645178
Wiki­data ID
Q844329
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“National Maritime Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف البحري الوطني الأسترالي”
  • Belarusian: “Аўстралійскі дзяржаўны марскі музэй”
  • Belarusian: “Аўстралійскі нацыянальны марскі музей”
  • Belarusian: “Аўстралійскі нацыянальны марскі музэй”
  • Catalan: “Museu Marítim Nacional Australià”
  • Chinese: “澳大利亞國家海事博物館”
  • Dutch: “Australisch Nationaal Maritiem Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف البحرى الوطنى الاسترالى”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭstralia Nacia Mara Muzeo”
  • French: “musée national australien de la Marine”
  • French: “musée national de la marine de Sydney”
  • French: “Musée national de la marine de Sydney”
  • Georgian: “ავსტრალიის ეროვნული საზღვაო მუზეუმი”
  • Hebrew: “anmm.gov.au”
  • Hebrew: “ANMM”
  • Hebrew: “Australian National Maritime Museum”
  • Hebrew: “MuSeaUm”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הימי הלאומי של אוסטרליה”
  • Indonesian: “Australian National Maritime Museum”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Maritim Nasional Australia”
  • Irish: “Músaem Muirí Náisiúnta na hAstráile”
  • Japanese: “オーストラリア国立海洋博物館”
  • Korean: “시드니 국립해양박물관”
  • Korean: “시드니 해양박물관”
  • Korean: “오스트레일리아 국립해양박물관”
  • Korean: “오스트레일리아 해양박물관”
  • Korean: “호주 국립해양박물관”
  • Korean: “호주 해양박물관”
  • Macedonian: “Австралиски национален поморски музеј”
  • Macedonian: “Национален поморски музеј на Австралија”
  • Russian: “Австралийский национальный морской музей”
  • Slovenian: “AMMM”
  • Slovenian: “Avstralski nacionalni pomorski muzej”
  • Tatar: “Австралия милли диңгезчелек музее”
  • Turkish: “Australian National Maritime Museum”
  • Turkish: “Avustralya Ulusal Denizcilik Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Австралійський національний морський музей”
  • Urdu: “آسٹریلین نیشنل میری ٹائم میوزیم”

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