South Australian Maritime Museum

South Australian Maritime Museum Preserving the oldest nautical collection in Australia 🌊 Our exhibitions cross themes from immigration and the age of sail to naval history and exploration.

We look at seafarers, lighthouse keepers, shipwrecks, wharfies, windjammers, steerage, ketches and tugs. We even include the Port River dolphins. While the Museum has a long history we find new ways to interpret the past. We present programs that are entertaining and interactive as well as educational.

07/07/2026

👋Come and visit Opal these school holidays!

🫧Opal's Room is a vibrant, cosy nook made for children and families, with activities to do, things to make, and books to read. 👀

05/07/2026

50 years of NAIDOC Week - 50 years of strength, survival, and story. 🖤💛❤️

More than just a week, it has always been a platform, a protest, a celebration, and a statement of survival.

We honour and recognise the voices, culture, leadership, and the generations who paved the way - not by chance, but through resilience and a refusal to be silenced.

This moment is about looking back at the stories, the marches, the languages, the art, and the leadership.

🧱 Explore the SA Maritime Museum and the National Motor Museum these school holidays with the Lego Trail: Epic Journeys....
29/06/2026

🧱 Explore the SA Maritime Museum and the National Motor Museum these school holidays with the Lego Trail: Epic Journeys.

👀 Once you’ve cracked the code, enter the draw to win an awesome LEGO® prize!🎁

📅 Please note the museum will be closed next Friday 3 July. Regular museum hours will resume Saturday 4 July.We apologis...
26/06/2026

📅 Please note the museum will be closed next Friday 3 July. Regular museum hours will resume Saturday 4 July.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused. 🙂

🔦Spotlight on Yuki (Bark Canoe): Sharing Ngarrindjeri culture 🌊Yuki is an immersive display that tells important stories...
17/06/2026

🔦Spotlight on Yuki (Bark Canoe): Sharing Ngarrindjeri culture 🌊

Yuki is an immersive display that tells important stories of South Australia’s waterways. The Ngarrindjeri were skilled canoe makers, and a yuki was used for travel, fishing, hunting, and to meet up for ceremonial gatherings along the Murray River and Lower Lakes regions of South Australia.

Uncle Major ‘Moogy’ Sumner led the creation of a yuki, made from bark taken off a red river gum in Kuitpo Forest, Kaurna Country. The collaboration with digital creatives and the team at the Void at Flinders University enables us to share the yuki story in a unique way, using animated scenes based on motion capture data, as well as immersive project mapping onto the yuki display itself.

Visit our website to find out more: https://yuki.history.sa.gov.au/

05/06/2026

⚓️ Exciting things are taking place here in the Port!📍Australian National Maritime Museum's Endeavour Replica project is well underway! We stopped by to chat with lead rigger Matt Daaboul and admire the incredible craftsmanship 🪢

Head to our website to find out more about what's on this month! 👉 https://maritime.history.sa.gov.au/💬 Make a day of it...
02/06/2026

Head to our website to find out more about what's on this month!
👉 https://maritime.history.sa.gov.au/

💬 Make a day of it! Ask our team about the 'Museums in the Port' offer to get 25% off when you visit the 🚂 National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, ⚓️ Clipper Ship City of Adelaide and ✈️ South Australian Aviation Museum!

Address

126 Lipson Street
Port Adelaide, SA
5015

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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+61881513260

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