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Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery

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Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery

Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery Home of the Lady Denman Ferry, the Museum features a significant collection of maritime artefacts, navigational & surveying instruments.

28/03/2025

Are you ready for a wet weekend?

The Museum is open everyday 10am - 4pm - and is the perfect place to visit on those rainy days. Museum entry $12.50 adult / $10 concession / Kids with family FREE (plus keep them busy with a treasure hunt!).

27/03/2025

Our final Twilight Market for the season is coming up Saturday 5th April, 3 - 7pm.
Free live music from and the Jazz Penguins all afternoon plus our pop-up wine and beer bar.

Come along for a relaxing afternoon of good vibes, local stalls and delicious food. Meet your friends and family, bring a picnic blanket and enjoy the last of daylight savings.

18/03/2025

When was the last time you were aboard the Lady Denman Ferry?

Was it when the vessel plied Sydney Harbour or travelled the Lane Cove River? Was it when you were a child visiting the Museum on a school excursion? Or was it last week?

Built in 1911 by Joseph Dent on the shores of Currambene Creek in Huskisson, the Lady Denman Ferry is the last remaining example of the double-ended screw-propelled ferries designed by naval architect, Walter Reeks.

You can now climb aboard and explore underneath the ferry everyday between 10am-4pm at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum (admission fees apply).

10/03/2025

Have you voted in the Halloran Contemporary Art Prize for the People's Choice Award? Now is your chance to be the judge!

Visit the exhibition of 37 finalists and cast your vote for your favourite - the winning artist will receive $2,000, sponsored by The Halloran Trust.

Voting open until Friday 25th April. Exhibition open until Sunday 27th April. Museum entry fees apply.

Images: Time Changes Things (detail) by Kevin Mundy, Traced in Booderee Sand by Diane Quick, Seasonal Passage by Erica Seccombe.

07/03/2025

Happy International Women's Day!
Today, the Museum celebrates the determination, courage and spirit of discovery of the first woman to sail solo around the world, Kay Cottee AO.

In 1988 in her 37 feet yacht, Blackmores First Lady, Cottee completed the feat in 189 days. Later that year in December, she officially opened the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum's Science and the Sea wing.

06/03/2025

It' SeaWeek Australia! A week to focus community awareness, provide information and encourage an appreciation of the sea.

Here in Jervis Bay, we are lucky to have a pristine marine park - an environment that is home to many unique creatures. Our current exhibition, A Fragile Ecosystem, is a small display of underwater photography by local diver, Rod Sleath . It gives a glimpse of the incredible life that dwells beneath the surface.

IMAGE: Cuttlefish are extraordinary creatures. Depending on the species, they can grow from 15-50cm long. They can change colour to match their environment or to communicate and can even change the texture of its skin. They can move very fast and have three hearts!
Photo credit: Rod Sleath

27/02/2025

Museum Sessions are back for the Twilight Market this Saturday 1st March, 3 - 7pm.

Free live music from The Chocolate Dogs and Annaliese Szota all afternoon plus our outdoor wine and beer bar will be running.

Come along for a relaxing afternoon of good vibes, local stalls and delicious food.

25/02/2025

It's going to be an EXTRA TASTY Twilight Museum Market this Saturday 1st March.

Bring your shopping bags and get ready to treat yourself! We have some great new stalls joining our amazing local lineup! there will be honey, gin, relishes, olives, baked cakes, authentic Portuguese tarts, salami, donuts, ice cream, biltong and more!

There's nothing better than supporting your local food producers.

3 - 7pm Saturday 1st March. Free live music from the Chocolate Dogs and Anneliese Szota all market with wine and beer bar PLUS great gifts, fashion and art.

23/02/2025

Congratulations to the Halloran Contemporary Art Prize 2025 runner-up, Anna Glynn for her piece "...Here between the hither and the farther shore..."

This work asks the audience to consider the location and natural world of the Museum and the Science & the Sea Collection. Is this depiction reflecting 'what was present before' - or is it 'the vanity of man washing away'?

You can see "...Here between the hither and the farther shore..." in the Halloran Contemporary Art Prize Finalists' exhibition now on at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum until 27th April. Museum entry costs apply.

The is sponsored by the Halloran Trust and supported by

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Runner Up Halloran Contemporary Art Prize 2025, Anna Glynn "... Here between hither and the farther shore...", Photomontage - unique archival print on 310gsm cotton rag.

17/02/2025

Congratulations to the Halloran Contemporary Art Prize 2025 winner, Chris Leaver, for his work 'Blow the Wind Southerly'.

Chris' work merges sound and form to immerse the audience, drawing on the concept of time's echoes reverberating across nature and memory. The piece invites the audience to participate by listening and touching the giant shell, reflecting on the act of putting a seashell to one's ear to hear the sea.

You can experience 'Blow the Wind Southerly' in the Halloran Contemporary Art Prize Finalists' exhibition now on at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum until 27th April. Museum entry costs apply.

The is sponsored by the Halloran Trust and supported by

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Winner Halloran Contemporary Art Prize 2025, Chris Leaver 'Blow the Wind Southerly' Mixed Media and Sound.

28/01/2025

LIVE MUSIC, BAR, FOOD & MARKET STALLS! The perfect Summer evening at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery for the Twilight markets this weekend. 3 - 7pm Saturday 1st February, Dent St Huskisson.

Enjoy the free music sessions from Trio , followed by The Jazz Camels. Sip a wine or cold beer at our fundraising bar with dinner, gifts and treats from one of our amazing local stallholders.

Tag your friends and we'll see you there!

27/01/2025

Still waiting to send the kids back to school and need an activity to keep them busy? Drop into the Museum where children under 16 receive FREE ENTRY (within a family group) and they can do our FREE TREASURE HUNT!

Open 10am - 4pm.

26/01/2025

Long Weekends at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum can include leisurely walks along the Mangrove Boardwalk before coming inside for kids to do the free Treasure Hunt!

The Museum grounds and boardwalk are open all day, the Museum 10am-4pm.
Find out more at www.jervisbaymaritimemuseum.com.au

23/01/2025

LAST DAYS! The Australian War Memorial exhibition, Action Film & War is closing on Monday 27th January 2025.

There is a long tradition of servicemen and servicewomen working on feature films as advisers, actors, cinematographers and stunt people. Today, modern veterans have found working in the film industry a therapeutic post-service experience, drawing on their military skills and training in a whole new way.
Explore the experiences of veterans working in the film industry, along with many more stories from the history of film and war, as part of the Australian War Memorial’s touring exhibition Action! Film & War.

Image caption: Members of the RAAF aircrew working as film extras on Caesar and Cleopatra at Denham Studios, England, 1945
Image credit: Alexander Stuart, AWM UK3117

16/01/2025

EXHIBITION OPEN
A Fragile Ecosystem is an exhibition that explores the magical underwater world of the Jervis Bay Marine Park through the lens of local diver Rod Sleath.

This male Weedy Seadragon carrying eggs, off Bowen Island Jervis Bay was snapped in September 2023 and is an incredible example of the ecologically rich and visually stunning coastal environment.

The exhibition is included with Museum entry.

15/01/2025

THIS AFTERNOON!
LIVE MUSIC, BAR + FOOD TRUCK! THURSDAY 9TH JANUARY 3 - 7pm and The Jazz Penguins. .chola Foodtruck will bring their delicious street food for dinner. The Museum Fundraising Bar will be running and Museum will be opening late. Good vibes galore!
Meet your friends and family by the pond (or inside if the weather looks bad) - Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery Dent St, Huskisson.

13/01/2025

LIVE MUSIC, BAR + FOOD TRUCK! THURSDAY 16TH JANUARY 3 - 7pm Museum Summer Sessions are back for our last week this Summer! We are excited to have free live music from and the Jazz Penguins. .chola Foodtruck will bring their delicious street food for dinner. The Museum Fundraising Bar will be running and Museum will be opening late. Good vibes galore!
Meet your friends and family by the pond (or inside if the weather looks bad) - Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery Dent St, Huskisson.

Address

11 Dent Street
Huskisson, NSW
2540

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+61244415675

Website

http://www.jervisbaymaritimemuseum.asn.au/

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