Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery

23/04/2025

Special Live Music Event This Weekend!

SATURDAY 26TH APRIL 2025, 4:30pm – 6:30pm
A relaxed social gathering celebrating the close of the Halloran Contemporary Art Prize and announcement of the People’s Choice Award with music from The O’Carolan Trio.

Purchase tickets online https://jervisbaymaritimemuseum.asn.au/music-event/

Ticket includes one complimentary beverage, Irish-inspired grazing table and live music. Additional drinks will be available to purchase from our fundraising bar and the Museum and Halloran Contemporary Art Prize exhibition will be open. $15pp.

The O’Carolan Trio is led from the harp by Moira Lawry, one of Australia’s foremost Celtic harpers. She is joined on violin by Samantha Tannous and on whistle by Fran Clements. The trio celebrate the music of great Irish harper and composer Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) and will be playing throughout the evening.

20/04/2025

The Museum and Visitor Information centre are OPEN everyday 10am - 4pm - including all April Public holidays.

Our popular Mangrove Boardwalk and Museum grounds are always open and ready to explore. See you soon!

19/04/2025

TODAY 3 - 7pm Saturday 19th April.
Live Music. Food Truck. Pop-Up Bar.

Bring your picnic rugs, camp chairs and meet your friends at the Museum for good vibes, delicious food and great tunes.

Free live music from (3-5pm) and (5-7pm) on the Museum grounds. Grab wine or beer from the pop-up bar and some dinner from (tacos tacos tacos!).

Museum will be open late (admission fees apply).

18/04/2025

Who is ready for TACOS?! (and other tasty treats!)
will be setting up their food truck at the Museum on SATURDAY 19TH APRIL 3 - 7PM for our Museum Easter Sessions event.
Free live music from and plus our pop up wine + beer bar.

Bring your chairs and meet your friends on the Museum grounds for this relaxed family community event. Also, the Museum will be open late - perfect treasure hunt time for the kids (admission fees apply).

17/04/2025

SATURDAY 26TH APRIL 2025, 4:30pm – 6:30pm

A special music event and relaxed social gathering celebrating the close of the Halloran Contemporary Art Prize and announcement of the People’s Choice Award with music from The O’Carolan Trio.

Ticket includes one complimentary beverage, Irish-inspired grazing table and live music. Additional drinks will be available to purchase from our fundraising bar and the Museum and Halloran Contemporary Art Prize exhibition will be open. $15pp. Purchase online https://jervisbaymaritimemuseum.asn.au/music-event/

The O’Carolan Trio is led from the harp by Moira Lawry, one of Australia’s foremost Celtic harpers. She is joined on violin by Samantha Tannous and on whistle by Fran Clements. The trio celebrate the music of great Irish harper and composer Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) and will be playing throughout the evening.

16/04/2025

This Easter Long Weekend, 3 - 7pm Saturday 19th April.
Bring your picnic rugs, camp chairs and meet your friends at the Museum for good vibes, delicious food and great tunes. Tag who you are bringing!

Free live music from (3-5pm) and (5-7pm) on the Museum grounds. Grab wine or beer from the pop-up bar and some dinner from (tacos tacos tacos!).

Museum will be open late (admission fees apply).

11/04/2025

The School holidays are about to start! The Museum and Visitor Information centre are OPEN everyday 10am - 4pm - including all April Public holidays.
Our popular Mangrove Boardwalk and Museum grounds are always open and ready top explore. See you soon!

09/04/2025

Coming this Easter Long Weekend, 3 - 7pm Saturday 19th April.
Free live music from (3-5pm) and (5-7pm) on the Museum grounds. Grab wine or beer from the pop-up bar and some dinner from @
Museum will be open late (admission fees apply). Bring your picnic rugs, camp chairs and meet your friends at the Museum for good vibes and great tunes.

Find out what's on at Jervis Bay Maritime Museum.

04/04/2025

Don't forget it's Market day on Saturday 5th April, 3-7pm at the Museum! Live Music, wine and beer bar, fresh produce, plants, art, gin, gifts and more!

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.

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.