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EXHIBITIONS |
Take a voyage of discovery through the exhibition galleries of the Queensland
Maritime
Museum
and trace our maritime history from the days of the early navigators to the
present day. Be amazed at the accuracy of charts drawn by an early navigator
from an open boat. On a large wall map see the location of approximately 200 of
the 1500 vessels that came to grief in the graveyard of ships along the Queensland
coast. Discover how the first recorded shipwreck arose from the notorious
mutiny on the Bounty. See how divers worked on the seabed before the invention
of SCUBA gear.
Learn how a flame in a kerosene lamp can be seen by mariners many kilometres
away. Admire the skill of craftsmen exhibited in models of ships from the days
of the ancient Egyptians, through Mediaeval times to the Golden Age of sea
travel when elegant liners plied the oceans of the world, not forgetting the
mundane tasks performed by cargo ships and oil tankers.
See
wooden sailing boats that brought pleasure to enthusiasts, young and old, and
compare various types of marine engines fitted to power boats and small
steamers.
View our maritime history in photographs and paintings. Read the story of the
South Brisbane Dry Dock and the century of service it provided to ships of all
types as well as to US submarines during the dark days of World War 2.
Continue your voyage by exploring the grounds, where you will see one of the
smallest yachts ever to sail the oceans of the world, a lighthouse from the
mouth of the Brisbane River, a Torres Strait
pearling lugger, cannons from the time of the Battle of Trafalgar and other
interesting displays.
Welcome
aboard Diamantina (nominated as a Queensland
Icon) - a Royal
Australian Navy frigate built in Queensland
and commissioned in 1945. Tour the ship from stem to stern and from bridge to
engine room. See the cramped quarters in which the crew slept and ate their
meals.
At our wharf see the powerful steam tug Forceful, built in 1925 and now
preserved as a working vessel making regular trips down the
