The Semaphore Cottage will now be open for regularly scheduled tours on the last Wednesday of every month, inviting locals and tourists alike to step back in time and discover the role this humble building played in shaping Tasmania’s maritime and communication history. For private guided tours, please contact the Museum to organise.
Model boats are more than miniature representations of ships—they are vessels of history, creativity, and craftsmanship. Maritime Museum Tasmania’s newest temporary exhibition, Fine Lines: the art and purpose of ship models, showcases these fascinating creations and the stories they carry.
First published in 1996 as a newsletter, Maritime Times Tasmania is now a historic journal published four times a year. Today, it serves as a vital cultural heritage magazine documenting and promoting Tasmania's maritime heritage. Our journal is now one of only two regularly published Tasmanian cultural heritage journals.
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By visiting the Museum, you are ensuring the survival of Tasmania’s maritime heritage for visitors now and in the future.
The Maritime Museum’s mission is to promote an understanding of the maritime heritage of Tasmania and its importance to people's lives through conservation, interpretation and presentation of our maritime history to the community.
As an island state, the sea is significant to all Tasmanians.
The Museum explores the influence of the sea on the lives of Tasmanians and the strong maritime heritage of the island.