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Queensland Maritime Museum

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Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland Maritime Museum
Phone:
+61 7 3844 5361

Hours:
Sunday9:30am - 4:30pm
Monday9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday9:30am - 4:30pm


The Queensland Maritime Museum is located on the southern bank of the Brisbane River just south of the South Bank Parklands and Queensland Cultural Centre precinct of Brisbane, and close to the Goodwill Bridge. The museum was founded in 1971 and contains a two level exhibition building presenting historic sailing ship models together with merchant shipping from early cargo ships to modern container ships, tankers and cruise liners. It is housed in the building used for the “Pavilion of Promise” at World Expo 88, and the South Brisbane Dry Dock which was built in the 1870s and was 313 feet long and 60 feet wide. In 1887 the dock was extended to 430 feet due to the increasing size of vessels.The museum also includes a library that stocks documents, pictures and other relevant artifacts relating to maritime history. There are several maps that show how early navigators created accurate charts. Information is also provided about some of the 1,500 plus shipwrecks that have occurred along the Queensland coast including the Great Barrier Reef.
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