South Australian Maritime Museum

The South Australian Maritime Museum is acclaimed as one of the best of its kind in the world. And it's not hard to see why!
Nestling in the heart of historic Port Adelaide, South Australia's Maritime Museum extends into three fascinating and quite distinct sites.

In the Bond Stores, the museum's main gallery, you can go aboard a full-scale copy of a sailing ketch.
Listen, touch, smell ... As you take the helm, listen to the seagulls crying and wheeling towards the shore ahead of the approaching storm, touch the ropes and smell the tar mingling with the salt-sea air ...
In the Bond Stores basement you can actually experience for yourself the conditions under which early settlers sailed out from Europe. And while you're in the 'immigrant mood', key your name into one of our computers and find out on which ship your ancestors came out to South Australia.

See the light!

A short walk from the Bond Stores takes you to the Lighthouse, built in 1869. Climb the spiral stairs and let the spectacular view of Port Adelaide, the Adelaide plains and the Mount Lofty Ranges take your breath away.