DIGITISING OUR MARITIME HERITAGE
Jul 27, 2022
4 minutes
WORDS BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER AND SUPPLIED
As any visitor to the museum will attest, it contains scores of fascinating exhibits on its walls and in display cabinets – with plenty of larger items relegated outside (classic boats bobbing on the water, for example).
Largely unseen though, is a rich and diverse array of ‘archival’ material and objects (an estimated three million items) reflecting the nation’s maritime heritage – a repository that includes diaries, reports, artefacts, photos, negatives, film footage, audio material – and much more. And it continues to grow through donations and gifts.
Every item’s been documented and stored
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