The Australian National Maritime Museum stands at Darling Harbour in Pyrmont, Sydney. Philip Cox and Richardson Taylor & Partners designed it, and the Australian Government owns it. The project was announced in June 1985. Construction ended on November 17, 1989, and the museum opened on November 30, 1991. The article names no style.
Its corrugated metal roof is shaped to suggest billowing sails. It is over 82 feet (25 m) tall on the west side and drops toward the east. Final cost rose from 0 million to about 0 million, a dispute between state and federal governments.
It has seven main galleries and four temporary spaces. Visitors can board museum ships, among them the HM Bark Endeavour Replica and HMAS Vampire. The Welcome Wall lists immigrants' names. Entry fees were dropped in 2004 and reinstated in December 2011. The article gives no hours.
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