The Australia National Maritime Museum (ANMM) is a federally operated maritime museum located in Darling Harbour, Sydney. After consideration of the idea to establish a maritime museum, the Federal government announced that a national maritime museum would be constructed at Darling Harbour, tied into the Australian bicentenary. The museum building was designed by Philip Cox, and although an opening date of 1988was initially set, construction delays, cost overruns, and disagreements between the State and Federal governments ove funding responsibility pushed the opening back to 1991.

One of six museums directly operated by the federal Government, the ANMM is the only one located outside of the Australian Capital Territory. The museum is structured around seven main galleries, faucing on the discovery of Australia, the relationships between the Australian Aboringines and the water, travel to Australia by sea, the ocean as a resource, water based ralaxation and entertainment, the naval defence of the nation, and the relationship between the United states of America and Australia. The last gallery was funded by the United States government, and is the only national museum gallery in the world funded by a foreign nation. Four additional gallery spaces are used for temporary exhibits. Three museum ships the HM Bark Endeavour Replica, the destroyer HMAS Vampire, and the submarine HMS Onslow are open to the public, while smaller historical vessels berthed outside can be viewed but note boarded.