Jervis Bay Maritime Museum, New South Wales, Australia
4.5 (140 reviews) Monday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #1 in Shoalhaven Speciality Museums
Delightful and fascinating way to spend a couple of hours.
The Jervis Bay Maritime Museum features a world renowned collection of maritime artefacts and navigational and surveying instruments. The Museum exhibits a range of nautical equipment, models, photographs, paintings, drawings and objects relating to the history and heritage of the Jervis Bay area. The Museum is home to the historic Lady Denman ferry and other historic vessels. Located in Huskisson, Jervis Bay, the Museum enjoys a waterfront location on Currambene Creek. Positioned in a beautiful bush setting in Jervis Bay, the complex includes a large recreation area with native gardens, a mangrove boardwalk, pond, boathouse and historic buildings.
Address
11 Dent Street, Huskisson, Shoalhaven, New South Wales 2540 Australia
Mobile
Website
http://www.jervisbaymaritimemuseum.asn.au
Working hours
Monday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 5:26
User Ratings
4.5 based on (140 reviews)
Reviews
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5Richar64 5:00 PM Dec 20, 2020
Very positive experience
Two options. The first is free, which is the outside area, which has a boardwalk through the mangroves, a fishpond where you can feed fish and various boats to look at. Walk through the mangroves was worth the visit even if we hadn’t done anything else. The second option includes the first but costs an entrance fee, namely visiting the museum. Well worth doing. Large exhibits such as the Lady Denman ferry but lots of well presented material. A very substantial regional museum. Good gift shop with local indigenous crafts. We spent 2 hours and could have taken longer.
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4CharlieHerb 5:00 PM Dec 30, 2019
Great local museum
We thoroughly enjoyed wandering around this museum. It has a fantastic display about the history of the Jervis Bay Area, including its indigenous peoples, it’s Naval and Maritime history, it’s relationship with the Commonwealth and it’s boat building heritage. It houses a full sized retired Sydney ferry - the Lady Denman - that was built in the local area. It was great to be able to look at the whole ferry and read about its history. The museum is staffed by volunteers and currently has a reasonable entry price of $10 per adult.
