This exhibition includes relics of our whaling past, including harpoons, a whale cannon and a selection of sailors' scrimshaw (decorative carvings on whale bone or other animal's tusks and shell).

Our ocean highways link us to the world. Learn more about our "wharfies" through personal items and the monumental Wharfies Mural painted on the walls of the Waterside Workers Federation canteen in Sydney in the 1950s-1960s.

Relive our shipping past with ship models and portraits as well as photos spanning 100 years of Sydney's working harbour.

Outside the museum, experience our shipping heritage firsthand. Settle in to watch the hectic water traffic on Darling Harbour including the movements of big ocean liners and the buzzing around of harbour ferries and water taxis.