Queensland Maritime Museum needs your help. 2021 will mark our 50th anniversary, and we want to preserve our collection for years to come. We believe the best chance of this is for QMM to become a campus of the Queensland Museum Network. We have launched a Change.org petition appealing to the Queensland Government to take [...]
2 December, 2020 Save Queensland Maritime Museum! QMM needs your help! A NEW HORIZON! 2021 will mark our 50th anniversary, and we want to preserve our collection for generations to enjoy for years to come. We believe the best chance of this, is for QMM to become a campus of the Queensland Museum Network. We [...]
24 November, 2020 November Update Hibernation The Board and management of Queensland Maritime Museum are currently working on strategy to ensure the best way forward for our museum, as well as the preservation of the collection for future generations. Essential activity only on site whilst in "Hibernation" Thank you to all of our tireless volunteers [...]
Queensland Maritime Museum Statement - 15 November 2020 You may have seen some media articles about Queensland Maritime Museum facing an uncertain future. It is no secret that the Covid-19 lockdown hit QMM hard, reducing our income from visitor entrance fees to zero for seven months. Staff and volunteers worked incredibly hard to create a [...]
4 November, 2020 QMM closes its doors in November We are closed Dear Members, Volunteers, and other Stakeholders, As you know, Queensland Maritime Museum (QMM) only reopened its doors to the public a few weeks ago (mid September), but now with low visitor numbers (30%), a decimated volunteer base ('Vulnerable' volunteers are not able to [...]
25 August, 2020 QMM Chair, Capt. Kasper Kuiper's message & invitation... Your Invitation QMM Members' Update - Onsite and hosted by Chair, Captain Kasper Kuiper Dear Members and Volunteers, We are writing to bring you up to date with your Board’s thinking/position regarding our museum’s future. Whilst our CEO has been keeping us all updated [...]
31 May, 2020 Working Toward Reopening at QMM QMM will reopen as soon as possible If you were thinking that everything about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and our State's responses to it was changing faster than you can keep up with, you aren't alone. Last week's Board meeting reviewed Queensland Maritime Museum's actions that [...]
26 April, 2020 Are you missing Queensland Maritime Museum? Easter, ANZAC Day, and now what? Sadly, we'll be closed till the end of May 2020 When QMM had to close its doors in March, we knew that this would hurt us all: hurt us emotionally, hurt us financially, and hurt us collectively (Employees, Volunteers, Members, [...]
31 March, 2020 Announcing New Chair and Board of Directors for Queensland Maritime Museum Appointment of New Chair Capt Kasper Kuiper During this unusual period it is important that QMM continues to operate On Thursday 19 March 2020, QMM's Board met as usual and accepted my resignation. At the same time, QMM's Board endorsed Capt [...]
17 March, 2020 Temporary Closure Until End Of April 2020 Dear Volunteers and Members, It is with a heavy heart that Queensland Maritime Museum has made the decision to close the museum from midnight on Wednesday 18 March until the end of April, 2020. This decision has not been taken lightly. We believe it to [...]