17 March, 2020 At-Risk Staff Please Stay At Home QMM Operational Update Our Volunteers are Very Important to Us At Queensland Maritime Museum (QMM) our volunteer workforce is very important to us. We know that 50% of these people are over the age of 60. Therefore, after considerable deliberation, QMM has made the decision to [...]
15 March, 2020 Postponing Public Programs Changes to Operations as of Tuesday March 17, 2020 An update regarding Queensland Maritime Museum and COVID-19 Dear Volunteers, Members, and Visitors to our Queensland Maritime Museum, I am writing to provide an update regarding our Museum and COVID-19. In recent weeks we have put in place some precautionary [...]
11 March, 2020 QMM's Response to COVID-19 and the WHO declaration QMM Volunteers' and Members' safety is our priority At Queensland Maritime Museum (QMM), we have been following coverage of the corona virus outbreak and strongly believe it is important to focus on reliable information sources to avoid becoming unnecessarily alarmed. However, with yesterday's declaration [...]
10 March, 2020 March 2020 Update From the CEO's Desk - Feb/March 2020 Keeping you informed as we lead up to our Sat 21 March AGM Did you miss our latest Volunteer and Member Information Session? Once again, it was good to see a room full of volunteers and members participating in the activities of [...]
23 February, 2020 March 2020 - Information Session And AGM Invitation to Information Session - Fri 6 March, 2020 Our first Volunteers' and Members' Information Session for 2020! Please do not forget that Queensland Maritime Museum's AGM will be held from 10 - 11am on Saturday, 21 March 2020 in the Shipping/Board Room. Please sign [...]
3 February, 2020 Annual Update - Information Session From December 2019 From the CEO’s Desk There it is: the first month of 2020 is over! I am sure there are many of you, like me, wondering exactly how that happened. Hopefully, you've all had a lovely rest and enjoyed the company of family and friends [...]
Thank you to The West End Magazine for featuring our Ahoy! Young Sailors program. School aged children have been enjoying fun activities at the Queensland Maritime Museum over the holidays. Read about the program on their website here: Young Sailors - The West End Magazine | 4101 Brisbane
The Queensland Maritime Museum is searching for a new mascot to lead the Freedom of the City Parade for the crew of the new HMAS Brisbane on April 6th. Traditionally the ship has enjoyed the company of a British Bulldog mascot. The second HMAS Brisbane marched with Buller ‘Churchill’ found by the Courier Mail in [...]
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