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Planking and Clamping
Note: This post continues from earlier Planing and Shaping TimberEach plank is removed from the steamer (see Steaming and Malleability - 12 Nov)Â and, whilst steaming hot, is shaped to the side of the...
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Attaching the clamps to the clinker
Note: This post continues from earlier Planking and clampingThe building of the lighter, the latest addition to Norfolk Island’s fleet continues. Lighters are used to transfer our sea cargo from ship...
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Building the hull
Note: This post continues from earlier Attaching the clamps to the clinkerProgress on the Lighter is clearly seen from the number of clinkers that have been added to the Lighter. The bow rises toward...
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Completion of the Lighter's hull
Note: This post continues from earlier Building the hullThe hull with its clinkers and carvels is now complete and work will commence on the inside of the hull.The frames have been removed to allow...
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Building a Lighter for Norfolk Island's cargo
Note: This post continues from earlier Completion of the Lighter's hull Work on the Lighter has now moved to the inside structure and Dean Burrell continues his painstaking handiwork.Regular posts on...
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Ribs, roves and rivets
Note: This post continues from earlier Building a Lighter for Norfolk Island's cargoWork continues with John Christian Bailey and Dean Burrell of JCB Cabinets hammering in the ribs. There are 43 ribs,...
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New Installations at the Norfolk Island Museum
We are really excited to announce two new installations this week.  A short term display in The R.E.O. to compliment a story on Roy Bell featured in the current Your World Magazine and new display...
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Caulking, undercoat and keelson
Note: This post continues from earlier Ribs, roves and rivetsThe ribs are complete and the entire lighter is caulked and undercoated. Dean Burrell drives the fork lift to gently raise the lighter so...
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Condition Assessment of the HMS Sirius Collection
 The Norfolk Island Museum applied to the Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme (MMAPSS) to provide for a condition assessment of the HMS Sirius Collection. Rebecca Dallwitz, Objects...
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Discovery and Rediscoveries - History Through Art
The theme for the 36thannual National Trust Heritage Festival 2016 is ‘Discovery and Rediscoveries’. Discovery can encompass the experience of discovering something for the first time or rediscovering...
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Digistise your slide collection and preserve our island stories
Digitise your slide collection and preserve our island storiesDo you have a slide collection tucked away in an old shoebox that you’d like to bring out for a ‘slide night’?  It’s sure to impress your...
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Museum Volunteers
We are extremely grateful for the generosity of museum volunteers David and Michelle Cullen from Camden, New South Wales.Michelle and David first came to Norfolk for their honeymoon in September 1987...
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Protecting and Preserving our Maritime Heritage
The Historic Shipwreck Act 1976 requires all owners of shipwreck material older than 75 years to register their objects. Registration simply records the details of your shipwreck material and in no...
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The Australian Society of Marine Artists 20th Anniversary Celebratory Exhibition
The Australian Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) is a body of diverse artists and others interested in marine and maritime art, every painting style is represented amongst its members from traditional...
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Successful application to the 2016 Community Heritage Grants Program
 Image - No 10 Quality Row House MuseumWe are pleased to announce the Norfolk Island Museum (NIM) has been awarded funding through the 2016 Community Heritage Grants (CHG) Program to provide for a...
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The Norfolk Island Museum and Research Centre welcome historian Cathy Dunn and her ‘History Lovers Group’ to the island this week. During this time Cathy has offered to present her latest lecture on...
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Draught of HMS Sirius
The Norfolk Island Museum is the custodian of artefacts recovered from the wreck site of the HMS Sirius. This week we received a copy of a ‘draught’ of His Majesty’s Ship to complement this...
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Volunteers Extraordinaire
 Volunteers ExtraordinaireDon and Sue Brian returned to our shores, once again, to offer their time and expertise to the Norfolk Island Museum. This visit was specifically to undertake the...
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Preservation Needs Assessment
Preservation Needs AssessmentLate last year we announced our successful application to the Community Heritage Grants Program to provide for a Preservation Needs Assessment for the Norfolk Island...
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All the kids are free
All the Kids are FreeThat is for entry into the museums, as are all school students, not to mention all residents of the island. There are four separate museums to visit within the Kingston and...
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Volunteers at the Museum
Volunteers at the MuseumIt is with great appreciation that we welcome the return of Michelle and David Cullen to Norfolk Island for their third ‘volunteer holiday’ at the museum. Michelle and David...
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Donation of Rare Prints
DONATION OF RARE PRINTS It was in July that I received emails from a visitor to Norfolk Island, enquiring if we knew of the collection of rare prints and maps at the Antique Print & Map Room in the...
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Bamboo Mug
This unique bamboo mug was brought over from New Zealand by William (Bill) Gasson who believed it should be returned to Norfolk Island. It belonged to his father, Corporal Jim Gasson of New Zealand’s...
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Relocating the Museums library, archival and photographic material
The Research Centre - No. 9 Quality RowThis year is off to a running start with increased visitors to our museums and sales in The R.E.O. shop surpassing the total January 2017 sales already!  Besides...
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