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South Australian Maritime Museum
South Australian Maritime Museum Review
Inside a restored stone warehouse, this museum brings maritime history vividly to life with ships' figureheads, shipwreck relics, and intricate scale models. In the basement you can lie in a bunk bed aboard an 1840s immigrant ship and hear passengers telling of life and death on their journeys to South Australia. In addition to the warehouse displays, the museum includes a lighthouse (worth climbing the 75 steps up to see the view), restored steam tug, and a WWII tender at the nearby wharf.
- Address: 126 Lipson St., Port Adelaide, SA, 5015 | Map It
- Phone: 08/8207-6255
- Cost: A$8.50, A$3.50 for children (lighthouse entry included)
- Hours: Daily 10--5; lighthouse closed Sat
- Website: www.history.sa.gov.au/maritime/maritime.htm
- Location: Adelaide
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