Past recipients of MMAPSS funding

The museum’s grants program (known as the Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme or MMAPSS) offers funding to regional museums and organisations.

Since 1995, the scheme has given over $2.53 million in support of over 551 projects and over 85 museological training opportunities to organisations in Queensland, New South Wales (including Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands), Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. 

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2024 MMAPSS Recipients

Maritime grave to be restored

Camperdown Cemetery Trust

Boomerang yacht

Sydney Heritage Fleet

Launch day for the restored Alma Gray, which was originally built c 1896

Merimbula-Imlay Historical Society Inc.

Norwegian Whaling logbook

Discovery Bay Tourism Precinct

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2023 MMAPSS Recipients

Old Tom skeleton in its existing display 

Eden Killer Whale Museum

Batemans Bay Historical Society

Portland Lifeboat

Portland Maritime Discovery Centre

2022 MMAPSS Recipients

Historic Trawler XLCR Launch Day 1915, hand coloured image

Newman Senior Technical College Port Macquarie

Lismore Museum Ships Project 1 from Box D11 Riverboat Richmond River possibly Australasia

Richmond River Historical Society Inc.

PS Canally

Richmond River Historical Society, Phil Reed

SV Westward Sailing on the Derwent

Maritime Museum of Tasmania

2021 MMAPSS Recipients

2020 MMAPSS Recipients

The KINGFISHER ready for restoration 

Jervis Bay Maritime Museum

Painting, Of Rio Janerio; George Herman Bruhn; c1847

Port Macquarie Museum Collection: object number 164W

Coralyn East Devonport 2 circa 1920

Maritime Museum of Tasmanian

Perahu model of the vessel which was used by the Makassans

Islamic Museum of Australia

Gary Tonkin, Scrimshaw Artist

Albany’s Historic Whaling Station

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2019 MMAPSS Recipients

2018 MMAPSS Recipients

2017 MMAPSS Recipients

2016 MMAPSS Recipients

2015 MMAPSS Recipients