Applications for maritime heritage funding now open
The Geelong Naval and Maritime Collection. In 2023, The City of Greater Geelong received MMAPSS funding to conduct a Preservation Needs Assessment on the storage and housing of its nationally-significant maritime collections.
Applications for the 2026-27 round of the Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme (MMAPSS) are open now until 3:00pm (AEDT) Tuesday 24th March 2026.
Apply now for your chance to secure up to $15,000 in funding for projects which preserve, interpret, or provide access to objects or collections of significance to Australia’s shared maritime story.
Funding of up to $3,000 is also available for staff or volunteers of maritime heritage institutions to attend a week-long professional development course at the Australian National Maritime Museum in November.
What are your organisation's priorities for the year ahead? Whether you are planning to tackle conservation, collections management, presentations and displays, or public programming and education, support is available.
Scene of a beach picnic, from the Maritime Photographic Collection of Maritime Museum Tasmania. This organisation received MMAPSS funding in 2024, to rehouse significant photographic material which documents the maritime life of Hobart during the 19th and 20th centuries.
See the Australian National Maritime Museum’s website for more information, and to apply.
Enquiries can be directed to the MMAPSS Coordinator at mmapss@sea.museum.
The Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme is funded by the Australian Government through the Australian National Maritime Museum and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts.
