when: 02 July 2025 - 18 December 2025 | venue: Australian National Maritime Museum | cost: Free | address: 2 Murray Street, Sydney NSW 2000 | website: https://www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/exhibitions/japanese-maritime-postcards | tickets: https://www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/exhibitions/japanese-maritime-postcards
published: 07 Jul 2025, 5 min read
What happened when Japanese art met western steamships? A series of beautiful postcards that combined traditional design with photographs of innovative technology.
Showcased in the museum's Vaughan Evans Library, this display features a selection of postcards from the early twentieth century, issued by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. NYK was a major Japanese shipping line whose vessels regularly visited Australia. But what messages did their postcards convey, and how were they received in the era of the White Australia Policy? This display also considers the impact of war on Japanese shipping, including the tragic sinking of SS Montevideo Maru in 1942 with over 1000 Allied prisoners aboard.
The Vaughan Evans Library is located in the museum's Wharf 7 building at 58 Pirrama Road. It is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm. Please enquire at reception on the ground floor for directions.
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What happened when Japanese art met western steamships? A series of beautiful postcards that combined traditional design with photographs of innovative technology.
Showcased in the museum's Vaughan Evans Library, this display features a selection of postcards from the early twentieth century, issued by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. NYK was a major Japanese shipping line whose vessels regularly visited Australia. But what messages did their postcards convey, and how were they received in the era of the White Australia Policy? This display also considers the impact of war on Japanese shipping, including the tragic sinking of SS Montevideo Maru in 1942 with over 1000 Allied prisoners aboard.
The Vaughan Evans Library is located in the museum's Wharf 7 building at 58 Pirrama Road. It is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm. Please enquire at reception on the ground floor for directions.
Go see Japanese Maritime Postcards - Movement is Convenient 2025.
Japanese Maritime Postcards - Movement is Convenient 2025 is on 02 July 2025 - 18 December 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Sydney. Call 0292983777 for details. Visit their website at https://www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/exhibitions/japanese-maritime-postcards.
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