James Cameron underwater exhibition returns to Australian National Maritime Museum

The popular, immersive exhibition – ‘James Cameron - Challenging the Deep’ about the history-making expeditions of the renowned ocean explorer, filmmaker and technology innovator, has returned to the Australian National Maritime Museum and will run until 2nd February 2025.

Developed by the Australian National Maritime Museum in collaboration with the Avatar Alliance Foundation, this fascinating exhibit takes visitors to the depths of our oceans through the lens of Cameron's underwater cameras and incredible technological innovations. It's enabled people across the globe to experience some of the least explored and least known deep ocean environments.

Through large cinema-scale projections, rare artefacts, unique specimens, and props from his feature films, visitors are invited to step inside moments from Cameron's greatest underwater adventures, both real and fictional.

‘James Cameron - Challenging the Deep’ has delighted and amazed audiences of nearly a million people across Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada, and now returns to Sydney.

Museum Director and Chief Executive Daryl Karp enthused “we are thrilled to be welcoming this powerful exhibition back to the Museum. James Cameron's remarkable deep-sea innovations and discoveries have shaped our understanding of the deep ocean. The exhibit can be explored by visitors of all ages, inspiring future generations of explorers, scientists, innovators, filmmakers and more.”

This travelling exhibition is produced by the Australian National Maritime Museum in association with the Avatar Alliance Foundation and supported by the museum's USA Bicentennial Gift Fund.

More information on the exhibition