Part of the research related to ANCODS exists in form of exhibitions. Exhibitions - whether as museum displays, online exhibitions or feature exhibitions - are an important part of sharing the results of scholarly research with the public.

In Australia, artefacts of the four VOC shipwrecks were first brought to the attention of the wider Australian audience during the country's bicentennial celebrations. Between 1988 and 1989 the first major travelling shipwreck exhibition Shipwreck - Discoveries from our Earliest Shipwrecks 1622-1797 toured Australia showcasing Dutch and British wrecked vessels and their artefacts.

Current exhibitions

Online exhibitions

Voyages of Grand Discovery
20 July - 18 November 2007
Organiser: Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle

South Land to New Holland
Organiser: National Library of Australia, Canberra

400 years Netherlands - Australia
Organiser: Het Nationaal Archief, The Hague, as part of the Netherlands - Australia 1606-2006 project

The Batavia Shipwreck
Organiser: Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle


Current museum exhibitions

Hartog to De Vlamingh: 100 years of Dutch explorations of Australia
Woodblock Floor Gallery, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Shipwreck Galleries, Cliff Street, Fremantle
Organiser: Western Australian Maritime Museum

Shipwrecks Galleries: The Entrance Gallery, Dutch Gallery and Batavia Gallery
Permanent exhibition
Western Australian Maritime Museum, Shipwreck Galleries, Cliff Street Fremantle, and WAM - Geraldton
Organiser: Western Australian Maritime Museum

Navigators: defining Australia
Permanent exhibition
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Organiser: Western Australian Maritime Museum


Past exhibitions

Western Edge
6 October - 8 December 2006
Curtin Gallery, Building 200, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley
Organiser: Curtin University of Technology

First Sight: the Dutch mapping of Australia, 1606 - 1697
6 March - 4 June 2006
Picture Gallery, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Organiser: Mitchell Library of New South Wales

VOC: A Curious Coincidence
30 August 2000 - 28 January 2001
Where: South Gallery, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Organiser: Australian National Maritime Museum

VOC - Commerce and Conquest: The Story of the Dutch United East India Company
24 November 1999 - 30 July 2000
South Gallery, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Organiser: Australian National Maritime Museum

Shipwreck - Discoveries from our Earliest Shipwrecks 1622-1797
1988-1989
Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Fremantle
Organisers: Museum of Victoria, Western Australian Maritime Museum and Queensland Museum

Batavia wreck display
Images courtesy
WA Maritime Museum