The prestige British weekly newspaper The Sunday Times has named the Australian National Maritime Museum one of the top 12 'cool museums' in the world.

In this elite group it ranks with The Science Museum in London, Musee de Quai Branly, Paris, and the American Museum of Natural History, New York.
And it's the only Australian museum on the list.

'For any visitor,' the article says, 'Sydney is defined by its dazzling blue harbour, and that's what makes a trip to the National Maritime Museum so essential.