Mawson's Huts Foundation

Mawson's Huts Foundation Visit us at http://www.mawsons-huts.org.au If these had collapsed experts said the building would have collapsed causing irreparable damage.

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The Mawson's Huts Foundation is a not-for-profit that is dedicated to conserving Australia's Antarctic Heritage. The Mawson’s Huts Foundation was established in 1997 with the support of the Federal Government expressly to conserve Mawson’s Huts at Cape Denison. Since then it has funded and organised 14 major exped

itions to the historic site with our latest expedition departing Hobart on the 4th of December to the Historic site. Our first expedition in 1997-98 was preceded with a two person team the previous summer consisting of a heritage conservation expert and an architect/photographer who helped to prepare a detailed works programme for a team of 15 who arrived 12 months later. This team of heritage specialists almost certainly saved Mawson’s Huts from imploding and being blown into the Southern Ocean. With Mawson’s Huts almost totally full of ice the storage platform under the apex of the living area was loaded with ice and vital support beams had fractured. Since then the Foundation has raised in excess of $10 million with around $3 million of this coming from special grants from the Federal Government. We work in partnership with the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) which approves all work undertaken by the Foundation on each visit. Based in Sydney, the Foundation operates the Mawsons Huts Replica Museum in Hobart, as well as inspire Australian children around the country on Antarctica, It’s science, history and Its place in Australian folklore.

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05/06/2026

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04/06/2026
Calling all teachers and educators! 🐧❄️🔬🇦🇶🧒
28/05/2026

Calling all teachers and educators! 🐧❄️🔬🇦🇶🧒

🐧 Antarctica’s penguins are returning to Hobart… ❄️

The Australian Antarctic Festival’s much-loved Penguin Rookeries Project and Schools Education Days are back for 2026, inviting students to explore Antarctica through creativity, storytelling, science, and history.

Participating schools will once again welcome plain penguin sculptures into their classrooms and transform them into colourful Antarctic characters for display across the Hobart waterfront during the festival weekend.

📚 Schools Education Days with Antarctic & science specialists in Princes Wharf 1
Thursday 20 August & Friday 21 August 2026

🐧 Penguin displays during the festival public weekend
Saturday 22 August & Sunday 23 August 2026

NEW FOR 2026 👀
Festival visitors will also be able to decorate brand-new baby penguins exclusively during the public festival weekend, helping grow our community penguin colony even further!

📅 School registrations close 30 June 2026

Teachers interested in participating can contact [email protected] for registration details and project information.

We can’t wait to see Hobart’s penguins return once again! ❄️

25/05/2026

Thank goodness we are just as good at dancing as we are communicating Antarctic History 😉

22/05/2026

Happy National Volunteer's Week to the incredible 40+ volunteers of MHF. Thank you to all - past and present - who have given their time, care, and passion to keep our story alive.
With almost 30 years as a not-for-profit, and almost 13 years with our museum, we couldn’t have done it without you.

The legacy of Douglas Mawson continues to inspire. A moment from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, remembered.📸 Wil...
21/05/2026

The legacy of Douglas Mawson continues to inspire. A moment from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, remembered.
📸 Will Eades Photography

Happy ! We have loved meeting every person that has visited our hut over the last (almost) 13 years. Preserving and sha...
18/05/2026

Happy ! We have loved meeting every person that has visited our hut over the last (almost) 13 years. Preserving and sharing Australian Antarctic heritage is at the heart of everything we do, and we’re grateful to be part of keeping these stories alive.

until the ! We cannot wait to see you in Hobart this August.
11/05/2026

until the ! We cannot wait to see you in Hobart this August.

Happy Birthday to Sir Douglas Mawson! From leading the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and BANZARE, to advancing scien...
04/05/2026

Happy Birthday to Sir Douglas Mawson! From leading the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and BANZARE, to advancing scientific research in one of the harshest environments on Earth, Mawson’s legacy continues to inspire generations of explorers and researchers.

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