New Exhibition at the Vasa Museum: James Cameron – Challenging the Deep opens in February 2026.
The exhibition James Cameron – Challenging the Deep highlights the renowned filmmaker—known for classics such as Avatar and Titanic—as well as ocean explorer and technology innovator James Cameron. With props from Cameron’s feature films, film projections, and rare objects, visitors can experience Cameron’s greatest underwater endeavors, both real and fictional.
The exhibition opens at the Vasa Museum on 20 February 2026.
“It feels fantastic that the Vasa Museum will host this exhibition! It offers an entirely new experience for our visitors and fits perfectly with our mission. I truly look forward to many people coming here to discover it,” says Jenny Lind, Director of the Vasa Museum.
Unknown deep-sea environments
The exhibition James Cameron – Challenging the Deep has been developed by the Australian National Maritime Museum in collaboration with the Avatar Alliance Foundation. Visitors can explore the ocean depths through Cameron’s underwater cameras and extraordinary technological innovations. The exhibition has allowed audiences worldwide to experience some of the least explored and most unknown deep-sea environments.
“When I watched all the great ocean explorers on TV in the 1960s, I was captivated by that alien world here on Earth. I couldn’t imagine anything more powerful or more exotic.”
So says James Cameron himself in the exhibition, which has so far been seen by over one million people in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. The Vasa Museum will be the first venue in Europe to present the exhibition.
“James Cameron’s remarkable deep-sea innovations and discoveries have broadened our understanding of the ocean depths. The exhibition has something to offer visitors of all ages. It can inspire future generations of explorers, scientists, innovators, filmmakers, and many others,” says Daryl Karp, Director of the Australian National Maritime Museum.
The exhibition is produced by the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) in collaboration with the Avatar Alliance Foundation and supported by the ANMM’s USA Bicentennial Gift Fund.
James Cameron – Challenging the Deep is a temporary exhibition and will be on view at the Vasa Museum from 20 February 2026.
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