As an alternative to invasive methods such as welding and riveting, adhesive bonding offers advantages, particularly adapted for the connexion of composite materials. However, its long-term effectiveness in terms of creep behaviour and mechanical resistance remains poorly studied. The work carried out in this study aims at assessing the potential of acoustic emission for creep damage monitoring of an adhesive joint. In order to study more specifically the behaviour of the adhesive joint, investigations were carried out on steel-to-steel adhesively bonded assemblies. The Arcan geometry was used under quasi-static and creep conditions allowing studying three loading modes: tensile, shear, and tensile-shear combinations. Creep investigations were carrued out up to failure and monitored using local displacement sensors and acoustic emission sensors. In this study, only a single adhesive was used, i.e. a methacrylate adhesive used in offshore applications. First, the experimental test setting will be more precisely described. Then, the obtained results will be presented and analyzed using acoustic emission methodology (observing failure modes, comparing displacement measurements with acoustic emission results, studying different acoustic parameters). Finally, a discussion will be raised regarding the ability of acoustic emission to monitor creep of adhesively bonded joints, the influence of the loading mode on the obtained results, and the needed additional developments.