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 Sonic Museum
On Now
Auckland Museum joins forces with some of the biggest names in New Zealand music, including Tiki Taane, Nathan Haines and Don McGlashan, to work on a ground-breaking project called Sonic Museum, which gives visitors the chance to see the museum through music and sound. Visitors will be able hire headphones or download the tracks then come and experience the Museum though music. More» |
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Late at the Museum
Smart Talk. Great Music.
LATE at the Museum is a series of after-hours discussion and music. Held on the first Thursday of every month, each LATE pairs smart topics for discussion with great music and entertainment. More » |
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Celebrate Matariki
July 4—19, 2009
Over three weekends Auckland Museum celebrates Matariki, the Maori New Year, as leading Maori artists join us for art and music workshops. Our programme has something for everyone, from the young and curious to keen artist. More » |
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Winter School Holidays
Take a dangerous trail around the Museum and discover heroic tales of adventure and epic New Zealand battles. Uncover terrifying bugs, try your hand at knot tying, paper plane making and identifying ancient fossils. Kids can also step into a wonderland of sensory experiences and storytelling to explore the mysterious orchid and over three weekends Auckland Museum celebrates Matariki, the Maori New Year. More » |
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MY DIY Matariki
July 6—17, 2009
As part of our ongoing series of DIY Museum holiday programmes, Auckland Museum has developed another two-hour workshop especially for School Holiday Programme providers and their pre-booked groups. Our next programme focuses on Matariki, the beginning of a new cycle of life in the Maori lunar calendar, and a time to reflect on the previous year. More » |
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Wonderland: The Mystery of the Orchid
Opens July 3 2009
This family friendly exhibition takes visitors on multi-sensory journey to explore the story of the mysterious orchid, a flower family that has ignited mankind’s imagination throughout the ages. More » |
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2009 Fazioli International Piano Recital Series
Top artists from around the globe will perform on the Museum’s stunning Fazioli piano, with a varied and exciting programme including works by Brahms, Prokofiev, Schubert and Debussy. Book early so to be sure not to miss this special series of events. More » |
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2009 Leonard Cockayne Memorial Lecture:
A DNA Story of New Zealand Plants
Professor Peter Lockhart FRSNZ
Wednesday, July 8
7pm
Auckland Museum Auditorium
$10 ($5 Museum and RSNZ members)
Bookings on 306 7048 or Book Online Now
(Bookings are recommended to secure a seat)
The fossil records of plants and their pollen have long been recognised as a kind of black box recorder or diary for the evolutionary history of New Zealand. Its interpretation has been corroborated only recently through reading the stories in DNA. More » |
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The Highgrove Florilegium
Auckland Museum Library
Available to view Monday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 10am-5pm
Auckland Museum Library is currently displaying, in a specially constructed viewing case, the only edition in New Zealand of The Highgrove Florilegium, personally signed by Prince Charles.
The limited edition Highgrove Florilegium (only 175 exist) features paintings by the world's leading botanical artists of plants and trees growing in Prince Charles' garden at Highgrove in Gloucestershire. |
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2009 Hillary Lecture: New Challenges in an Uncertain World
Date postponed. Future date to be rescheduled
The Museum Circle is proud to announce Sir Donald McKinnon, as speaker for the 2009 Hillary Lecture.
What legacy did Sir Edmund Hillary leave us that helps track policy variables and options in a world that`s suffered so many upheavels recently? More »
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