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Auckland Museum Institute organises lectures in partnership with Auckland Museum. Institute members enjoy discounts to all lectures and special exhibitions.
The complete Calendar of Events taking place throughout the Museum can be found in the What's On section of the website. Our lectures and other events are listed below.
Cafe Scientifique |
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The Institute has located a comfortable lounge bar downstairs at The Horse and Trap, where members and the public can meet and take part in a range of discussions. Participants are free to buy food and beverages from the bar and talk with the speaker and each other, exploring the latest ideas in science, technology and the arts.
In a new development there will be two types of events: Cafe Scientifique and Cafe Humanities, depending on the topic. |
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Topic - to be announced - watch this space!
Wednesday 25th June, 6.30pm
Venue: The Horse and Trap, 3 Enfield Street, Mt Eden (plenty of street parking outside)
No Booking Required
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Field Trip to South Australia - September 2008 |
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Flinders Ranges: Geology, History, Flora & Fauna Tour
South Australia - 2008
The Plan:
Participants will make their way to Adelaide to begin the tour on Monday, September 1st 2008. There are two tour guides: Dr Ian Dyson, Geologist and Glenys Stace, Stevenson Discover Centre Programme Manager. The tour officially ends on Friday, September 12th.
The Itinerary:
| Day 1 |
Adelaide
Wadlata Centre
Hawker |
Day 7 |
Barraranna Gorge
Weetbix & Wallabies
Astronomy
Flights |
| Day 2 |
Wilpena Pound
Walk to the Pound
Cazenaux Tree,
Bunyeroo Gorge
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Day 8 |
via Depot Springs |
| Day 3 |
Brachina Gorge
Lunch in the Gorge
Copley
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Day 9 |
Follow the Ghan South Kanyaka
Yourambulla
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| Day 4 |
Farina
Ocre Cliffs
Talc Alf
Leigh Creek Mine |
Day10 |
To Adelaide via Quorn,
Willmington
Stone Hutt |
| Day 5 |
Arkaroola |
Day 11 |
Adelaide Museum |
| Day 6 |
Ridge top tour |
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The Cost:
The cost of the tour including land transport, accommodation and guides, is $2,500.
The recommended allowance for food is $100 per day but to allow participants flexibility this has not not been included in the tour price. Air travel and insurance costs are not included. Accommodation will be comfortable and well appointed, but not luxurious.
The deadline for a 10% deposit is June 10th and final payment is due on July 29th.
For More Information:
Contact: Auckland Museum Institute Manager, Alison Barnett
Phone: 09 302 6249
Email: abarnett@aucklandmuseum.com |
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Members' Mondays |
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New Acquisitions in the Maori Collection
Monday 26 May, 2pm
Chanel Clarke
Chanel Clarke, Auckland Museum Curator Maori, will give a talk in the Auditorium about new acquisitions to the Maori collection and then spend time answering questions in the Maori Court. |
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Auckland Museum Institute lectures |
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The Smithsonian in 1865
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Place in the Museum Space: The Smithsonian Museum and NZ Cultural Institutions
Thusday 29 May, 7pm
Museum Auditorium
$10 ($5 members)
Bookings on 306 7048 or email bookings@aucklandmuseum.com
Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, Minnesota, and Darcy Nicholas, Porirua
In a shared lecture, the influence of cultural institutions on historic and contemporary culture is explored, first by Sally Gregory Kohlstedt who is Professor of History of Science at the University of Minnesota and then by Darcy Nicholas, a leading Contemporary Maori painter, sculptor, arts commentator and writer responsible for the development of the Pataka Museum in Porirua.
Gregory Kohlstedt is in New Zealand as a Fulbright Fellow in the History Department at the University of Auckland, where she is co-teaching a course with Professor Ruth Barton. She will discuss the role of Smithsonian naturalists and anthropologists, their collections, and the exhibitions that contributed to shaping the identity of United States nationhood In the late 1800's.
In the second part of the lecture Darcy Nicholas, General Manager of Community Services for Porirua City Council, will look at the ways in which cultural institutions have shaped perceptions of indigenous practice and belief; effectively recolonising Maori by the imposition of Western academic process. In 1984 Nicholas won a Fulbright Cultural Award to study and observe contemporary Native and African American arts. |
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