Explore Object Stories
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Body Mask |
Uniform of Col. Haultain |
Pacific Canoe |
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Mask and Doll |
Cocked Hat in Tin Box |
Brandy Bottle |
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Jerry Jaxon |
Moose on the Loose |
Curator Cabinets |
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Ice Baby Orang-utan |
Ugly Dolls |
Bald Kiwi |
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Pearl Shell Fishing Lure |
Tarantula |
Military Medals |
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Barracks Assemblage |
Roosevelt's Birds |
Dance Masks |
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Molluccas Painted Shield |
Tuffery Fish |
Goodbye Kitty |
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One Tree Hill Radiata Pine |
Kiwi With Albino Foot |
To Have and To Hold |
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50 Feet of Genealogy |
Dance Cards |
Herbarium Specimen |
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Lease Document |
Vegetable Sheep |
Are You for Real? |
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Fashion Accessories |
Norrie Wardrobe |
Cautionary Tales |
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Colenso's Weta |
Victoria Hotel |
Yates Seed Display |
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Bradbury Glass Plates |
Enemies Together |
Pipe Dreams |
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A Tall Story |
Handle with Care! |
Unlikely Companions |
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Waterbuck in Watercloset |
Back in Black |
Big Boned |
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Sands of Time |
The Bear Neccessities |
Dress For Success |
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The Art of Packing |
The Spin Doctor |
In The Swim |
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Carried Away |
Immortality or Bust |
Put Your Toys Away! |
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Fish of the Day |
Maori Cloak |
I Mum |
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Gobstoppers |
Greek Tragedy |
Intensive Care |
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Art of Glass |
Preserves Anyone? |
Thermohygrograph |
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Fill' Er Up |
Deserted Island |
Leaky Homes |
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Making Time |
Label Fashion |
Talking Turkey |
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101 Ways to use a Moa |
Last Words |
Collector's Editions |
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The Frog Prints |
On Kew |
Birdland |
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D'urville's Islands |
Industrial Chic |
Skeletons in the Closet |
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Castles in the Sand |
Great Southern Lands |
Law of the Land |
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A Home to Share |
Dr Weevil |
What's in a name? |
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Word Up |
Silent Piano |
Masks, Shields and Clubs |
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Strings Attached |
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 Audio Tour
Join Dr Tom Trnski, Research Manager and John Early, Curator of Entomology and get closer to the stories, tales and historical information for this unique collection of objects.
Download Audio Tour here
Click to listen or to save to your computer or media player - right click link and select "Save Target As" (3.14 mb). Download before you visit the Museum.
Download the Audio Tour Transcript (pdf 152kb) |
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