Auckland War Memorial Museum and Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT), New Zealand’s largest Pacific institution, have entered into an exciting working relationship.
Spectacular green and red stripes of light will line the walls of Auckland Museum's architecturally-designed atrium this Thursday and Friday as darkness falls on the first ever Christmas Night at the Museum.
The lighting, the work of New Zealand company ECC Lighting & Furniture, will help set the scene using just two hues of an incredible colour palette made possible by newly installed LED lights.
Hundreds of thousands of Kiwi children have hunted through the specimen drawers of Auckland Museum’s Weird & Wonderful Gallery and stared agog at the live cockroaches but with next month’s re-opening the old favourites will be joined by new interactive technologies and a hands-on lab space.
The rich legacy of research and other collaboration between The University of Auckland and Auckland War Memorial Museum has been strengthened by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the institutions.
More than 1500 people gathered on Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Court of Honour today to commemorate Armistice Day with the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in attendance.
Marking a milestone in the 160 year history of Auckland War Memorial Museum, three significant e-book documents were published by the museum today (9 November 2012).
Falling on Remembrance Sunday this year, the 94th Armistice Day commemorations will be marked with a full service on the Court of Honour in front of Auckland War Memorial Museum.
International bestselling author Dava Sobel speaking at Auckland Museum next month.Pulitzer Prize finalist and international bestselling author of Longitude Dava Sobel will give a public lecture at Auckland Museum next month.
