MQ Museum Quarterly Issue 81 March 2000

Page 1: Five-year transformation completed – Article on the five year refurbishment project completed on 18 December 1999; Images – Stained glass ceiling, revamped Maori court; Come and celebrate with us – All day festival to introduce the public to the full refurbishment of the Museum.

Page 2: Five-year transformation completed Cont’d; Rajah the rogue elephant – The story of Rajah’s life and afterlife as a museum exhibit. Now returned to the Museum floor in the new Wild Child gallery; Image – Rajah on display in the new gallery; A skip down memory lane – A description of the new Wild Child gallery based around childhood in New Zealand over the past 150 years; Image – ‘The murder house’.

Page 3: Institute News; Events – Trouble under the Long White Cloud Suicide in New Zealand Lecture by Simon Hatcher, Fashion Lecture by Angela Lassig; The magic of native plants in garden landscapes by Rob Lucas; The Heavenly Kingdom Lecture on war in Yugoslavia by Alma Hromic, Out of the Woodwork the art and Life of Jane Brenkley by Richard Wolfe, Crimebuster Bugs by Trevor Crosby, The use of leeches in plastic surgery facts and fallacies by Dr Tristan de Chalain; The Volunteer tradition alive and well at the Museum – Article on the various types of work done by volunteers both in front of house and back locations; Image – Margaret Morley at work on the Oceans Gallery.

Page 4: Institute News: Geological development of the SW Pacific Lecture by Dr Peter Ballance, The Information Technology Revolution Lecture by Professor Michael Kelly; Special Preview – Members preview of Whodunnit? The Science of Solving Crime exhibition; Field trips – Mahurangi Peninsula led by Gordon Ell, Matakohe Kauri Museum; Other Items – Appointments, Institute web pages, Library closure, Discount at the BB’s café and the Museum Store, Renewing your membership, Join the Conchology section; Katie Reynolds (nee Pickmere) 1910-1999 – Obituary by Ewen Cameron.

Page 5: Auckland Museum moving online – extensive new internet site by the end of March 2000; Library closes for refurbishment – 11 month closure to provide more comfortable and modern facilities for researchers; From the Director – Article by Director Rodney Wilson on completion of five year refurbishment and thanks to those who continued to support the museum during that time; Image – Kiwi sporting legends gather on the steps in front of the Auckland War Memorial Museum before the 1999 ALAC Sports Awards of New Zealand.

Page 6: What’s coming up – Darcy Lange Maori Land Project Exhibition, The Whale & Dolphin Adoption Project Seaweek 2000 Lecture, Jane Brenkley A Path Through the Bust 1882-1973 Exhibition, Embroidery displays from the collections, Anzac Day, Whodunnit? The Science of Solving Crime Exhibition, April school holidays in the Discover Centre; Sand Mandala bestows peace blessing – Tibetan monks created a Chenrezig Sand Mandala for World Peace and Compassion at the Museum; Image – Monks working on the Sand Mandala.