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Factory of ideas and experiments

Friday, 13 December 2013

The V&A’s Selling Dreams exhibition chronicles 100 years of fashion photography—and with it all the glamour, mystery and drama. Auckland Museum talks to WORLD founder Denise L’Estrange-Corbet about the label’s own Eureka moment in the 90s, selling their dream and channelling a vortex of creativity onto the runway.

Te Awe – a window into our taonga Māori collection

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Letting people see inside our Museum stores and giving others a chance to connect with and gain a better understanding of our taonga collections is all part of the thinking behind our new space Te Awe.

Museum moa ready for his close-up

by Kirsten MacFarlane - Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Summer is the season for … giant moa. Or at least it is at Auckland Museum. In preparation for our family holiday programme ‘The Moa and the Mummy’ we’ve been carrying out a photo shoot that brought us unusually close to our towering moa.

120 years on from the vote: a letter from Kate Sheppard

by Kirsten MacFarlane - Thursday, 19 September 2013

As New Zealand celebrates 120 years of women gaining the vote, a letter from suffrage leader Kate Sheppard to fellow campaigner Amey Daldy sheds new light on their crusade and strong bond of friendship.

My favourite building

by Roy Clare - Friday, 11 October 2013

Images of the beautifully-lit exterior of Auckland’s museum have featured online and in traditional media outlets in recent months. For a select number of significant global, national or community events each year we offer up something special – to reflect the interests of Aucklanders.

Modelling a mako (and a great white, bronze whaler and a thresher)

Saturday, 6 July 2013

Go behind the scenes of our upcoming marine exhibition Moana – My Ocean to see our life size sharks being created in a Miramar workshop.

Hillary's Everest diary entry for 31 May

Friday, 31 May 2013

Read excerpts from Sir Edmund Hillary's diary about his journey to reaching the summit of Mt Everest.

Hillary's Everest diary entry for 30 May

Thursday, 30 May 2013

Read excerpts from Sir Edmund Hillary's diary about his journey to reaching the summit of Mt Everest.

Hillary's Everest diary entry for 29 May

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Read excerpts from Sir Edmund Hillary's diary about his journey to reaching the summit of Mt Everest.

Museum’s marine team called to two rare finds

Saturday, 18 May 2013

Curators and collections staff from our natural sciences team were kept busy this week with two very rare finds for New Zealand waters.

Life on a battlecruiser

Thursday, 16 May 2013

In 1913 the battlecruiser HMS New Zealand took a world cruise through the then-British Empire. On board was a very special passenger, the British Bulldog Pelorus Jack, the ship’s mascot. What was life on board HMS New Zealand like? How does this compare to life on board a battleship today?

Dead and alive: Cook’s petrels at Auckland Museum

by Jason Froggatt - Sunday, 21 April 2013

Within the last fortnight Auckland Museum has received three wayward Cook’s petrels. One unfortunate bird was found dead in a backyard in Devonport and was donated to the museum’s research collection. But two others have been found, alive and well, near the museum’s building needing the help of staff to get back on course.

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