discuss document export feedback print share Blog View by topic: Collections All Archaeology Beyond our walls Collections Exhibitions Events Entangled Islands From the Director Geology History Learning MuseTech Taonga Māori Research Still Life War Memorial Kermadec Expedition Pou Maumahara Volume SW Pacific Expedition Show more View by date: 2013 Any 2025 2023 2024 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Show more Factory of ideas and experimentsFriday, 13 December 2013The 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 collectionTuesday, 10 December 2013Letting 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-upby Kirsten MacFarlane - Wednesday, 27 November 2013Summer 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 Sheppardby Kirsten MacFarlane - Thursday, 19 September 2013As 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. Hillary's Everest diary entry for 31 MayFriday, 31 May 2013Read excerpts from Sir Edmund Hillary's diary about his journey to reaching the summit of Mt Everest. Hillary's Everest diary entry for 30 MayThursday, 30 May 2013Read excerpts from Sir Edmund Hillary's diary about his journey to reaching the summit of Mt Everest. Hillary's Everest diary entry for 29 MayWednesday, 29 May 2013Read 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 findsSaturday, 18 May 2013Curators and collections staff from our natural sciences team were kept busy this week with two very rare finds for New Zealand waters. Dead and alive: Cook’s petrels at Auckland Museumby Jason Froggatt - Sunday, 21 April 2013Within 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. Potato prints and wild places: a fashion odysseyby Finn McCahon-Jones and Susan Holmes - Wednesday, 20 February 2013Auckland Museum’s Associate Curator Applied Arts & Design, Finn McCahon-Jones and fabric artist Susan Holmes met recently to discuss her garments on display at the Museum during the Off The Wall: WearableArt Up Close exhibition.