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Sir Edmund Hillary Photo Archive
Monday, 22 July 2019
In honour of Sir Edmund Hillary, on the 100th anniversary of his birth on 20 July 2019, learn about caring for the Museum's Edmund Hillary Archive and the insights it offers on Sir Ed's life.
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Manava Toa: the Cook Islands in WWI
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
More than 500 Cook Islanders fought for New Zealand in the WWI. They served with distinction but suffered great loss. Find out more about these courageous servicemen.
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Craft and Protest: Collecting the Women's March
Monday, 17 September 2018
On Saturday 21 January 2017, over 1000 Aucklanders came together to march in support of the Women’s March on Washington, forming part of a global protest that drew in millions. In addition to carrying homemade banners and wearing March-branded t-shirts, several women wore pink knitted “pussy hats."
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Lucy Cranwell, New Zealand's First Female Curator
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Dr Lucy Cranwell was Auckland Museum's first botany curator and New Zealand's first female curator. Ewen Cameron delves into her story and the accolades she received.
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My favourite object: Ahu’ula
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
In this piece, our Senior Collection Technician, Sarah Bishop, tells us about her favourite taonga - a stunning garments a red and yellow Hawaiian cloak made from hundreds of feathers.
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Flags in the Hall of Memories
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Museum staff regularly receive questions about the flags on display around the World War One Sanctuary. It is generally stated that the flags represent those who signed the Treaty of Versailles on the 28th of June 1919. But this is not correct. Given these curious decisions and some notable omissions, we needed to do more digging to solve the mystery of the flags.
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Colour Our Collections
Our Documentary Heritage team is proud to join the global initiative #ColourOurCollections that was kicked off a couple of years ago by the New York Academy of Medicine to encourage people to colour the collections of libraries, archives, and museums from around the world.
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WWI - A world turned inside out
Friday, 10 November 2017
Several major artworks were commissioned for our new war memorial gallery Pou Kanohi New Zealand at War. Learn about the local artists who developed these artworks and the meaning behind them.
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Nation changers
Friday, 27 October 2017
Several years ago, students from a local school gathered on the side of a small country road and watched as kuia and kaumatua wept as they remembered their whanau who had lost their lives during the New Zealand wars 150 years earlier. So they created a student-led petition that they took to Parliament in order for these battles to be remembered.
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Let there be light....but not too much
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Our object rotation team has been working to swap out light-sensitive objects in our Arts of Asia gallery to ensure that these objects can stand the test of time.
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