discuss document export feedback print share Blog View by topic: War Memorial 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: 2016 Any 2025 2023 2024 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Show more Best of 2016By Auckland Museum staffMon, 26 Dec 2016We look back at some of Auckland Museum's most popular events, exhibitions, and writing from 2016. Messages to MargaretBy Auckland Museum staffSun, 4 Dec 2016Margaret Swarbrick was a dressmaker turned nurse who worked at a hospital in England that tended more than 20,000 New Zealand soldiers. She asked the men in her care to write in her 'autograph books'. Their sketches, photographs and messages reveal the lighter side of life in a WWI military hospital. Sharing in the searchBY AUCKLAND MUSEUM STAFFFRI, 28 OCT 2016Pou Maumahara will be the 'home of Online Cenotaph', offering a place for people to learn more about New Zealand's military heritage and connect with their own family's military history with the support of Museum staff and volunteers. The people of Pou MaumaharaAuckland Museum StaffFRI, 21 Oct 2016When Pou Maumahara Memorial Discovery Centre opens next month it will remind us of the human element of war with personal stories. A window into our military heritageAuckland Museum staffFri, 14 Oct 2016People see different things when they look at military medals but from next month our visitors will have greater access to the Museum’s collection of military heritage medals than ever before. Anzac Day 2016: Your viewWed, 27 Apr 2016Monday 25 April 2016 marked a centenary of Anzac Day commemorations. The day at Auckland Museum was wonderfully captured and shared, from live coverage by Māori Television to beautiful photos and messages by those in attendance. Solve a WWII mysteryMon, 18 Apr 2016100 years on from the first ANZAC Day commemorations, Auckland War Memorial Museum is working with the Israeli Ambassador Yosef Livne on a quest to find a mystery fallen New Zealand WWII Serviceman. Can you help us?