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In 1902, a British expedition travelled south of the Antarctic Circle with the joint goals of scientific study and geographical discovery.

In 1958, Edmund Hillary and company became the first party to reach the South Pole by motor vehicle as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

How do you track down the ephemera, outfits, guitars, and key-tars of seven decades of music - then safely bring these to the Museum for seven months of display in Volume?

A collection of 60,000+ photographic negatives at Auckland Museum have deteriorated and pose a risk to staff and other collections. How do we mitigate this risk and improve their storage?

In November 2016, we welcomed Jim Wheeler and Marté Szirmay into Auckland Museum’s Collection Hub to look through objects from Paul and Betty Beadle's home studio.

On Saturday 21 January 2017, people across Aotearoa came together to march in support of the Women’s March on Washington. We are looking for material that reflects a distinctly Auckland/Aotearoa perspective on the protest as well as material from expat Americans living in Auckland. Can you help us?

We look back at some of Auckland Museum's most popular events, exhibitions, and writing from 2016.

A special wananga was organised for a group of researchers and curators from Auckland Museum, NIWA, Landcare Research and Canterbury Museum to visit with Ngāti Kuri to set priorities for a mutually beneficial relationship and help guide research in the area.

Margaret 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.

With the passing of Ray Columbus, New Zealand music has lost not just one of its greatest early stars but one of its most enduring champions.

We are building storage frames for four field guns and a limber (military trailer) from our Human History Collection. This will protect their wheels from damage, and allow us to move them safely around the Museum.

There's a flurry of activity onboard the Tangaroa as the scientists compile their lists of samples, write up reports, and prepare for the voyage home.