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People 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.
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Open collections demand high-quality collections photography. But how do you reach this level of quality when the objects you're capturing are as small as 5mm? Dave Sanderson explains how our Collection Imaging team does it.
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We are now five months into the Pacific Collection Access Project. Leone Samu Tui and Toluma‘anave Barbara Afitu-Makuati reflect on the talanoa (conversations), emotions, pride, and learnings so far.
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What goes in to making a piece of contemporary jewellery? Read more about the three jewellers associated with Fingers Gallery: Sharon Fitness, Anna Wallis, and Jasmine Watson.
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Museum collections contain a wide variety of object types, each requiring their own storage solution. One of the more challenging types of object is food.
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Sometimes caring for the Auckland Museum collection looks a lot like housework. Louise Weston rolled up her sleeves to wash the dishes - a sink full of Crown Lynn dinnerware.
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Geologist Hugh Grenfell noticed something strange about the "Hooker's sea lion tooth" brooch currently on display in Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu.
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A pressed seaweed specimen from Auckland Museum's Botany collection inspired two staff members in very different ways.
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On World Oceans Day, young fisherman and budding marine biologist Sam McNamara, age 8, blogs about the effects of pollution and what we can do to stop it.
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Knitters were in great demand during the First World War - soldiers' socks didn't last long on the battlefield! Auckland Museum volunteers knitted garments using pattern books from the era. Read their reviews.
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A small wasp stalks the destructive stink bug in this photo essay by Wilma Blom - possibly the first time that its parasitizing behaviour has been observed and documented in this country.
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Monday 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.
