Auckland War Memorial Museum News Number Thirteen March 1983

Page 1: Will You Volunteer? - Call for Volunteer guides to be trained to give tours in an attempt for the Museum to better connect with the visitors; What Is A Docent, Anyway? – an extract from the handbook for docents produced by the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC explaining the history of term used in some museums for their guides; Image – A group of visitors being guided through the Dinosaur Hall in the Natural History Museum in New York by a docent.

Page 2: Maintaining the Museum – An introduction of, and interview with, Harold “Harry” Rowe, the Museum Maintenance Man; Maori Gallery Roof – An article on the continuing refurbishment of the Maori Court with emphasis of the replacement of the glass roof with opaque surfaces; Image – A helicopter delivering materials to the roof of the museum for the refurbishment.

Page 3: Fanny Osborne’s Flower Paintings – announcement of and special offer for former Curator, Botanist Jeanne Goulding’s book of flower paintings of Great Barrier Island by Fanny Osborne; Image – Tryphena Post Office, Great Barrier Island, 1892. A Winkelmann photograph from the Museum Library, used in Jeanne Goulding’s book; Institute lectures – Highlights of Institute Lectures to be given in 1983 [Full list in missing Syllabus Card]; Offshore Island Symposium – Notes that there is high interest for the Symposium on the offshore islands of northern New Zealand as well as contact details for registration forms.

Page 4: Auckland Museum Women’s Archives Collection – Highlighting the Women’s Archives Collection held by the Museum to coincide with International Women’s Day. It is a collection of over 4,500 short biographies of women from all walks of life; Off the Ground – Highlighting the cinematographic film collection held by the Museum after some of the collection’s footage of a seaplane from 1917 was shown on television. Image – A seaplane lands at the Walsh brothers flying school at Mission Bay 1915; Three Kings Islands – Brief summary of a research trip to the islands conducted by the Museum’s Botanist Anthony Wright, and the Offshore Islands Research Group. This work added to the research done by Thomas Cheeseman in 1880's and "Will Watch" trip in 1934.