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The Museum Trust Board will establish a new lighting policy in February 2024. In the meantime we will apply special lighting schemes for Christmas, New Year, Pride, and Chinese New Year only.
Until the new lighting policy is in place we are declining all one-off requests for special lighting.
Museum Gold
Until the next occasion, the Museum will be wearing its traditional gold colour scheme.
Auckland Museum is dedicated to sustainable energy practices. Our lighting system for the building's exterior is entirely solar powered, using one of the largest grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) installations in the country. The amount of renewable energy generated by the panels (65,000 kwh per year) is equivalent to the power consumed by about eight average households.
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