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Auckland Museum At Home Online Content Hub Relaunched

Thursday, 26 August 2021, 10:57 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

While the doors of Auckland War Memorial Museum are closed, visitors can still experience some of their favourite parts of Tāmaki Paenga Hira online. Launched in the initial 2020 COVID-19 Level Four lockdown, Auckland Museum at Home is an online hub filled ... More >>

Auckland Museum Supreme Winner At Interior Awards

Friday, 25 June 2021, 10:18 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Auckland Museum’s redeveloped South Atrium, Te Ao Mārama, has been lauded by Architecture NZ magazine at the annual Interior Awards last night. Auckland Museum and its architects, Jasmax (in partnership with FJMT and designTRIBE) and Salmond Reed as Heritage Architects won the Civic Award and was also announced as the Supreme Winner. More >>

Auckland Museum Awarded New National Role

Thursday, 24 June 2021, 2:57 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Auckland War Memorial Museum will soon become Aotearoa’s centre of excellence for the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) with thanks to funding from the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board via their Lottery Environment and Heritage ... More >>

Auckland Museum Welcomes Feedback On Its Draft Annual Plan 2021/2022

Monday, 11 January 2021, 8:58 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

“The Museum’s Draft Annual Plan describes how we plan to deliver world-class experiences for Aucklanders and visitors to the city over the financial year from 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022,” says Auckland Museum Chief Executive David Gaimster. ... More >>

Auckland Museum reopens its South Atrium entrance

Monday, 30 November 2020, 2:00 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum

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Get More From Your Museum

Thursday, 29 October 2020, 1:57 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Next week, on Tuesday 3 November 2020, Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum will launch an exciting three-tier Museum Membership benefits programme, as well as a relaunch of the free MyMuseum card. Free general admission for Aucklanders ... More >>

Auckland Museum Releases Te Awe On Film – A Mini Documentary Series About The Museum’s Taonga Māori

Friday, 23 October 2020, 8:11 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Rangi Te Kanawa, Christina Wirihana and Awhina Tamarapa viewing kete and stability of packaging. Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum has produced a four-part mini documentary series focussing on the mahi behind its ground-breaking, multi-year ... More >>

Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum Welcomes Visitors Back From Monday 31 August

Friday, 28 August 2020, 3:17 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira will open its doors to the Auckland public on Monday 31 August. Ahead of the reopening date, the Museum has focussed on putting in place the Government Alert Level 2 guidelines. Visiting the Museum ... More >>

COVID-19 Postpones Auckland Museum’s Iconic British Museum Exhibition

Thursday, 27 August 2020, 9:30 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

The launch of Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum’s international exhibition Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes from the British Museum in London has been postponed until mid-2022. COVID-19 has had a major impact on touring ... More >>

Applications Are Now Open For Cenotaph Stories: Contemporary Reflections Writing Grant

Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 7:31 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Applications are now open for the Cenotaph Stories: Contemporary Reflections grant offered by Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira in partnership with Copyright Licensing New Zealand. Cenotaph Stories: Contemporary Reflections is a writing and ... More >>

Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum Is Open And Welcoming Visitors This Long Weekend

Friday, 29 May 2020, 8:28 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira reopened its doors to the public on Monday 25 May. In the first three days of reopening, a steady stream of visitors came to the Museum, showing similar numbers for the same time last year for visitors ... More >>

Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum Welcomes Visitors Back From Monday 25 May

Friday, 22 May 2020, 9:34 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira opens its doors to the public at 10am on Monday 25 May. Visiting the Museum will be a slightly different experience as we work to keep visitors safe while they explore our galleries and taonga. To ... More >>

Lay A Digital Poppy Online This Anzac Day With Auckland War Memorial Museum

Thursday, 9 April 2020, 11:30 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Auckland War Memorial Museum will continue to commemorate Anzac Day, albeit in a different way in 2020. In response to the pandemic guidelines, it became necessary for the Returned and Services Association (RSA) to cancel all public Anzac Day events ... More >>

Temporary Closure To The Public - Auckland War Memorial Museum

Friday, 20 March 2020, 1:36 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Mayor Phil Goff today announced the temporary closure of libraries and a number of cultural institutions across the city. The Museum’s Chief Executive Dr David Gaimster said “Auckland Museum is aligned with Auckland Council’s efforts to ... More >>

Open, Vigilant And Ready To Welcome You.

Friday, 20 March 2020, 10:38 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

These are uncertain times. But your Museum remains vigilant, open and ready to welcome you. Nothing is more important to us than the health and well-being of our visitors, people and communities. We're actively monitoring the situation and following the ... More >>

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira Remains Open

Thursday, 19 March 2020, 9:40 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

The Museum is currently open for regular operating hours, 10am – 5pm, daily. However, from today, Thursday 19 March, it will suspend all school visits, public programmes and events until further notice to ensure the safety of Museum visitors, people and ... More >>

Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition

Monday, 21 October 2019, 11:32 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Auckland Museum is delighted to exclusively bring the world-renowned exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year to Auckland. On loan from the Natural History Museum in London, this free exhibition opens on Friday 28 February 2020 featuring exceptional ... More >>

Join our adventurers as Night at the Museum returns

Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 2:12 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum

The family-friendly, sell-out event Night at the Museum will again bring Auckland War Memorial Museum to life. Across six nights, over the October school holidays, this unique after-hours experience will excite and intrigue kids and parents alike ... More >>

Auckland Museum wants to immortalise your selfie

Monday, 2 September 2019, 3:51 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum

This September Auckland War Memorial Museum plans to collect 1000 selfies to add to its permanent photography collection. More >>

Pacific Collections Access Project closed this weekend

Monday, 5 August 2019, 3:19 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum

Since 2016, more than 5600 Pacific taonga have been shared with 13 Pacific communities as a part of Auckland Museum’s Pacific Collections Access Project (PCAP), which came to a close over the weekend. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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