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Auckland Museum's Weird & Wonderful Gallery
Saturday, 1 December 2012, 2:46 pm | Auckland Museum
PHOTO CAPTION: Eye to eye with a dinosaur at the relaunch of Auckland Museum's Weird & Wonderful Gallery More >>
Weird and Wonderful re-opens tomorrow!
Friday, 30 November 2012, 11:56 am | Auckland Museum
Our Weird & Wonderful summer What’s On has just come out – you should be getting it in your letterbox shortly but if you want a sneak peak you can check it out here . If you'd like to receive our What's On in the mail, sign up here More >>
Handwritten account of shipwreck in museum archives
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 1:05 pm | Auckland Museum
Research grant recipient uncovers handwritten account of shipwreck in museum archives - new grants up for grabs More >>
Weird & Wonderful’s Old Favourites Joined By New Technology
Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 3:57 pm | Auckland Museum
Weird & Wonderful’s Old Favourites Joined By New Interactive Technology At Auckland Museum Hundreds of thousands of Kiwi children have hunted through the specimen drawers of Auckland Museum’s Weird & Wonderful Gallery and stared agog at the ... More >>
Weird and Wonderful re-opens Saturday 1 December!
Friday, 23 November 2012, 3:28 pm | Auckland Museum
Great news! Our much-loved Weird and Wonderful gallery has finished its make-over and is re-opening next Saturday 1 December. All your favourites are back plus exciting new interactives to help you discover the natural world. Examine a fossil, get up ... More >>
Christmas Night at the Museum
Friday, 16 November 2012, 9:40 am | Auckland Museum
Come along this weekend and experience 'Urbanlife Live' - a 'lyrics and beats' hip hop workshop and three incredible theatre performances are part of the line-up. See all six of the installations created by youth to express the way they feel about ... More >>
International Bestselling Author Dava Sobel Speaking
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 9:58 am | Auckland Museum
Pulitzer Prize finalist and international bestselling author of Longitude Dava Sobel will give a public lecture at Auckland Museum next month. More >>
Taste of Japan: 60th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, 26 October 2012, 1:27 pm | Auckland Museum
Taste of Japan: 60th Anniversary Celebration Saturday 27 October 2012 10AM – 5PM FREE Auckland Museum Taste of Japan festival to mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and New Zealand More >>
Battle of Passchendaele’s 95th Anniversary Remembered
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 3:10 pm | Auckland Museum
Battle of Passchendaele’s 95th Anniversary Remembered At Auckland War Memorial Museum A public ceremony to mark the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele will be held at Auckland War Memorial Museum this Friday, October 12, in the WWI ... More >>
Anne Frank exhibition opens at Auckland Museum
Monday, 3 September 2012, 1:51 pm | Auckland Museum
Anne Frank exhibition opens at Auckland Museum in the same week the Frank family was taken to Auschwitz Anne Frank: A History for Today exhibition opens Auckland Museum this week (Wednesday 5 Sept) – the same week that sixty eight years ago ... More >>
Former UK Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion to visit
Monday, 27 August 2012, 1:36 pm | Auckland Museum
Former British Poet Laureate, Sir Andrew Motion, will share his work tonight at Auckland Museum in the first of three speaking engagements in New Zealand. Sir Andrew is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was the UK Poet Laureate from ... More >>
Our inaugural Matariki Art Market
Friday, 13 July 2012, 2:42 pm | Auckland Museum
Our inaugural Matariki Art Market LATE: Gluttony with Sir Peter Gluckman, Ray McVinnie, Dr Andrew Dickson FREE ENTRY TO ALL EXHIBITIONS More >>
Auckland Museum Appoints Linnae Pohatu Tumuaki Director
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 3:06 pm | Auckland Museum
Linnae Pohatu has joined Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira in the new role of Tumuaki Director. More >>
Making the Cut, My Life as an Astronaut, Wildlife Paparazzi
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 3:08 pm | Auckland Museum
Meet international award-winning photographer David Lloyd, join our mini paparazzi as they capture the museum’s wildlife, discover life in space with a NASA astronaut or take a workshop with the bro'Town animators FREE ENTRY TO ALL EXHIBITIONS More >>
Wildlife exhibition at Auckland Museum
Friday, 22 June 2012, 11:05 am | Auckland Museum
A tiny golden snub-nosed monkey keeping itself warm is one of 108 incredible wildlife photographs going on show when Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens at Auckland Museum today (Friday, June 22). More >>
Music At The Museum
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 11:23 am | Auckland Museum
Come along this Saturday and experience Andreas Boyde playing on Auckland Museum’s magnificent Fazioli Piano. London-based pianist Andreas Boyde travels to Auckland after electrifying audiences worldwide and playing alongside the London Philharmonic ... More >>
CAMERA Season of Photography
Friday, 11 May 2012, 12:57 pm | Auckland Museum
Auckland Museum presents for the first time CAMERA Season of Photography, a major showcase of some of the most remarkable wildlife and documentary photography from New Zealand and around the world. More >>
Auckland Museum’s walls to screen rare WWII film
Saturday, 21 April 2012, 2:00 pm | Auckland Museum
Rare footage from the 24th NZ Infantry Battalion’s campaigns in North Africa and Italy during WWII will screen across the front wall of Auckland War Memorial Museum on Saturday and Sunday night from 7pm. More >>
Auckland Museum’s Kermadec blog wins international web award
Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 10:35 am | Auckland Museum
Auckland War Memorial Museum has earned New Zealand a major win at the 2012 Museums and Web Awards in San Diego thanks to its impressive use of technology and storytelling to bring to life a marine research exhibition to the Kermadec Islands. More >>
Kermadec blog site wins international web award
Monday, 16 April 2012, 8:31 pm | Auckland Museum
Auckland War Memorial Museum has earned New Zealand a major win at the 2012 Museums and Web Awards in San Diego thanks to its impressive use of technology and storytelling to bring to life a marine research exhibition to the Kermadec Islands. More >>