Auckland Museum - Latest News [Page 8]
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 >>
Philanthropic culture needs to grow among next generation
Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 2:13 pm | Auckland Museum
Over a million New Zealanders made donations last year and come the end of the month many of them will claim back a third of what they gave. Panelists from the “Why Give?” debate being held at Auckland Museum this week say there has been an increase ... More >>
Lights, camera … insects and Zambesi at Urbis Designday
Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 2:24 pm | Auckland Museum
Insects aren’t standard fare for design collaborations but the Designday trio of Zambesi, ECC Lighting and Auckland Museum are putting them front and centre. More >>
Auckland Museum providing a place to remember Christchurch
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 9:23 pm | Auckland Museum
Auckland Museum providing a place to remember Christchurch – Wednesday 22 Feb 2012 Aucklanders are being invited to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake at Auckland War Memorial Museum tomorrow. On February 22 ... More >>
Budding scientists set to discover Auckland Domain life
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 2:40 pm | Auckland Museum
European green bottle, American cockroach, plant-cased caddis, lacewing, Chinese wax scale, muscid fly, longtail mealybug, green orbweb spider and citrus whitefly. More >>
Humane man trap” & live tarantula on show at Auckland Museum
Monday, 16 January 2012, 4:53 pm | Auckland Museum
A live tarantula and a 3.5m dinosaur are among the guest list for this week’s Summer Nights at the Museum event series. Just like the movie Night at the Museum , the event is set to reveal what happens after hours, when the lights go down and ... More >>
Webb Ellis Cup attracting thousands of rival fans
Saturday, 22 October 2011, 11:57 am | Auckland Museum
French fans are coming in their dozens to look at the Webb Ellis Cup and stake their claim on it before Sunday’s big final. More >>
Astrolabe Reef
Friday, 14 October 2011, 8:18 pm | Auckland Museum
Sustainable Coastlines was one of the organisations that we worked with on our exhibition AQUA investigating how to look after one of our most precious resources - water. Less than six months later this been brought home with a vengeance with the environmental ... More >>
Webb Ellis Cup moving in at Auckland Museum
Friday, 14 October 2011, 1:51 pm | Auckland Museum
Eighty-one years before the first Rugby World Cup match was played, the Webb Ellis Cup was crafted by Garrard Jewellers in London – and from this Saturday [October 15] until the end of the tournament it will be on display at Auckland Museum. More >>
Celebrate Matariki at Auckland Museum
Friday, 27 May 2011, 5:12 pm | Auckland Museum
A massive, five metre tall, “living” taniwha is taking up residence in the Museum's Atrium this Queen's Birthday weekend - and we invite you come along to its unveiling to see it up close and hear the incredible creature’s age old stories. More >>
Pipe fish and filmy ferns top new species list
Friday, 20 May 2011, 1:35 pm | Auckland Museum
At the halfway mark of New Zealand’s largest scientific expedition ever to explore the inshore coastal waters of the Kermadecs the new species finds are nudging double figures. More >>
Scientific expedition in the Kermadecs - species new to NZ
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 10:06 am | Auckland Museum
The first zebra lionfish ever recorded in New Zealand has been discovered in the Kermadec Islands by a team of New Zealand and Australian scientists. More >>
Public invited to follow joint expedition to Kermadecs
Monday, 9 May 2011, 9:18 am | Auckland Museum
A team of 15 researchers led by Auckland Museum is travelling to the Kermadec Islands for three weeks hoping to identify new species in one of the world’s most pristine marine environments. More >>
