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He Wawata Mō Ngā Wheturangicalling Future Māori Leaders In The Field Of Cultural Heritage
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 10:28 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Applications are now open for the Sir Hugh Kawharu Scholarship, offered by the Kawharu Foundation in partnership with Auckland Museum. The $10,000 grant is open to students of Māori descent who are studying full-time at undergraduate or graduate level at ... More >>
Auckland Museum Showcases Award-winning Nature Photographer In New Exhibition
Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 10:20 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
On Thursday 7 April 2022 Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum will unveil the new exhibition Nature Boy: The Photography of Olaf Petersen . This is the first-ever exhibition dedicated solely to the work of Olaf Petersen, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s ... More >>
Accurately Dating The Māori Past Using Marine Shells Through Cross-collaborative Funding Success
Monday, 6 December 2021, 8:54 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Archaeological collections from Auckland War Memorial Museum will be used in the research project A ccurately Dating the Māori Past using Marine Shells after receiving a highly contested, prestigious Marsden Fund grant from the Royal Society Te Apārangi. ... More >>
Auckland War Memorial Museum To Close Saturday 20 November Due To Domain Protest
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 10:06 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum has been advised by the Auckland Police that a mass demonstration is planned for Saturday 20 November in Auckland Domain. As a result, the Museum will not open or be open to the public on Saturday. ... More >>
Kahu Tāmaki - Auckland War Memorial Museums’ WardrobeRecognised Internationally
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 5:19 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
On Thursday 3 December 2021 Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum reopened its South Atrium entrance – Te Ao Mārama – to reveal the most significant changes to the Museum in more than a decade. One such change was Kahu Tāmaki, a wardrobe ... More >>
Keeping Everyone Safe At Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum
Friday, 12 November 2021, 9:08 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum has today confirmed that it will require all staff, volunteers and visitors to be fully vaccinated as a condition of being able to attend the Museum’s destination building on the Auckland Domain. ... More >>
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum To Open From Monday 15 November
Friday, 5 November 2021, 9:13 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Government on Monday 1 November made an in-principle decision that Auckland could potentially open under Alert Level 3, Step 2 on Wednesday 10 November. Under Level 3, Step 2 the Government has indicated that Museums can open if they can meet ... More >>
Have Your Say On Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Draft Annual Plan
Friday, 22 October 2021, 8:53 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland Museum welcomes feedback on its Draft Annual Plan 2022/2023. “Our Draft Annual Plan for FY 2022/23 represents the final phase of our Five-Year Strategic Plan 2017-2022, which will see the Museum firmly focused on completing the final ... More >>
Breakthrough Science Reveals The Secrets Of Stonehenge At Auckland Museum
Friday, 1 October 2021, 12:46 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2110/bd498ec54e3f0e85cd9b.jpeg" width="720" height="360"> The brand-new international exhibition Secrets of Stonehenge comes exclusively to Tāmaki Makaurau, opening on ... More >>
Applications Are Now Open For The 2021 Auckland Museum Institute Postgraduate Scholarship Programme
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 11:06 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, located close to several tertiary institutions, is an ideal site of investigation and learning for tertiary students. The Museum has globally significant collections, a rich research history, and staff ... More >>
Summer Student Opportunities At Auckland Museum
Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 12:36 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum has launched the second year of the Auckland Museum Sheldon Werner Summer Studentship programme. A range of research projects has been developed to support the Museum’s work, spanning the humanities, ... More >>
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
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 >>