Waitaki Museum Blog
Featuring thoughts and ideas from the Waitaki Museum.
Everyone knows the venerable traditions of museum labelling,
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Curators come across all sorts of stories. Some sad, others interesting, still more bring joy. Then there are the moments that evoke the absurd. They are rare, and wonderful.
Every year the International Council of Museums hosts an International Museum Day to celebrate and to raise awareness about the potential of museums to be powerful social actors.
Every year comes with a theme for us, and for you to reflect on. This years theme is Power, defined below
The front of the Waitaki Museum & Archive is now open again. After having this space closed for refurbishment it is a joy to be welcoming visitors back to the museum.
Work is underway at Waitaki Museum on refitting the permanent exhibition area. The Museum has over 30,000 items in its care. Each item has its own story.
Work is underway at Waitaki Museum on refitting the permanent exhibition area. The Museum has over 30,000 items in its care. Each item has its own story.
Work is underway at Waitaki Museum on refitting the permanent exhibition area. The Museum has over 30,000 items in its care. Each item has its own story.
Work is underway at Waitaki Museum on refitting the permanent exhibition area. The Museum has over 30,000 items in its care. Each item has its own story.
May 18 is International Museum Day. This year the theme is Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion.
Along with the exciting news about moving to Level 2, we announce our new name and introduce our new brand to the Waitaki Community. We plan to open our refreshed permanent exhibitions later this year, with more to come in 2021. Read on for a more detailed update
Work is underway at North Otago Museum on refitting the permanent exhibition area. The Museum has over 30,000 items in its care. Each item has its own story.
Work is underway at North Otago Museum on refitting the permanent exhibition area. The Museum has over 30,000 items in its care. Each item has its own story.
I recently posted about one of the new exhibitions that will open later this year. You can read about that here. Today I am introducing another of the exhibitions, this one is called Our Land.
One of the tasks I have been working on from home is putting more items on to our collections online website. You can use this website to view some of the items held by the Waitaki Archive, Forrester Gallery and the Museum.
As we commemorate Anzac Day 2020 things will be a bit different than normal due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response people are coming up with innovative ways to mark this important date.
Work is underway at North Otago Museum on refitting the permanent exhibition area. The Museum has over 30,000 items in its care. Each item has its own story.
The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed 9000 people in New Zealand. At least 83 of those deaths were in what is now the Waitaki District. Around the country thousands of children lost a parent to the disease. Some regions were hit harder than others. Locally Hampden was especially badly affected.
We are still working hard on the new permanent display upgrade, the reopening is now postponed until further notice. We will be keeping you up to date online with some of this work. For example right now we are working on the content and designs for some of our interactive displays.
This year, 2020, the Chinese New Year is on Saturday, January 25. The date shifts each year because it depends on the lunar calendar. 2020 is the year of the rat. The rat is the first animal in the cycle of twelve. Next year, 2021, will be the year of the ox.