New Zealand Museums and Art Museums, a List of Websites
Search the collections of New Zealand museums, large and small.
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Auckland
The E. H. McCormick Research Library collects archives with a
particular emphasis on artists and arts organisations active in, or
important to, the Auckland region. The Library welcomes gifts, bequests
and long-term loans from artists and their families, galleries, and
arts organisations and societies.
Auckland's major museum, holding
the largest collections of Polynesian / Maori artefacts in the world. Maori
and Polynesian displays, applied arts, New Zealand war exhibitions, New
Zealand natural history.
Alberton, Bell
House, Ewelme Cottage, Highwic, Melanesian Mission Dining Hall.
The first complete collection of New Zealand fashion, past, present and future. Exhibitions and live events.
The Puhoi Historical Society records the early history of Puhoi, a
settlement created by Bohemian (now Czech Republic) immigrants to New
Zealand from the 1860's.
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Christchurch,
Canterbury
A comprehensive list from New Zealand Museums On Line
Conservation
The New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Materials Pu Manaaki Kahurangi
Incorporated (NZCCM ) is an association of professional conservators of
cultural property employed in public museums, art galleries, libraries
and in private practice.
Consultants . Museum and heritage consultants
Rodney Wilson associates Ltd. Museum and art gallery strategic review
and planning. Exhibition planning, development and execution.
The Museum Services Directory for workers, contractors and consultants in New Zealand museums and associated institutions.
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Directories
Museums Aotearoa is a professional organisation for museums and
museum workers in Aotearoa New Zealand.
NZ Museums
Dunedin
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Global
Museum International
A non-profit site run by Roger Smith. Includes a
museum ezine, museum jobs, museum forums, museum marketing advice, museum
communications, museum educational resources.
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Matahapihi is a window onto the online collections of a number of New Zealand
cultural organisations. Matapihi lets you search across the digital collections
of different New Zealand organisations from one website. On launch, the
service contained around 60,000 records. Geography, history, the natural
environment, people and events are featured. The collection includes photographs,
drawings, paintings, sculpture and some 3-d virtual museum objects, as
well as a small number of sound files, textual items and moving images.
Eight galleries spread over three levels of
exhibition space.
Museums Aotearoa is a professional organisation for museums and
museum workers in Aotearoa New Zealand.
NZ Museums
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Torpedo Bay Navy Museum. The Navy Museum's vision is to capture and
preserve New Zealand's naval culture and heritage for current and
future generations through collection, preservation, presentation,
education, research and scholarship.
The NDF in New Zealand, Aotearoa is a collection of 150 organisations,
including museums, libraries, galleries, archives and their partner
organisations.
The National Digital Forum (NDF) is a
coalition of museums, archives, art galleries, libraries and government
departments working together to enhance electronic access to New
Zealand’s culture and heritage.
Search the collections of New Zealand museums. The aim of this website is to showcase
the museums and collections of New Zealand, to be a directory of New
Zealand museums, and an online collection management system for museums. NZMuseums is the initiative of National Services Te Paerangi, a team at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, in Wellington.
NZ Museums, a museum directory.
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Organisations
The NDF in New Zealand, Aotearoa is a collection of 150 organisations,
including museums, libraries, galleries, archives and their partner
organisations.
Matahapihi is a window onto the online collections of a number of New Zealand
cultural organisations. Matapihi lets you search across the digital collections
of different New Zealand organisations from one website. On launch, the
service contained around 60,000 records.
The Museum Services Directory for workers, contractors and consultants in New Zealand museums and associated institutions.
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New Zealand's official national museum.
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Interactive art education online.
Junior art detective, Senior art focus. Online gallery, Chartwell collection.
Showcasing the best in New Zealand
and international art.
An extensive collection of natural and human history with
a regional emphasis that includes objects of both national and international
significance.
Wellington
The Wellington Museums Trust is responsible for Wellingotn arts and cultural facilities.
Provides
exhibitions, events and a cafe.
Eight galleries spread over three levels of
exhibition space.
A directory of Wellington museums, from NZMuseums.
Maori, Pacific Island and New Zealand art.
New Zealand's official national museum.
The permanent home of the city art collection, embracing both
heritage and contemporary art work and a substantial bequest by the early
New Zealand modernist painter, Adele Younghusband.
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Dawn/Water Poem by Ralph Hotere