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The Auckland War Memorial Museum (Māori: Tāmaki Paenga Hira), also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials.Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, [10] the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD.
The Auckland Museum Medals are regular awards given by Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand. First held in 1999, [1] the awards recognise research achievements that have used the collections of the museum, public service connected to Auckland War Memorial Museum, and to former staff or volunteers to mark a significant achievement.
A memorial to the belligerents of the New Zealand Wars at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts from 1845 to 1872, involving some iwi Māori and government forces, the latter including British and colonial troops and their Māori allies.
The First World War Memorial Beacon is a war memorial on Quay Street in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. New Zealand's first built World War I memorial, it was first unveiled in 1915, before being lost in the 1960s. It was rediscovered and restored in 1999–2000, at which time it was placed outside the New Zealand Maritime Museum. It ...
In February 1944, Cranwell resigned from the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and moved to Orlando, Florida with her husband. [4] The family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1944, [4] where Smith worked at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Cranwell as a Research Associate in the Botany Department of Harvard University. [6]
The club first formed in 1931, [1] as the Conchology Section of the Auckland Institute and Museum. [2] Sections are special interest groups or organisations housed within Auckland War Memorial Museum, and the Shell Club is the oldest. [3] It is one of only three shell clubs in New Zealand. [4] The first facilitator of the club was Baden Powell. [5]
In 1978, Simmons received the Elsdon Best Memorial Medal. [1] In the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to ethnology and the Māori people, [7] and in 2013 he was awarded the Auckland Museum Medal and appointed an associate emeritus of Auckland War Memorial Museum.
People associated with the Auckland War Memorial Museum (1 C, 36 P) Pages in category "Auckland War Memorial Museum" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.