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Museum collections concentrate on New Zealand history (and especially the history of the Auckland Region), natural history, and military history. Auckland Museum's collections and exhibits began in 1852. In 1867 Aucklanders formed a learned society—the Auckland Philosophical Society, soon renamed Auckland Institute. [11]
The human history of the Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) metropolitan area stretches from early Māori settlers in the 14th century to the first European explorers in the late 18th century, over a short stretch as the official capital of (European-settled) New Zealand in the middle of the 19th century to its current position as the fastest-growing ...
Auckland War Memorial Museum (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Natural history museums in New Zealand" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Formed as the Auckland Philosophical Society on 6 November 1867, for "the promotion of art, science, and literature by means of a museum and library, lectures, and meetings of the members", with a view to incorporation with the newly created New Zealand Institute and adopting the Auckland Museum, [6] [7] [8] the Society was fittingly renamed the Auckland Institute in March 1868 and formally ...
Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History [13] [14 ... Auckland: Local museum [108] 1984 [108] Hundertwasser Arts Centre and Wairau Māori Art Gallery [110
This is a list of natural history museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatology. Some museums feature natural-history collections in addition to other collections, such as ones related to history, art and science.
Lucy Cranwell in group portrait of Auckland Museum staff circa 1930s. In April 1929, a few weeks after graduating, the director of the Auckland Museum, Dr Gilbert Edward Archey, offered Cranwell the inaugural Botany Curator position. The museum was due to open in its new, much larger, war memorial building in November of that year and its halls ...
With Auckland Museum’s wider goals of collecting, preserving, and sharing the cultural and natural histories of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and Aotearoa New Zealand, Wikimedia will serve as an educational tool to encourage all individuals to engage with their understanding of themselves, Aotearoa New Zealand’s history and the world around them.