"Jellicoe & Bledisloe: Hamilton in the 90s" by photographer David Cook is open now, on tour from the NZ Portrait Gallery! 📸 Find out more: waikatomuseum.co.nz/exhibitions-an…

Photographer David Cook spoke to FreeFM89 about the stories - and delicious smells - behind his exhibition "Jellicoe & Bledisloe: Hamilton in the 90s": freefm.org.nz/Programmes/Det…

Have you voted?? In the #NCAA2022 People's Choice Award that is - Sunday is your last chance 📮 Come and take a look this weekend, or view our Facebook album of all artworks: facebook.com/media/set/?set…

Hungry silverfish, corrosive fingerprints & more... 😱 Curatorial and Collections Manager, Anita Robertson, spoke with RNZ about our new exhibition "Collection Caretakers"  rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Congratulations to Gemma Baldock whose artwork 'Once Upon a Time' has won the 2022 Campbell Smith Memorial People’s Choice Award for the National Contemporary Art Award! 🎉🖼️ Come in and view the winning artwork before the exhibition closes on the 13th November.

Coming soon to Hamilton: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 📸🤩 Nature like you've never seen it before, direct from Natural History Museum! Open from 9 December, entry fees apply waikatomuseum.co.nz/wildlife 🐾

"Collection Caretakers" delves into different tactics used here at the Museum to protect our irreplaceable taonga. Some aspects are hiding in plain sight, like these mounts which provide perfectly balanced support for items on display. waikatomuseum.co.nz/on-now

Get ready to say hello -  this time next week Wildlife Photographer of the Year will be open here at Waikato Museum! 🤩 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Open from Friday 9 Dec, entry fees apply waikatomuseum.co.nz/wildlife Image credit: Polar frame © Dmitry Kokh, Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Don't let wet weather spoil your school holiday plans - we're open every day from 10am to 5pm, come rain or shine! Entry to Exscite is currently half price and we've got the amazing exhibition "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" to cure your rainy day blues 😁🌧️

As well as live music, kapa haka, and weaving, our Waitangi Day Festival includes free film screenings: "Poi E: The Story Of Our Song" at 1.30pm, and "Whina" at 3.30pm 🎬 Visit waikatomuseum.co.nz/waitangi for more info!

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Come and feast your eyes on 'Fortune' 🥟 Artist Bev Moon has created a lovingly knitted tribute to her mother and grandmother, on tour with the assistance of the Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust 📷 Photographs by Richard Ng waikatomuseum.co.nz/fortune

Have you ever wondered how we look after the taonga within our collections? 🤔🖼️ With hands-on elements, Collection Caretakers explores the risks to collection items and the way our team preserve taonga in this battle against time. Open everyday, 10am - 5pm.

Our new experience "Exscite: Home" is now open! 💥 Located on the completely refurbished ground floor of the Museum, this interactive centre for discovery showcases the way science is an integral part of everyday life 🥳🥳 waikatomuseum.co.nz/exscite

Award-winning and awe-inspiring 🤩 Underwater photojournalist Richard Robinson is joining us to share his koorero on the final weekend of "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" 🐳 Book now: eventbrite.co.nz/e/beneath-the-… 2pm Sat 22 April

Identity, migration, and cultural legacy... Artist Bev Moon will be discussing these rich topics inspired by her exhibition 'Fortune' 🥠 11am Sunday 14 May. Book online now ➡️ eventbrite.co.nz/e/in-conversat…

What priceless museums could do for our education crisis newsroom.co.nz/how-priceless-…

We've relaunched ‘Shaping Hamilton Huringa Kirikiriroa’, our long-term exhibition which delves into the Waikato region’s multi-layered past through key events that have shaped this area. Read more: waikatomuseum.co.nz/about-us/news/…

This week we're hosting 'An Audience with Elizabeth Thomson and Gregory O’Brien' as the pair delve into the critically acclaimed exhibition ‘Cellular Memory’: eventbrite.co.nz/e/an-audience-…

Your final chance for a closer look! These two stunning exhibitions both finish on Sunday 2 July: "Elizabeth Thomson: Cellular Memory" and Bev Moon's "Fortune". waikatomuseum.co.nz/on-now