South end of Whitaker Street, #TeAroha 1886. #Waikato #history #archives #Museum #hotel #billiards #transport #horses

One of our new displays is on the Village of Elstow. Included are articles on the Lower Waitoa Hot Springs, the Swamp Fires, The Otway Brothers, the Bowler Brothers + more. The Museum is open daily from midday to 3pm. #Elstow #TeAroha #Waikato #display #Museum #history #archives

War memorial and St Mark's Church before the church was moved out to Waihou. Photo taken c1930. #memorial #church #museum #TeAroha #archives #history #Waikato #mountain #maunga

Aroha Cruise In tomorrow! The Museum will be open and because it's school holidays, free entry for children. #museum #cars #history #CruiseIn #domain #TeAroha #Waikato #carlovers #vintage #vintagestyle

Who can identify the voice of the subject of our new display? Very well known local identity 1914 - 2006. The full recording and transcript are available at the Museum.

We're hoping someone may recognise these models from the #TeAroha Art Centre's #Fashion Parade. #Museum #Waikato #history #archives #Style #stylish

New #display on N A Larney who was well known for his invention of drenches for animal parasites. He also built #Comley Green - a 12 room house on Ngutumanga Road, #Waihou ( still visible). #TeAroha #Museum #history #archives #Waikato

BNZ 1908 - 1966. Demolished in 1967 to make way for the new Bank. Does anyone remember the old #BNZ? #bank #banking #TeAroha #Waikato #Museum #history #archives #demolished #demolition #MainStreet

GLADYS REID OBE aka The Zinc Lady, was credited with finding the connection between zinc and facial eczema. Gladys' son Robin visited the #museum last week to view our display on his mother. #zinc #display #museum #TeAroha #Waikato #history #woman #Women #archives #eczema #OBE

A descendant of the Johnson/Slack Family recently donated lots of documents to us which include war letters home during #WW1. Amongst the treasures we received is Mona Johnson's #passport from 1926. #history #archives #museum #TeAroha #Waikato

On Saturday 7th December @ 10am, #Tintype Central will be doing portraits here at the Museum. To book a spot, please follow the link below. #portrait #photography #TeAroha #Waikato #WetPlate #museum #history events.humanitix.com/museum

A recent group of school children visited the museum and interestingly enough, had no idea how the phone on the left worked!! I'm sure most of us remember those days. The phone on the right is from c1910. Both phones are on display in the Museum. #phone #telephone #history

Dick Pentecost (1913-2010) played the #saxophone in a number of bands from the 1930s including Deveys Band, Swingstars & Noveltones. He also had a delicatessen at 123 Whitaker Street which opened in the 1950s. Thanks to his daughter Kay Fleming for the photo. #history #TeAroha

We are looking for an extra hand or two to help with general housekeeping, data input and/or assisting with our social media accounts. Does this sound like you? Give us a call on 07 884 4427, email [email protected] or pop up on a Monday and have a chat. #Museum #TeAroha

The Domain c1927. The Number 6 bathhouse between the Gardener's Cottage & the Number 2 Bathhouse was demolished. The building to the right of the Cadman Bathhouse was the Number 3 Bathhouse (also demolished)#history #domain #TeAroha #Waikato #bath #swim #archives #pool

Win a free portrait on Saturday with Tintype Central. Tell us how many photos you think we have in our collection and the person with the closest guess wins their portrait. You need to let us know by 3pm Friday. #photo #photography #museum #history #TeAroha

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