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Waikato Museum helps make programmes for national TV series
28 May 2020
Waikato Museum educators are part of a national television series to support home and school-based learning which starts screening today.
Waikato Museum launches new website experience for online visitors
11 May 2020
Waikato Museum has launched a new website experience for visitors keen to try their hand at creating an online exhibition using images of items from the Museum’s collection.
National Contemporary Art Award cancelled for 2020
08 May 2020
Waikato Museum has cancelled the 21st running of the National Contemporary Art Award due to the global pandemic.
Waikato Museum extends and upgrades its online collection
04 May 2020
Waikato Museum has extended its online collection of artworks, social history objects and taonga and has also made it easier for online visitors to find objects of interest.
Well-known gallery director and art curator will judge the 2020 National Contemporary Art Award
17 April 2020
One of Aotearoa’s most highly-regarded art professionals will judge the 2020 National Contemporary Art Award.
Waikato Museum calls on its social media community to create a virtual exhibition
09 April 2020
Waikato Museum has launched a new social media initiative today, calling on its online community to create a virtual exhibition by sharing photos of their favourite items on social media sites using the hashtag #mywaikatomuseum.
Council closes all community facilities
21 March 2020
Hamilton City Council community facilities will be closed effective Sunday 22 March as a precaution to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Waikato Museum and ArtsPost response to Covid-19
20 March 2020
Waikato Museum and ArtsPost currently remain open, but the safety and well being of our visitors is our priority. We are closely monitoring the advice from the Government and Ministry of Health, and will provide updates via our website and social media platforms as new information becomes available.
Rotowaro – the town that disappeared
13 March 2020
Photographer David Cook spent nearly four decades recording the effects of the coal industry on one small New Zealand town and it’s 400 residents – now all gone – and the landscape around it.
One week left to enter iconic New Zealand art award
06 March 2020
Entries for the 2020 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award close in just over a week at 1pm on Friday 13 March.
A Dinosaur rEvolution is coming to Waikato Museum
28 February 2020
Visitors to Waikato Museum will be the first in New Zealand to see the latest international exhibition about dinosaurs that has already wowed thousands of Australians.
The National Contemporary Art Award - bold, original and 21 this year
27 February 2020
Entries are now open for the 21st annual National Contemporary Art Award at Waikato Museum with prize money of $20,000 for the winner, and other awards bringing the total prize pool to more than $27,000.