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Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato will transform into a time portal on Sunday 30 July as one of New Zealand’s foremost science communicators takes visitors on a journey hundreds of millions of years into the past.

The region’s ethnic community groups are being offered a chance to show their culture in a series of performances hosted by Waikato Museum.

The finalists of the 2017 National Contemporary Art Award have been decided with 50 artworks by 48 artists from across New Zealand selected.

A sculpture inspired by New Zealand’s agricultural prowess has won the approval of the public in a major national art award.

An exhibition already seen by thousands of people in Australia and the United States is now open in New Zealand at Waikato Museum.

Waikato Museum’s Te Whaanau Maarama: The Heavenly Bodies exhibition is a double finalist in the ServiceIQ 2017 New Zealand Museum Awards.

An iconic piece of Hamilton public art is back in its rightful home outside Waikato Museum and above the Waikato River.

Waikato Museum is among the first visitor attractions in the country to be awarded Qualmark’s highest level of quality assurance, under new Tourism New Zealand guidelines.

Auckland’s Jill Godwin is the overall winner of the 2017 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award with her topical entry The No.8 Wire Lettering System: Fences vs Walls.

An exhibition honouring New Zealanders who fought and died in Belgium in World War One opens at Waikato Museum this Friday 14 April.

The 28 sculptural artworks selected as finalists for the 2017 Fieldays No. 8 Wire National Art Award prove the imagination and creativity of Kiwi artists and DIYers knows no bounds.

New Zealand’s most high-profile Rastafari, Nandor Tanczos, will give a public talk on the faith as Waikato Museum’s Bob Marley Exhibition draws to a close.