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Waikato Museum wins tourism award

28 July 2016

Waikato Museum has won the Tourism Award at the annual Hamilton Central Business Awards in Hamilton last night.

Waikato Museum exceeds target by 20,000 visitors

15 July 2016

Waikato Museum attracted 138,067 visitors in the past year, exceeding its annual target by 20,067 (17 per cent) and achieving 27,865 more visitors than the previous year.

Judge announces finalists for National Contemporary Art Award

30 June 2016

Judge Misal Adnan Yildiz has selected 34 entries as finalists for this year’s National Contemporary Art Award managed by Waikato Museum.

No.8 Wire National Art Award winner a strong statement

02 June 2016

Artist Ben Pearce has won the major prize in the 2016 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award with his entry Stone Age Eight Gauge at the award ceremony, partnered by Waikato Museum and held at ArtsPost.

Call for proposals: Culture Club at Waikato Museum

30 May 2016

Waikato Museum is seeking applications from our ethnic community interested in performing at the Museum in a series of Sunday events.

Finalists announced for Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award

26 May 2016

Twenty-five sculptural works crafted by artists from throughout New Zealand have been selected as finalists in the Fieldays® No.8 Wire National Art Award.

Waikato Museum wins national museum award

19 May 2016

An exhibition celebrating the art and legacy of Maaori weaving won Best Exhibition - Regional Taonga Māori at the 2016 Museums Aotearoa awards for Waikato Museum.

New exhibition shines the spotlight on modern Maaori astronomy

27 April 2016

A new exhibition at Waikato Museum will shine a spotlight on modern Maaori astronomy and promote a better understanding of the history and meaning of Matariki.

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Waikato Museum named as finalist twice in national museum awards

21 April 2016

Waikato Museum has been named a finalist twice in the 2016 ServiceIQ Museum Awards for the exhibitions E Ngaa uri Whakatupu – Weaving Legacies: Dame Rangimarie Hetet and Diggeress Te Kanawa and For Us They Fell - Waikato WW1 Centenary Exhibition.

A new sculpture for a new era

18 April 2016

Philanthropic arts group MESH celebrated a milestone today with the arrival of their latest piece, ‘The Tongue of the Dog’ created by renowned New Zealand sculptor Michael Parekowhai at Waikato Museum.

National Art Award offers $20,000 first prize

11 April 2016

Entry is now open to the 2016 National Contemporary Art Award to be judged by celebrated international curator Misal Adnan Yildiz and managed by Waikato Museum.

Fieldays® art award celebrates innovation

24 March 2016

Entry to the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award is now open. The award, hosted by Waikato Museum, culminates in a public exhibition to coincide with the Fieldays event in June at Hamilton’s ArtsPost.