Te Manawa has officially become the first museum in Aotearoa to be recognised as “Working to be Dementia Friendly”.
Te Manawa has officially become the first museum in Aotearoa to be recognised as “Working to be Dementia Friendly”.
Every year Te Manawa adds dozens of items to its collections. Artworks to the art collection; artifacts of our society, past and present, to the heritage collection. Long before anyone had heard of Covid-19, collecting was to be paused during the first six months of 2020. When a community is as generous with its donations as this one, says collections manager Jeff Fox, sometimes you need to stop to get your breath back...
We visit the Menz Shed and meet some of Santa's helpers
Creating digital backups of artworks is a way of preserving them
Behind the scenes of the Te Manawa children's space refresh
Te Manawa has been working with Alzheimers New Zealand to gain Dementia Friendly accreditation
Who will remember the lost forests of Aotearoa?
Andy Lowe returns to the museum that was his home for 14 years
Some people are going to make trouble no matter where they go!
We asked artist John Tarlton to give us a tour of his exhibition “How Green Was My Trevally”