Tony Rasmussen finds some nostalgic treasure in the Te Manawa collection, and recalls the pleasures of model-making through the products of an iconic brand.
Kirsty Porter links a Tippco truck to family life on a remote back-country farm.
Mike Roche applies an historical geographer’s perspective to a children's jigsaw puzzle from the 1950s. What did we produce and where did it go?
ArtCollectionsMuseumNews26 June 2023by Te Manawa
Te Manawa appoints new Curatorial and Collections Manager
New Curatorial and Collections Manager Sian van Dyk, is thrilled to be returning to Palmerston North’s Te Manawa Museum, where she previously worked as Assistant Curator more than a...
This accessory from the Te Manawa collection is instantly recognisable to older generations. Stuart Schwartz remembers Groucho Marx as an exemplar of silver screen showmanship.
Made for the coronation of a monarch, this unusual vessel from the Te Manawa collection has centuries of tradition behind it.
This tiny brooch has a much longer story behind it than you might think!
Every year, International Museum Day celebrates the role of modern museums as special places where the threads of cultural fabric weave together. Communities maintain wellbeing there, and people from all...
CollectionsMuseum20 February 2023by Te Manawa
Sister Coldstream’s life of care
After looking into the Empire Exhibition jigsaw puzzle and why it was made, Russell Poole traces the life of the woman who donated it to Te Manawa.
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