Palmerston North’s Te Manawa Museum has appointed Susanna Shadbolt as its new Chief Executive, taking the reins from Andy Lowe who departed in February.
With Curious Contraptions open and proving a massive hit with visitors, we take a look into the world of automata and how the exhibition came to be.
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
Behind the scenes of the Te Manawa children's space refresh
A visit to Santa Cruz, USA with the international museum community
CommunityMuseum20 September 2018by Te Manawa
The mother of Palmerston North
19 September 2018 marked the 125th anniversary of the 1893 Electoral Act that granted New Zealand women the right to vote. To commemorate this historic occasion, Te Manawa published profiles of prominent local women at each end of those 125 years. In this article we looked at Louisa Matilda Snelson, "the Mother of Palmerston North”.
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Te Manawa Museum
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Aotearoa New Zealand
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