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Waikato Museum exhibition in line for national award

Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato is a finalist in the ServiceIQ New Zealand Museum Awards for an exhibition celebrating its region’s flair for science and innovation.

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Past winners among finalists of 2019 Fieldays No8 Wire Award

The 2019 Fieldays No.8 Wire Art Award will be hotly contested with two past winners, four recent place-getters and a previous People’s Choice Award recipient among this year’s finalists.

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Esteemed artist to judge National Contemporary Art Award in milestone year

One of Aotearoa’s most notable and decorated artists will judge the 2019 National Contemporary Art Award.

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Extra incentive for winner of 20th National Contemporary Art Award

The National Contemporary Art Award turns 20 in 2019 and major sponsors Tompkins Wake and Chow:Hill Architects have stepped up their support to celebrate the special milestone.

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Waikato Museum first New Zealand venue for Scarface Claw exhibition

Scarface Claw, the roughest and toughest, boldest and bravest of cats, takes centre stage at Waikato Museum in an exhibition dedicated to the villain of the Hairy Maclary and FriendsTM book series.

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Entries open and judge announced for Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award

Artists, inventors and D.I.Y enthusiasts have the chance to get creative and stake their claim to a share of the $8,500 of prize money in the 2019 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award, with entries now open.

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Morrinsville in 1993 remembered at Waikato Museum

The heart of rural communities as well as the atmosphere, lifestyles, and culture of early 1990s New Zealand are celebrated in a nostalgic exhibition at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

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International photo exhibition open at Waikato Museum

A selection of the most significant images to appear in National Geographic magazine are now on display at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

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Topp Twins come home to open Waikato Museum exhibition

The glittering career of arguably Huntly’s greatest exports, Dames Lynda and Jools Topp, is being told in their home region at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

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Three-way tie for people’s choice art award

Three works have each gained the most votes meaning the respective artists are co-winners of the inaugural Campbell Smith Memorial People’s Choice Award and will share the $250 cash reward.

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Artist gives life’s work to city

An internationally acclaimed printmaker has chosen Hamilton to be the home of his artistic legacy, with a gift of nearly 500 artworks to the city.

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Art angle on Suffrage anniversary

As New Zealand reflects on the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage, Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato is paying tribute to the influence of a pioneering female painter and her contemporaries on New Zealand art.