Nandor Tanczos to speak on Rasta faith at Waikato Museum
New Zealand’s most high-profile Rastafari, Nandor Tanczos, will give a public talk on the faith as Waikato Museum’s Bob Marley Exhibition draws to a close.
New Zealand’s most high-profile Rastafari, Nandor Tanczos, will give a public talk on the faith as Waikato Museum’s Bob Marley Exhibition draws to a close.
16 March 2017
A total prize pool of $23,000 is up for grabs in the 2017 National Contemporary Art Award managed by Waikato Museum.
6 March 2017
A 28-million-year-old fossil of a giant penguin discovered at Kawhia will officially become part of Waikato Museum’s science collection this Friday.
15 February 2017
Waikato Museum’s latest acquisition to its collection is a series of works which memorialise a formative period in Waikato and New Zealand history.
13 January 2017
Entries are now open for the Fieldays No. 8 Wire Award, with nearly $10,000 in prize money on offer.
21 December 2016
The blend of traditional and contemporary artworks featured in Waikato Museum’s upcoming exhibition Ngaa Hua o te Rito: Fruits from Fibre pay homage to the materials and techniques used for centuries by Maaori weavers.
23 November 2016
A rare collection of Bob Marley photographs will be shown at Waikato Museum from 17 December until 2 April 2017.
7 November 2016
Prominent New Zealand artist, the late Melvin “Pat” Day has bequeathed 60 paintings to Waikato Museum as a lasting legacy to Hamilton, the city of his birth.
11 October 2016
New Zealand has a history of art crime and guest curator and art historian Penelope Jackson exposes this in an intriguing new exhibition.
9 September 2016
A multi-layered artwork referencing the traditional and using digital technology by Auckland artist Sorawit Songsataya has won the National Contemporary Art Award hosted by Waikato Museum.
2 September 2016
Waikato Museum has won the Tourism Award at the annual Hamilton Central Business Awards in Hamilton last night.
28 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.
15 July 2016