Waikato Museum wins tourism award
Waikato Museum has won the Tourism Award at the annual Hamilton Central Business Awards in Hamilton last night.
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28 July 2016
Waikato Museum exceeds target by 20,000 visitors
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
Judge announces finalists for National Contemporary Art Award
Judge Misal Adnan Yildiz has selected 34 entries as finalists for this year’s National Contemporary Art Award managed by Waikato Museum.
30 June 2016
No.8 Wire National Art Award winner a strong statement
Artist Ben Pearce has won the major prize in the 2016 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award with his entry Stone Age Eight Gauge at the award ceremony, partnered by Waikato Museum and held at ArtsPost.
2 June 2016
Call for proposals: Culture Club at Waikato Museum
Waikato Museum is seeking applications from our ethnic community interested in performing at the Museum in a series of Sunday events.
30 May 2016
Finalists announced for Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award
Twenty-five sculptural works crafted by artists from throughout New Zealand have been selected as finalists in the Fieldays® No.8 Wire National Art Award.
26 May 2016
Waikato Museum wins national museum award
An exhibition celebrating the art and legacy of Maaori weaving won Best Exhibition - Regional Taonga Māori at the 2016 Museums Aotearoa awards for Waikato Museum.
19 May 2016
New exhibition shines the spotlight on modern Maaori astronomy
A new exhibition at Waikato Museum will shine a spotlight on modern Maaori astronomy and promote a better understanding of the history and meaning of Matariki.
27 April 2016
Waikato Museum named as finalist twice in national museum awards
Waikato Museum has been named a finalist twice in the 2016 ServiceIQ Museum Awards for the exhibitions E Ngaa uri Whakatupu – Weaving Legacies: Dame Rangimarie Hetet and Diggeress Te Kanawa and For Us They Fell - Waikato WW1 Centenary Exhibition.
21 April 2016
A new sculpture for a new era
Philanthropic arts group MESH celebrated a milestone today with the arrival of their latest piece, ‘The Tongue of the Dog’ created by renowned New Zealand sculptor Michael Parekowhai at Waikato Museum.
18 April 2016
National Art Award offers $20,000 first prize
Entry is now open to the 2016 National Contemporary Art Award to be judged by celebrated international curator Misal Adnan Yildiz and managed by Waikato Museum.
11 April 2016
Fieldays® art award celebrates innovation
Entry to the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award is now open. The award, hosted by Waikato Museum, culminates in a public exhibition to coincide with the Fieldays event in June at Hamilton’s ArtsPost.
24 March 2016