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.
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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
Children’s Day Carnival takes over central city
Hamilton’s central city will come alive on Saturday 5 March from 10am to 2pm with Children’s Day celebrations. The theme for this year’s Children’s Day is ‘Stay Active’, and all of the activities planned will help families to do just that.
2 March 2016
Waikato Museum exceeds visitor targets
Waikato Museum attracted 11,363 visitors in January 2016, exceeding its visitor target by 42 per cent and January 2015 figures by 34 per cent.
4 February 2016
Take part in Celebrating Waitangi Day 2016
Waikato Museum is seeking musicians, poets , performers and artists to take part in Celebrating Waitangi Day 2016, a family and community day to celebrate and acknowledge the growing together of the people of New Zealand.
15 December 2015
Designs for Ferrybank transformation to go on show
Hamiltonians are getting the chance to see how a major transformation of Ferrybank might look as part of plans to turn it into the city's premier waterfront destination.
28 November 2015