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Hyundai Country Calendar has chosen Waikato Museum as the venue for an exhibition to celebrate 50 years on air next year. Country Calendar: 50 Golden Years will open from 11 June – 28 September 2016.
10 November 2015
Craig Potton, New Zealand’s best known landscape photographer and an ardent conservationist will speak at Waikato Museum during Conservation Week 2015 on Wednesday 4 November.
16 October 2015
Trust Waikato has donated its $1.92 million art collection to Hamilton City Council and expects to help purchase future artworks of value to the region.
2 October 2015
The major touring exhibition Da Vinci Mechanics will open from 27 February - 29 May 2016 at Waikato Museum.
16 September 2015
A bronze sculpture of the second Maaori king, Kiingi Taawhiao will be unveiled on Monday 17 August, in a special ceremony at Waikato Museum
14 August 2015
A Strategic Plan is being developed for Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato to identify the future direction of the Museum with input from our stakeholders.
7 August 2015
A conceptual off-world colonisation project represented by a flag and a media release by artist Bronwyn Holloway-Smith has won the National Contemporary Art Award hosted by Waikato Museum.
17 July 2015
Smelly toilets, a giant nose, a huge mouth and a heart that never stops beating all feature in a new family-focussed exhibition at Waikato Museum.
30 June 2015
Waikato Museum is seeking applications from local musicians interested in performing in the Sunday Sounds at the Museum series.
29 June 2015
A 28 million year old giant penguin fossil found at Kawhia in 2006 will be shown for the first time alongside its 3D scanned profile in a new exhibition opening at Waikato Museum on Saturday 13 June.
8 June 2015
Artist Rebecca Rose has taken out the major prize in the 2015 No.8 Wire National Art Award with her sculpture Eye Sight at the awards ceremony, partnered by Waikato Museum and held at ArtsPost Galleries & Shop.
5 June 2015
National Contemporary art award judge Aaron Kreisler has selected 52 entries as finalists for this year’s National Contemporary Art Award hosted by Waikato Museum.
28 May 2015
