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Call for proposals from musicians/groups: Sunday Sounds at the Museum

Waikato Museum is seeking applications from local musicians interested in performing in the Sunday Sounds at the Museum series.

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28 Million year old penguin goes digital

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.

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No.8 Wire National Art Award winner impossible to look past

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.

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Finalists announced for National Contemporary Art Award

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.

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Finalists selected for No.8 Wire National Art Award

New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays® is pleased to announce finalists have been selected for the No.8 Wire National Art Award, partnered by Waikato Museum.

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FIFA-Inspired Exhibition Celebrates the Beautiful Game

Football’s rich tradition in the Waikato is explored in an exhibition at Waikato Museum where visitors can test their skills and see the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 trophy.

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Young war poet will help launch Waikato WW1 exhibition

A World War One commemorative poem written by a Waingaro School student will be read by the author at the official opening of the WW1 exhibition For Us They Fell at Waikato Museum on Friday 24 April.

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Winning wire creation will get $8,000

An $8,000 cash prize is waiting for the winner of the Fieldays® No.8 Wire National Art Award and there are only days to go before entries close on Wednesday 22 April, 2015.

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Entry Now Open to National Art Award

Entry is now open to the National Contemporary Art Award, sponsored by Tompkins Wake Lawyers and Chow: Hill Architects, and managed by Waikato Museum.

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School War Poets to Help Launch WW1 Project

Waikato Museum aims to feature a World War 1-inspired poem written by a local student
as part of the launch for the major World War 1 exhibition For Us They Fell to open on Anzac Day, 25 April, this year.

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Blockbuster Fletcher Show for Waikato Museum

Eighty paintings from the rarely seen Fletcher Collection are to be shown at Waikato Museum for the very first time from Saturday 14 March.

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Fieldays opens the door to No.8 Wire ingenuity

Fieldays is excited to announce the opening of entries for the prestigious No.8 Wire National Art Award, culminating in a public exhibition in June in Hamilton.