EXHIBITIONS

Stories from Te Tau Ihu - Top of the South. Our long term exhibition in the lower gallery explores the history, geology and cultures of the region from Golden Bay to Tasman Bay its unique identity. We would love to hear your ideas for ways we could develop the Cave area.

Body in Action closes after the Christmas Holidays. This interactive hands-on exhibition has been hugely popular with many thousands of visitors. We are running a lucky number prize draw after the holidays so be sure to come along with your visiting friends while they are here in the Nelson Tasman Region. 

Our Stories which open late February explores the intimate stories of people who live with disability daily. The school programme associated with this exhibition has proved to be so well supported by local schools that we have had to see an extension of the exhibition till late in March 2009.

Fossils - Dead Precious showcases and celebrates New Zealand fossils as indicators and predictors of things such as climate change, evolution, natural disasters and mineral deposits. This exhibition will be open from 9 May 2009. Look out for details of the visitor programmes associated with this exhibition; especially a treat we are planning for the July holidays.

Hochstetter - Ferdinand Hochstetter visited this region at the request of the Provincial Government in 1859. Described by some as the father of New Zealand geology he and another scientist von Haast left not only a legacy of place names in our region but did much of the early survey work on places like Dun Mountain. He also has a fascinating link to the history of our museum. The exhibition comes from Auckland City Library and opens with Fossils.

Body in Action: 2 August 2008 - 8 February 2009

EVENTS AND VISITOR PROGRAMMES

Did you hear about the launch of DIGITALNZ? Check it out http://www.digitalnz.org

We have also played our part in providing content to Coming Home - Te Hokinga Mai the 90th Anniversary of the end of World War I. This is a great way for young people to create material on-line that explores some of the issues and thoughts created by this event.

RECENT COLLECTION AQUISITIONS
The museum recently purchased a totara chiffonier (small sideboard) made by Samuel Byrne Johnson (1835 -1906). This is a wonderful example of hand crafted cabinet work, increasingly hard to find in such good condition and especially fascinating because of its local provenance. The museum recently purchased a totara chiffonier (small sideboard) made by Samuel Byrne Johnson (1835 -1906).

OTHER LOCAL EVENTS

Get2Here. Nelson Provincial Museum is delighted to be part of this promotion designed to attract visitors to the region over the holidays. This is a quite unique concept and if we all play our part then all of us can benefit from what these visitors will bring with them. Log on to www.get2here.co.nz and invite some one you know to our region for this summer. You can help by being an Ambassador for the region just by sending one card a day and have weekly chances of great rewards as well.

Woollaston Jazz Fest - Nelson 09. As part of this annual festival there will be live jazz outside the Museum entry in Trafalgar Street from 11am to 1pm on 3rd to 6th January. Check out the full programme at http://www.nelsonjazzfest.co.nz/programme.html