Welcome
E nga mana e nga reo o te ao, tenei te mihi maioha ki a koutou katoa me te karanga ano hoki kia anga mai koutou ki tenei matapihi e whakaatuhia ai nga tini ahuatanga e pa ana ki tenei whare taonga, ara, ko te whare taonga o te Tairâwhiti. Nau mai, haere mai, whakatau mai ra.
Greetings to you, the many prestigious cultures of the world.
We invite you to glance through this portal which will allow you to witness the many activities undertaken by the Tairâwhiti Museum. Welcome to our web-site.
We are very excited about being able to showcase all that we have to offer local residents and visitors to the region.
New Galleries
Many of you will have noticed our building project is now underway.
Once completed, the extension will provide the museum with three new galleries. One will focus on photography exhibitions, one on decorative art exhibitions (including a selection of Jack Richard’s lalique vase collection), and one mainly focused on art (with occasional social history based) exhibitions. This will enable the museum to deliver a wider range of exhibitions and ensure there is always something new and exciting for our visitors to see.
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New Exhibitions
Celebrating the Transit of Venus in Cloth - Gisborne Quilters
14 June 2013 - 15 September 2013
Southern Seas - Kathy Grimson
In 2011 it was suggested our group, Gisborne Quilters, hold an exhibition to celebrate the Transit of Venus. To prepare for this we visited Tolaga Bay and attended a lecture by Kelly Blackman.
There was much googling and research done, especially on the navigation of Captain Cook from Tahiti to New Zealand. Our exhibition is diverse and exciting and the group has relished this opportunity to learn more about our history.
Irene Smith
Since the quilters were enticed into interpreting the Transit of Venus through textural creations, a number of excited exhibition meetings ensued. With each meeting fresh ideas, books and images were exchanged and critiqued and historical research discussed, all accompanied by the obligatory swill of refreshments and slices of pot luck. The resulting exhibition shows that needle and thread can muster as much might as a sable brush and canvas.
Newsletter
The latest issue of Tui Tui Tuituia, the museum newletter is available.
Visit the museum for a copy or download here...Winter 2013 
Previous newsletters can be found here......
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Exhibitions online
Exhibitions previously on display at the Tairawhiti Museum are now available for viewing on-line.
Check them out.....
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Sunday and Public Holidays, 1:30pm - 4:00pm
*Extended hours from Boxing Day through to the end of January - Open 7 Days a week, 10am - 4pm
Closed - Easter Friday and Christmas Day
Contact Details
Physical Address:
Tairawhiti Museum
Kelvin Rise
Stout Street
Gisborne.
Postal Address:
Tairawhiti Museum
Po Box 716
Gisborne.
Phone: (06) 867 3832
Fax: (06) 867 2728 email: info@tairawhitimuseum.org.nz
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A Splendid Isolation
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