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Museum22 June 2021by Te ManawaA world of gadgets

With Curious Contraptions open and proving a massive hit with visitors, we take a look into the world of automata and how the exhibition came to be.

Museum17 June 2021by Te ManawaTaking a great wildlife photo

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Collections Museum News20 January 2021by Te ManawaCollecting after Covid

Every year Te Manawa adds dozens of items to its collections. Artworks to the art collection; artifacts of our society, past and present, to the heritage collection. Long before anyone had heard of Covid-19, collecting was to be paused during the first six months of 2020. When a community is as generous with its donations as this one, says collections manager Jeff Fox, sometimes you need to stop to get your breath back...

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Community Museum8 December 2020by Te ManawaFrom Shed to Santa’s Cave

We visit the Menz Shed and meet some of Santa's helpers

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Community Museum News29 May 2020by Te ManawaWelcome to Tamariki

Behind the scenes of the Te Manawa children's space refresh

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Museum News5 March 2019by Te ManawaMeeting the future

A visit to Santa Cruz, USA with the international museum community

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Community Museum20 September 2018by Te ManawaThe mother of Palmerston North

19 September 2018 marked the 125th anniversary of the 1893 Electoral Act that granted New Zealand women the right to vote. To commemorate this historic occasion, Te Manawa published profiles of prominent local women at each end of those 125 years. In this article we looked at Louisa Matilda Snelson, "the Mother of Palmerston North”.

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Museum24 May 2017by Te ManawaArts access for all

A pioneering award for Te Manawa

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Museum26 August 2016by Te ManawaThe corridors of history

“It’s about nine different buildings all Sellotaped together”

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Museum16 June 2016by Te ManawaGrowing pains

One of our cave weta was captured on camera shedding its skin, so our live exhibits keeper Mia is here to tell us a bit more about this shy, secluded species

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