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Council launches Farewell Pyramid campaign to say goodbye to an icon
Date:Categories:NewsLocals are being invited to share their memories of the old Southland Museum and Art Gallery/Niho o Te Taniwha ahead of demolition work beginning on the building next week.
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Museum storage facility officially opened in Invercargill
Date:Categories:Te Pataka Taoka - Southern Regional Collections FacilityNewsSouthland’s new museum collection storage facility at Tisbury has been officially opened in a formal ceremony today.
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New Te Unua Museum of Southland Director welcomed
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Main contractor for new Invercargill museum on boardf
Date:Categories:NewsThe rebuild of Invercargill’s museum is full steam ahead, with the local branch of Naylor Love officially joining the project as its main contractor.
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This month in photos (December 2023)
Date:Categories:NewsTake a peek behind the scenes at the progress of Project 1225.
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Regional museum storage facility build officially complete
Date:Categories:Te Pataka Taoka - Southern Regional Collections FacilityNewsConstruction of the first strand of Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225 – to build three key cultural facilities in the city – is officially complete, right on schedule.
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This month in photos (November 2023)
Date:Categories:NewsTake a peek behind the scenes at the progress of Project 1225.
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Councillors get sneak peek of nearly-finished storage facility
Date:Categories:Te Pataka Taoka - Southern Regional Collections FacilityNewsInvercargill City Councillors have been treated to a first look at the almost-complete Tisbury Storage Facility.
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Te Unua Museum of Southland Director appointed
Date:Categories:NewsInvercargill’s museum redevelopment has been given another major boost, with the appointment of its director made official.
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Opportunity to run Invercargill's new museum's cafe
Date:Categories:NewsBluff oysters, wild venison, and the legendary cheese roll: Southland’s cuisine is famous throughout New Zealand.
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Gibson International to craft new Invercargill museum experience
Date:Categories:NewsThe award-winning, New Zealand-owned firm Gibson International has been named as the successful experience designers for Invercargill’s new museum.
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Local firm wins bid for tuatara enclosure build
Date:Categories:Te Moutere - Tuatara IslandTuataraNews The Invercargill branch of Calder Stewart has been awarded the contract to construct a new tuatara enclosure within the animal reserve at Queens Park.
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This month in photos (October 2023)
Date:Categories:NewsTake a peek behind the scenes at the progress of Project 1225.
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Invercargill's taonga tuatara undergo health checks
Date:Categories:TuataraNewsPlunket checks are a regular part of life for many Kiwi babies – and for Invercargill’s taonga tuatara, too.
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Packing of museum collection almost complete
Date:Categories:NewsThe packing of the Southland Museum and Art Gallery’s extensive collection – to ready it for a shift to a new, purpose-built museum collection storage facility at Tisbury – is nearing the finish line.
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This week in photos (6 October, 2023)
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This week in photos (29 September, 2023)
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This week in photos (22 September, 2023)
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This week in photos (15 September, 2023)
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New Southland Museum and Art Gallery Board appointed
Date:Categories:NewsThe newly-appointed Southland Museum and Art Gallery Board has met for the first time.
