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Opening the library and art gallery

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Opening the library and art gallery

This programme was printed for the opening of Auckland’s public library, art gallery and municipal offices in a new purpose-built edifice in 1887. Designed in the French Chateau style, the building – now housing only the art gallery – still has a commanding presence in the central city.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-B-LIBRARY-1887-01

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Margaret McClure, Auckland region – Timber town: 1870–1900, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/15898/opening-the-library-and-art-gallery (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.