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Kōrero: Museums

Wanganui Museum display, 1901

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 Wanganui Museum display, 1901

This is the main hall of Wanganui Museum in Whanganui, in 1901. The display is typical of New Zealand museums of this period, with a mix of ethnological and natural history specimens. The clutter was often due to the fact that museums had little storage space, so most of the specimens they held were on display.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: AWNS-19010815-7-2

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Conal McCarthy, Museums – The foundation years, 1850 to 1900, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43870/wanganui-museum-display-1901 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Conal McCarthy, i tāngia i te 18 December 2013.