Posts tagged with exhibitions

One of the photos at the installation in Courtney Place light box. Shows a man sitting on a bench feeding pigeons.

Between two places

By Camus Wyatt
2 June 2021
Working with Alexander Turnbull Library photographic archives for a public art installation.
Collections Outside the Library
Pedestrians crossing the street beneath a banner with the words, 'Thanks Alex, 100 wonderful years. Kia ora koutou katoa', alongside a picture of Alexander Turnbull.

Thanks Alex, 100 wonderful years, kia ora koutou katoa

By Chris Szekely
15 January 2021
Chief Librarian Chris Szekely commemorates the first 100 years of the Alexander Turnbull Library and offers a glimpse of what's to come.
Collections Behind the scenes
A couple looking at collection items including a moon guitar.

Showcasing our Chinese resources

By Amalaratna
15 October 2020
Chinese Language Week 2020 at the National Library, a look at activities and events showcasing items from our collections.
Collections
Precious, stories of precious objects.

Never work with pets and children?

By Tanja Schubert-McArthur
13 October 2020
Creating an exhibition of what's precious to the children of Aotearoa.
Behind the scenes
Large group of singers posed up a staircase.

The most exciting, the most spectacular production in the show history of New Zealand

By Vicki-Anne Heikell
12 June 2020
Memories of the 1965 New Zealand Opera Company ‘Porgy and Bess’ show.
Collections
Using suffrage petition interactive display.

Explore women's suffrage with your class

By Kate Potter
21 July 2017
2018 marks 125 years since women in Aotearoa gained the right to vote in general elections — a world first. It's a great opportunity to explore how women and men worked together to achieve this important milestone.
Libraries and learning
A list of menu items including COFFEE from French Maid Coffee House, 1941.

Manic in the cafe

By Rebecca Nuttall
8 September 2015
Cafe culture catches critical qualities of Cuba St's character.
Outside the Library
Philip Temple, Orsini's proprietor, presenting a bottle of wine to a customer.

Stories from 201 Cuba Street

By Jordan McOnie
31 August 2015
Memories of life at Orsini's.
Outside the Library
Crowd sitting in front of the stage at Cuba Street Carnival.

Always a smile and a wave and the best coffee in town

By Pip Steel
17 August 2015
Deirdre Tarrant and the character of Cuba Street.
Outside the Library
A portrait of Jules Gominet; Alsatian prisoner of war captured by New Zealand troops in World War brought to life through 3D animation.

The digital archive of the future

By Ruth Barnard, Dylan Hughes-Ward, and Ryan Achten
11 May 2015
Victoria students explore how the Library can use 3D media as the world gets more and more digital.
Library tech
Sign for Edward White and Evelyn Brooke, alongside two paintings from the war art collection.

Two Wellingtonians at War

By Jared Davidson
28 November 2014
The wartime experiences of Edward White and Evelyn Brooke, on exhibition at Archives.
Collections
Portrait of a man, titled 'IBM Building'" title="He is legion, he contains multitudes.

Special prize for gardening

By Mary Skarott
24 November 2014
The books children won at school a hundred years ago.
Collections
One of the galleries at the Museum of Samoa in Apia displaying photographs sourced from the Turnbull’s photographic archive.

Turnbull on Tour

By Chris Szekely
18 August 2014
Turnbull collections showing up in exhibitions around New Zealand and the Pacific.
Outside the Library
A recent photo of TThe Ōrākau battlefield.

Defending Ōrākau

By Ariana Tikao
21 March 2014
Expanding our understanding of Ōrākau with James Cowan's papers, and more.
Collections
The text 'Music Ballet' beside an image of a male dancer.

An Opening and a Mystery

By Keith McEwing
20 December 2013
Opening the new Assemblé exhibition, and uncovering a mystery ballet.
Behind the scenes
The Logs to Blogs installation in the Turnbull Gallery.

Logs to blogs – exhibition to ebook

By David Colquhoun
12 September 2013
Put a bit of the Turnbull Gallery exhibition on your ereader.
Collections
A clock, a shelf and a 'staff only' sign in the interior of Suzy's Coffee Lounge, Willis Street, Wellington.

Embiggening images

By Lucy Schrader
27 February 2012
It’s one thing to have millions of incredible images. It’s another to see them.
Behind the scenes