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Te Ara 32 (1-2) December 2007
EDITORIAL
ARTICLES
Materialising Social History in Museums
Developing a community exhibition at Te Papa on New Zealand’s Scottish migrants, Kirstie Ross, calls for more lateral thinking in the display of social history.
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The Scots in New Zealand:Expressions of Scottish Identity
Lynette Townsend describes a multi-textured approach to exhibiting Scots heritage.
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Swimming, not sinking: refloating the Museum of Wellington City and Sea
Paul Thompson describes how changing tides turned the Museum of Wellington City and Sea from an exclusively maritime museum into a museum for all Wellingtonians and their visitors.
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Strange Bedfellows? The Auckland Regional Amenities Bill
Larry Robbins gives an account of a strategic alliance working to secure realistic funds for a range of Auckland amenities including the New Zealand National Maritime Museum
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Museums, Frames and Context: Thinking through the picture frame
Matthew O’Reilly encourages us to think “outside the square”, or perhaps more correctly about the square itself, reminding us that the frames of artworks have their own rewarding history and stylistic significance.
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Making Museums Count
Collecting and publicising good data on New Zealand’s museum sector makes us all winners, argues Jane Legget
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MUSEUM PRACTICE
Beyond the audio tour: how museums should podcast
Joanna Cobley is convinced of the value to museums of “podcasting” and offers guidance to novice museums on practical considerations.
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Fixing your museum’s website
Mike Dickison suggests that museums need to re-think their rationale for websites and identifies some common website problems
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Love fades, Data are Forever
Dot Dalziel draws on her professional experience of museum collection data management to offer practical advice for museums considering or reconsidering their options in the digital age.
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MUSEUMS AOTEAROA MATTERS
Showcasing our collections – the Distributed National Collections Project
Phillipa Tocker describes a key strategic initiative for Museums Aotearoa which will raise the profile of collections as heritage assets of national value both individually and cumulatively.
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MUSEUM EVENTS
Innovative exhibitions, exhibition development and connecting with communities
Rachael Davies enjoyed the recent North Island Curators’ Hui, held at Whanganui Regional Museum, 20th -21st September 2007.
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Akaroa Networking Seminar for Curators
Michelle Osborne reports on a Networking Seminar for Curators held in Akaroa, 25 -26 October, 2007
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OPINION
Repatriation and return of natural science material – a personal perspective
Adrian Norris is a Board Member ICOM NatHist and Co-Chair of the Working Group on the Art of Taxidermy and its Cultural Heritage Importance. He was for many years the Senior Keeper of Natural History with Leeds City Museums in the UK.
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OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
Surreal things and chance encounters
Claire Regnault delights in surprising juxtapositions found during The Clark Collection / Creative New Zealand Scholarship experience, 2007
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Taking the helm: becoming a CEO
Brett Mason puts to good use his valuable experience at a high-powered American course designed to launch novice museum directors successfully as they take up their new responsibilities.
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EXHIBITION REVIEWS
New Zealand Fossils: Dead Precious! – geology on display
Meredith Robertshawe is pleased to see a comprehensive travelling exhibition showcasing the fossil heritage that is usually housed in research collections and less readily available to the public.
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In the beginning… Museum or Church?
Ashley E. Remer is not quite sure what to make of her recent visit to the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky USA, and leaves not yet “prepared to believe”
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BOOK REVIEWS
How to look at a Painting
Author: Justin Patton
Reviewed by Linda Tyler
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Author: Paul Diamond
Reviewed by Keri-Anne Wikitea
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Author: Donna Ann Harris
Reviewed by David Reynolds
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Editors: Jenny Harper and Aaron Lister
Reviewed by Susan Brooker
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