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The cultural home of Hawke's Bay, MTG Hawke’s Bay is a Museum, Theatre and Gallery combined in one. Found on Marine Parade in the heart of Napier, MTG Hawke's Bay is a place where people can experience and enjoy exhibitions sharing local, national and international stories. Permanent exhibits are the 1931 earthquake, where objects, archives and a documentary tell the stories about how this disaster impacted the people, townships and the local landscape. Also displayed is the region’s stunnin...
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Visit
Visit MTG Hawke’s Bay To make your visit easier, here's some useful information; Free Entry Open every day 9.30am - 5pmGroups and tours welcome. Nau mai, haere mai. How to Find Us and Disability Access for specific information on these subjects. To find out what’s on in the Museum and the Theatre please see out our What’s On pages or search our Event Calendar. Families The MTG is family friendly, children under 12 years old/Year 9 should be actively accompanied by an adult. MTG Hawkeâ...
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Collection
The Collection MTG Hawke’s Bay cares for approximately 100,000 objects in its collections that have been developed since 1859 and are governed by the Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust (see the Charities Registration website and the constitution and rules of the Trust). The collection includes objects relating to the history of Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand and the world. Here you can explore some of the collection highlights and search our online collections. MTG Hawke’s Bay archive reading room...
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Education
Education Programmes We provide curriculum-based LEOTC (Learning Experiences outside the Classroom) programmes for primary, intermediate and secondary schools at MTG Hawke’s Bay and the Faraday Centre. View the primary and secondary pages for current programmes, or contact us to tailor a programme to suit your teaching focus. We encourage self-guided class visits. These must be pre-booked through our Education team, 06 833 9788. Download the 2015 Term 4 Programme Brochure here....
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Community
Our Community - Your Place in Our History MTG Hawke’s Bay welcomes visitors from all over the world to share in the complex and fascinating history of New Zealand through the lens of a distinct and characterful region. There are many ways you can become part of our global community. Join the MTG Friends Join the MTG Friends and be part of the cultural heart of Hawke’s Bay. A small annual subscription helps us bring you the best of New Zealand art, history and culture – from stunning exhib...
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About
About MTG MTG Hawke’s Bay is at home in the heart of Napier, forming the cultural centre of this stylish city for over 150 years. MTG Hawke’s Bay is a place where people, objects and ideas meet. MTG inhabits three buildings of distinct character – an art deco masterpiece, a modernist gem, and a light-filled gallery that looks out across the magnificent Hawke’s Bay. MTG Hawke’s Bay is home to a nationally significant collection of art and objects that form the foundation of distinctiv...
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Collection Highlights
Hawke’s Bay Museum Trust Collection Highlights Our collections fall into a number of collecting departments. The Archive holds material documenting Hawke’s Bay and New Zealand history. Decorative Arts includes a strong emphasis on 20th Century New Zealand artists. Fine Arts includes paintings, works on paper and sculpture and includes early New Zealand modernism 1925-1950 and New Zealand painting 1970- 1990. The Natural History Collection has important moa material and a small collection of...
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Fine Arts
Fine Arts Collection MÄ€ ngÄ€ Ringa Rehe The Fine Arts Collection is made up of paintings, works on paper and sculpture and has over 2,000 items. It is a distinctive collection representing New Zealand and British art with small holdings of Canadian and Australian work. There are two specialist collection strengths. The first is early New Zealand modernism 1925-1950. Central to this collection are key works including Roland Hipkins’ Dalton Street Backyards and Renaissance; Christopher Perkinsâ...
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Decorative & Applied Arts
Decorative and Applied Arts Collection Toi Whakairo The Decorative and Applied Arts Collection contains almost 3,000 items of ceramics, glass, furniture, metalwork and jewellery. The collection includes New Zealand and international decorative art objects dating largely from the 18th century through to the present day. Much of the collection is domestic in scale, reflecting the types of decorative art and design objects that came to occupy New Zealand homes over the past 150 years. The Decorativ...
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Strive to Inspire, Educate and Entertain by providing access to information through various resources within our Libraries. We aim to provide more than you expect.
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Unique Art Deco heritage has been preserved with the skilful addition of modern theatre facilities making it the best provincial performing arts centre in the nation.
We offer an all purpose built venue that uniquely combines spectacular outlooks with functional layout.
Located in the Art Deco city of Napier. We have worked closely with our builders to promote and develop high quality housing within an open-aspect environment.
The Faraday Centre in Napier, is Hawke's Bay's Museum of Technology. It's a place of discovery where history comes alive through hands on experience.
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Build on the blossoming national and international interest in William Colenso's life and ideas as the result of the William Colenso Bicentenary Celebrations in Hawke's Bay in 2011, and a body of new publications and research.
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