Welcome to our award-winning museum, home of the region's taonga and other treasures.
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Saturday 16 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
On Art & Activism presents art from key moments in Aotearoa, New Zealand's history. Here we see artists speaking out against legacies of capitalism, industrialism, and colonialism, working in the cause of political movements.
These artworks reflect periods in which New Zealand citizens fought...
Date: Saturday 16 January to Sunday 24 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Children's Holocaust Memorial - Te Whakamaharatanga o te Parekura Tamariki
A unique Memorial honouring the 1.5 million children killed during the Holocaust 'giving a voice to those who cannot speak' and serving as a reminder to stand up to prejudice, discrimination and apathy.
On display in...
Date: Saturday 16 January to Sunday 31 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The naming of a new apple cultivar Billy Apple® fulfils a long held ambition for the artist and is the natural culmination of his 1962 self-branding exercise.
Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product 1962—2020 looks back to Apple’s name change and the way Apple created art works that...
Date: Saturday 16 January to Sunday 21 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cemetery Walks
Sunday 24 January – 2pm
Sunday 28 February – 2pm
Sunday 28 March – 2pm
Discover tales of tragedy and bravery as the tour winds its way through the
historic cemetery guided by MTG’s Curator of Social History Gail Pope.
What to bring: Sturdy walking shoes, sun hat,...
Date: Sunday 24 January to Sunday 28 March
Where: Old Napier Cemetery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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