WEDNESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2023 AT 10:30 at MTC – Mercury Twin Cinemas – Whitianga
Documentary Screening – Twelve Days 1769
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‘Somewhat Glassy – A History of all things glass’ Exhibition
Our exciting new exhibition will open on Monday 4th September 2023 and its all about GLASS!! Anything and everything that is glass.
‘Somewhat Musical – A Musical History of the 1900s’ Exhibition
Our exciting new exhibition will open on Monday 4th September 2023 and its all about MUSIC!!
Walk Down Memory Lane Exhibit
Where Mercury Bay MuseumWhen Friday 30th September from 10.00am - 04.00pmPrice Free This new exhibit is a blast from the past and will reignite familiar memories from many locals and visitors to the area. It is a nod to the Old School Room...
Land of a Thousand Sorrows Revisited
Saturday, 11 June 2022. Join the Mercury Bay Museum, Mercury Twin Cinemas and HMS Buffalo Re-examination Unit to bring you the first New Zealand screening of Land of a Thousand Sorrows Revisited.
New Zealand Archaeology Week: HMS Buffalo – A ship and its survey
30 April 2021 Duration: 1 hour 30min Venue: The Monkey House Club, Whitianga A public evening with presentations and a panel discussion around the shipwreck of the HMS Buffalo in Whitianga. Maritime archaeologists Kurt Bennett & Matthew Gainsford, along with...
NZ Archaeology Week – DIGGING DEEP
30 April 2021 from 11am Duration 2 hours Come and join us for a fun session of digging deep to find the artefacts! Archaeologists discover sites that need to be "dug". The process is very pain stakingly slow but these archaeological sites can tell us a lot about...
NZ Archaeology Week – “Archaeology Is Rubbish!!”
28 April 2021 from 11am Duration 2 hours Come and join us for a fun session of archaeology detective work!! Archaeologists can learn a lot about who was living in places by the rubbish that they find in archaeological sites. Food scraps, tools & clothing can...
NZ Archaeology Week – “Going Potty!!” kids activity session
27 April 2021 Duration 2 hours Come and join us for a fun session of going potty!! Archaeologists can learn a lot about pottery fragments found in archaeological sites. Shape, material and decoration can reveal a vessels construction, function and age! Join us to...
Re-examination Dive Survey Days
27 Feb,10:00 – 28 Feb, 16:00
**POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER**
What’s the point of museums?
I recently read an article in the New Zealand Geographic titled, “What’s the Point of Museums?” Written by Mike Dickason article really gave me some perspective on my job as manager of a museum. We get lot of queries about why certain artifacts are not being displayed...
The Museum is Turning 40!
Article first published in The Informer With Christmas only a few weeks away, thoughts tend to turn towards the upcoming festivities and our social calendars move into higher gear. Here at the Mercury Bay Museum we are ready to celebrate as well as the Museum is...