This exhibition will be temporarily closed to the public
Monday 21st - Wednesday 23rd May
Reopening Thursday 24th May in the Upper Gallery
This exhibition explores the history and culture of this strife-ridden region through photographic images. Bamiyan - the heart of Afghanistan also brings to life the stories and experiences of the people living in Bamiyan. It is presented through the eyes of the locals together with interviews and images of New Zealanders working with the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team in Bamiyan Province.
At our central city location, TA445, the Lower Gallery leads visitors through an exploration of Te Tau Ihu, top of the South Island from Tasman Bay to Golden Bay.
Cnr Trafalgar and Hardy Sts, Nelson
This recently redeveloped exhibit, pictured above, portrays the amazing migration of the bar-tailed godwits and includes both a stuffed bird and a flying model.
Being the oldest museum in New Zealand, Nelson Provincial Museum has a long proud history. As the Museum has moved from one home to the next over the last 170 years it has become the guardian of a nationally significant Collection. For perhaps the last two decades a series of reports has addressed the issues of quality and quantity of available storage. The most recent report by OCTA Associates provided the Tasman Bays Heritage Trust with a recommended option to redevelop the Isel Park Research Facility. This option was presented to the Nelson City Council and discussed at a recent Council Meeting. The next step is to ensure that the preferred option is included as a project in the next LTCCP for both our stakeholder Councils. The report and an update from the CEO, Peter Millward, can be downloaded here (PDF format). Further information or questions should be addressed to him in the first instance ceo@museumnp.org.nz
The Museum's current microfilm reader
The Nelson Provincial Museum's Research Library and Archive holds a large microfilm collection accessed regularly by researchers on a microfilm reader.
This microfilm collection is important and ensures continued access to copies of the original material held by the Nelson Provincial Museum where the originals are too fragile for constant handling. As our current microfilm reader has intermittent problems, and will become obsolete, we need your help to fund a new digital reader at a cost of $30,000.
Your donation will be used to directly fund a new generation reader that will enable continued and enhanced access to the Museum's valuable resources while the originals are preserved for future generations.
Please donate online by clicking the link below
The Nelson Provincial Museum is proud to bring you Collections Online the Museum's online public access catalogue.
This online catalogue lets you search over some of the many collection items held by the Museum.
Have you heard about the Glass Plate Negative Project?
The aim of the project is to digitise and relocate over 150,000 glass plates negatives from wooden shelving into new industry standard drawers
With your help the project team have so far re-housed over 40,000 plates and more than 18,000 are now able to be browsed and searched on-line. Click here to see these online images
