When the Nelson Provincial Museum recently acquired tikumu (Celmisia semicordata) samples from a local weaver, they joined a collection of this rare alpine daisy that pre-date European settlement.

When thousands of Nelsonians gathered on Tāhunanui Beach more than 100 years ago and raised money for the people of Belgium, they demonstrated their support for people living in war-torn countries, a practise that continues in the region to this day

Read more about Nelson's long history of humanitarian support.

Nelson Provincial Museum senior collections technician Michael Davies has compiled a diverse range of clay objects from the Museum’s collection and the stories behind them.

In celebration of Māori language month, Nelson Provincial Museum’s Kaitiaki Taonga Māori has chosen to share kōrero and mātauranga (stories and knowledge) about his favourite taonga in the Museum’s textile collection.

View images of Queen Elizabeth’s visits to Nelson during her seventy-year reign.

To celebrate the 47th year of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, we have chosen to share a selection of taonga (treasures) with you, profiled by our Kaitiaki Taonga Māori (Māori Taonga Collections Manager) Hamuera Manihera.

Only a limited number of velocipedes, also known as ‘bone shakers’, remain in museums and private collections around the world – and Nelson is home to two of them.

New photographic resource gives the public a glimpse into Nelson Tasman’s more recent past.