Allan Palmer is a volunteer working at the Pigeon Valley Steam Museum, Higgins Park, Wakefield — yes, this is a museum mecca for traction engine, truck, and tractor enthusiasts. Higgins Park started 30 years ago when a possum hunter spotted a traction engine down in the Inangahua Gorge and a couple of men from up Nelson [...]

Michelle Osborne looks after the James Wallace Arts Trust Collection at the Auckland University of Technology. Looking after this collection presents a number of challenges such as ensuring that the art objects are hung in appropriate places — you know, making sure that they’re not accidentally leaned on by students, have pot-plants leaning up against [...]

Gary Ross, curator, South Otago Museum, Balclutha, took on the challenge to prove that small town museums have big stories to tell. Within this wonderland are two stories of national significance. Behind a couple of postcards and a man’s jacket is the story of Amy Bock - a thief and a con artist. In 1909 [...]

Bronwyn Labrum, Senior Lecturer in the College of Creative Arts at Massey University takes us through the steps of how to read material culture. First, what is material culture? Well, it’s that everyday stuff we have in our kitchens, the rinky dinky technology things that make our life interesting, and the clothes that we wear. But [...]

David Fleming, Director of National Museums Liverpool, was the keynote speaker at the 2008 Museums Aotearoa Conference held in Dunedin from 9-11 April. David has led a number of big museum projects from the International Slavery Museum to, more recently, the new Museum of Liverpool. While David might be considered a bit a of statesman—the OBE [...]

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