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Friends of Rotorua Museum Peter MoriartyPeter Heritage Collection (1918-1985), Whakarewarewa (detail), date unknown. Rotorua Trust (detail), 2015. Finalist 2015 Rotorua Museum Art Kete Awards. Jill Fleming, Pı¯ngao Become a member of Friends of Rotorua Museum. Enjoy openings, talks and more. Email: rotoruamuseumfriends @gmail.com 9am – 5pm (MAR – NOV) Contact Details OPEN DAILY Rotorua Museum Phone: 07 350 1814 9am – 6pm Oruawhata Drive (DEC – FEB) Government Gardens Rotorua rotoruamuseum.co.nz 2015 Rotorua Museum AEIOU Art Awards Exhibition Explore the Until 11 October 2015 Ma¯ori Alphabet EVENTS Highlighting the exceptional talent of artists 21 November 2015 – MORE FM People’s Under the Wing – Family Day from the , this exhibition 1 May 2016 Choice Award Join bugman Ruud Kleinpaste showcases winners and selected entries Vote for your favourite work in for fun talks, trails & activities. AEIOU is a fun, family from the 2015 Rotorua Museum Art Awards. the 2015 Art Awards exhibition. Date: Saturday 10 October 2015 exhibition all about the Kylie Tiuka, Kia tau te rangimarie, 2015. Finalist 2015 Rotorua Museum Art Awards. - Date: Until 11 October 2015 • 10am – 3pm Proudly sponsored by: Maori alphabet. Enjoy Cost: FREE with admission Cost: FREE with admission learning Ma-ori words by exploring a diverse Talk: Peter Alsop Talk: Jamie Harkins mix of objects from Learn about vintage tourism Friends of Rotorua Museum the Rotorua Museum posters in Selling the Dream. present a talk about 3D sand art. collection. Date: Sunday 6 September 2015 Date: Thursday 15 October 2015 Selling the Dream Items from the Rotorua Museum collection • 2pm • 5.30pm Until 11 October 2015 Cost: FREE with admission Cost: $10 Friends members, $15 non-members Talk: Kurian Yohannan A celebration of beautiful Friends of Rotorua Museum Talk: Dr Justin Hodgkiss – graphic art tourism posters that present a talk about wildlife The Solar Revolution helped promote New Zealand, photography. Royal Society of New Zealand both locally and to the world, Date: Thursday 17 September present a talk on light. until the 1960s. Selling the 2015 • 5.30pm Date: Thursday 22 October 2015 Dream is developed and toured Imagination Cost: $10 Friends members, • 5.30pm by Canterbury Museum. Playground $15 non-members Cost: Free with registration C (Charles) Laugeson, Wonderland of the Pacific, c1935. Tourist Department 21 November 2015 – www.royalsociety.org.nz/ten UkeBox – Ukulele Jam 8 February 2016 Open to players and non- Music at the Museum Bring the family to invent, players who enjoy ukulele. The Rogue Stage presents build, climb and explore, Dates: Sunday 20 September, Supergroove percussion duo Night & Day: The unlocking endless Sunday 18 October & Sunday Hopetoun Brown. Curious Collections possibilities of creative play. 15 November 2015 • 3pm Date: Sunday 1 November 2015 of Tony Fomison Imagination Playground. Courtesy of Puke Ariki. Photograph by Pip Guthrie Cost: Free entry to mezzanine • 7pm for 7.30pm start Cost: $30 Adults, $12 Students Until 11 October 2015 Music at the Museum The Rogue Stage presents Talk: John Perry – Every Explore the personal collections The Wellington City Picture Tells a Story or Two accumulated by New Zealand Shake-‘Em-On-Downers. Demystifying the Rotorua Trust artist Tony Fomison (1939-1990). Kuia Mau Moko Date: Thursday 24 September Heritage Collection. Many of the items on display in Photographs by 2015 • 7pm for 7.30pm start Date: Wednesday 4 November Night & Day are on long-term loan Cost: $25 Adults, $12.50 2015 • 5.30pm from the Tony Fomison Estate. Marti Friedlander Students Cost: Free entry Night and Day: The Curious Collections of Tony Fomison, Rotorua Museum, 21 November 2015 – 2015. Courtesy of Fomison Estate. Crack the Code Activity Trail AEIOU – Family Day 17 January 2016 Follow the clues to find the Crafts and fun exploring our This stunning exhibition of 29 secret code and be in to win. Ma-ori alphabet exhibition. Places+Faces black and white photographs Dates: Saturday 26 September Date: Sunday 22 November Art+History depicts Ma-ori kuia, who were – Sunday 11 October 2015 2015 • 10am – 3pm Works from the the last generation to receive • 9am – 5pm Cost: FREE with admission the unbroken tradition of moko Cost: FREE with admission Event times, dates and prices Rotorua Trust kauae (chin tattoos) in the 1920s. October School Holiday Crafts may change. For specific event Marti Friedlander, Tiripou Haerewa, from the series ‘The Moko Suite’, about information, prices and bookings Heritage Collection 1971. Gift of The Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, 2009. Create your own tulips to add Te Papa (O.33739) contact Rotorua Museum, email: Until 21 February 2016 to our Tulip Festival garden. [email protected] Developed and toured by the Museum Dates: Monday 28 September – Highlights from the Rotorua of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa or phone 07 350 1814. Trust’s collection of paintings, Sunday 4 October 2015 For complete details of what’s photographs and prints. • 10am – 3pm on at Rotorua Museum visit Wilfred Stanley Wallis (1891-1957), Ngapuna, 1950. Rotorua Trust Heritage Cost: FREE with admission rotoruamuseum.co.nz Collection