Southland’s new museum collection storage facility at Tisbury has been officially opened in a formal ceremony today. Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225 development includes the construction of the new storage facility, Te Pātaka Taoka Southern Regional Collections Storage Facility, as well as that of a specialist tuatara enclosure and a new museum, Te Unua Museum […]
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New Te Unua Museum of Southland Director welcomed to Invercargill
The new Museum Director for Invercargill’s Te Unua Museum of Southland has been officially welcomed to the city in a mihi whakatau. Te Unua Museum of Southland is part of Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225 development, which also includes the recently-completed Te Pātaka Taoka Southern Regional Collections Facility and a specialist tuatara enclosure within the […]
Read More >Main contractor for new Invercargill museum on board
The rebuild of Invercargill’s museum is full steam ahead, with the local branch of Naylor Love officially joining the project as its main contractor. Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225 involves the creation of three new cultural facilities for the city: the recently-completed Te Pātaka Taoka regional museum collection storage facility, a specialist tuatara enclosure within […]
Read More >Regional museum collection storage facility gifted name
The treasures that tell a story of Southland’s past have begun to be shifted into their new home. That home has now been bestowed with a fitting new name: Te Pātaka Taoka Southern Regional Collections Facility. The first element to be completed of Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225, which will also see the construction of […]
Read More >Concept for Invercargill’s new museum unveiled
The first draft concept designs for Invercargill’s new museum have been revealed. In April, Australian architects fjcstudio, together with Auckland firms Evatt Martin Architects and design Tribe, were selected to design the new building as part of Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225. As well as a museum, Project 1225 will also deliver a museum collection […]
Read More >Invercargill’s latest Poppy Place to be unveiled as part of Heritage Month
Invercargill City Council is commemorating a south Invercargill soldier who fought in World War I with a Poppy Place sign depicting his name. On Friday 3 March, a new street sign with a red poppy on it will be unveiled at a south Invercargill housing development in McQuarrie St called Scully Place after Company Sergeant […]
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