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 […]
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Regional museum collection storage facility build officially complete
Construction of the first strand of Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225 – to build three key cultural facilities in the city – is officially complete, right on schedule. Project 1225 will see the construction of a new museum, a specialist tuatara enclosure, and a museum collection storage facility undertaken in Invercargill. The build of the […]
Read More >Councillors get sneak peek of nearly finished museum collection storage facility
Invercargill City Councillors have been treated to a first look at the almost-complete Tisbury Storage Facility. The facility – part of Council’s Project 1225, to build new cultural facilities within the city including Invercargill’s new museum and a specialist tuatara enclosure – will house precious museum collection items when they are not on public display. […]
Read More >Te Unua Museum of Southland Museum Director appointed
Invercargill’s museum redevelopment has been given another major boost, with the appointment of its director made official. Invercargill City Council Chief Executive Michael Day said he was pleased to announce that Eloise Wallace has been appointed to the position of Museum Director for the city’s new cultural facility, Te Unua Museum of Southland. “Eloise comes […]
Read More >Gibson International to craft new Invercargill museum experience
The award-winning, New Zealand-owned firm Gibson International has been named as the successful experience designers for Invercargill’s new museum. Comprised of three new cultural facilities to be built in Invercargill, Project 1225 is Invercargill City Council’s major infrastructure project and Te Unua Museum of Southland will be the jewel in its crown. After the existing […]
Read More >Local firm wins bid for specialist tuatara enclosure
The Invercargill branch of Calder Stewart has been awarded the contract to construct a new tuatara enclosure within the animal reserve at Queens Park. The enclosure is part of Project 1225, which will also see a brand-new museum, Te Unua Museum of Southland, built in Invercargill, along with a museum collection storage facility constructed at […]
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