Notes on Nostalgia

Posted on May 6, 2020 by thedowse

Sarah Robinson, Social History Curatorial Intern In my last post, I talked about the beauty and variety of social history collections. This week I want to delve into the magical world of nostalgia. Nostalgia, yearning for the past, is a tricky beast. It’s a kind of in-between state where one might long for things from their […]

Weird and wonderful objects in our Collection

Posted on April 30, 2020 by thedowse

Sarah Robinson, Social History Curatorial Intern One of the things I love most about working with museum collections is the weird stuff you come across; sometimes these things have accompanying records that tell you what they are, sometimes you have to do some investigating and sometimes you just have to guess. The beauty of social […]

Petone Settlers Museum

The Petone Settlers Museum Te Whare Whakaaro occupies one of New Zealand’s most significant memorial buildings—the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial. The memorial was built to commemorate the arrival of the first British immigrants to Pito-one’s shores in 1840.

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Notes on Nostalgia