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that are going on in the museum & art gallery, so read our most recent press releases below.
- 2010 New Zealand International Film Festival - Napier
The annual New Zealand International Film Festival has long been the premier film event of the year, and the cultural highlight of the New
Zealand winter. The Festival brings an impressive array of the latest and best films from all over the world to 15 cities and towns around New Zealand and will be in Napier at Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery’s Century
Cinema from Wednesday 18 August until Sunday 5 September 2010.
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- Activity builds for Museum since closure
The sign on the door of the Hawke’s Bay Museum & Art Gallery in Napier may say ‘closed’,but the flurry of activity going on behind the scenes
paints another picture.
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- $500,000 to Restore Historic Buildings as part of HBMAG Redevelopment
Lottery Environment and Heritage fund have allocated $500,000 to HBMAG. This funding will be allocated to the restoration of the original Louis Hay buildings.
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- Hawke’s Bay Museum & Art Gallery Receives $6 Million Government Grant
Mayor of Napier Barbara Arnott is thrilled with the government’s announcement that it will provide the Council with $6 million to redevelop the Hawke’s Bay Museum & Art Gallery.
“It’s just wonderful. We’ve worked so hard on this project for many years and now we have turned the corner for the home straight. This Museum redevelopment is on the verge of getting underway” said Mayor Arnott.
“The new redevelopment will achieve many things, but most importantly it will allow the collection to breathe. So much of the collection remains unseen, and we have an excellent team at the HBMAG led by Douglas Lloyd Jenkins who are putting together forward thinking and engaging exhibitions. The future for the HBMAG is so bright now”.
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- Hawke’s Bay Museum & Art Gallery’s award winning The Miniatures wins new acclaim.
Fresh from receiving a national award for creative innovation The Miniatures
- an adventure in the Bren collection has again attracted public attention. This time it was the exhibition catalogue, featuring a short story The Miniatures by leading writer Stephanie Johnson, which caught the judges’ eye. The
catalogue, printed by GEON Napier, received a Gold award in the in the Promotional Print category at the Pride in Print Awards held in Auckland on Friday 18 June 2010.
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- Balance Symposium a Hawke’s Bay design success
Several Hawke’s Bay designers featured in the winning line up of last weekend’s F. L. Bone Design Challenge, which was part of Hawke’s Bay Museum & Art Gallery’s Balance design symposium.
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- Visitors to Hawke's Bay Museum and Art Gallery delight in award-winning Exhibition
The Miniatures: An Adventure in the Bren Collection, by Stephanie Johnson has won the
prestigious Museums Aotearoa Innovation Award 2010, announced in New Plymouth on Thursday 15 April 2010.
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- Century Cinema 20th Anniversary Celebrations
On 3 May 2010 the Century Cinema turns 20 years old! The Century opened in 1990 as Napier’s only alternative cinema, screening 35mm ar t-house and popular classic films. Since then we have screened over 1000 different films.
Join HBMAG and the friends of Hawke’s Bay Cultural Trust on Monday 3 May 2010 as we celebrate this special anniversary with a drink and nibbles followed by a Mystery Gala Screening of one of our top 1990s films, as voted by our patrons.
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- HBMAG turns 150
Tuesday 3 November 2009 marks the 150 anniversary of the founding of the Napier Mechanics Institute - the direct ancestor of the present Hawke’s Bay Museum & Art Gallery.
HBMAG turns 150
- Light, modern, iconic space - on the horizon for new Museum
the Napier City Council launched on Friday 7 August 2009 an initiative to redevelop the Hawke's Bay Museum and Art Gallery.
The $17 million project will be funded through local and central government, as well as through contributions from the community including individuals, families and businesses.
The redevelopment makes full use of the existing architectural features, showing them off to their fullest. It also adds more storage, work space and archive rooms than are currently available at the site. A work by New Zealand artist Sara Hughes will run the length and height of the facade of the new build creating a striking first impression for visitors.
Mayor of Napier City Barbara Arnott believes redeveloping the Museum will create a fitting home for the Museum's collections and secure a prime Marine Parade site for generations to come.
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