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An Exciting Find
The old water tank of the Mercury Bay Dairy factory (the building that is now the Mercury Bay Museum) is home to a substantial collection of historical maps, records, books containing financial transactions and novels - many more than a century old. Mercury Bay Museum...
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When the Regional Collections Advisor comes to visit
When our Regional Collections Advisor – Kate, calls and says that she is coming to visit and to find her some interesting objects to look at it - we put our thinking caps on. While looking through the collection objects for the redevelopment of the HMS Buffalo exhibit...
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MYSTERY OBJECT FOR FEBRUARY
The Delusion Mouse Trap was designed by an American named John Morris.
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Latest update from the Mercury 250 Trust
19 October 2019 (TBC)
Powhiri at Wharekaho
Venue: Wharekaho Beach and Ngati Hei land
Kids are Free
For the month of January, 2019…
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Tour Behind the Scenes
Saturday 19 January 2019
Come and see behind the locked doors!!
Tours start at 11am and 2pm
Night @ The Museum – A History Mystery
Friday 17th January 2019
Come along to a Night at the Museum – A History Mystery!
DEC 2018 OVERVIEW
Goodbye 2018 and welcome 2019!!I thought we should have a look back at 2018 – a year in review!Number of Visitors – 6,337 (January to December 2018) 736 from Mercury Bay and wider Coromandel, 3,565 from New Zealand and 2,036 from the World.New Exhibits – 5 – pictured...
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Mystery Object Jan19
Miniature Chest of Drawers – 1987.001.05This miniature chest of drawers caught the eye of our collection assistants so we did a little more research on the owner.The provenance that was recorded for these drawers was in itself very exciting and then what we discovered...
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