Nelson Provincial Museum’s collection has been damaged after its Research Facility in Isel Park sprung a new leak in heavy rain last week.

The team have been battling leaks in the building that has been “at the end of its natural life for a very long time”, according to chief executive Lucinda Jimson. But this is the first time the collection has suffered damage.

Water damage to historic documents stored at a leaking Nelson Provincial Museum building highlights the need for its planned new $14.9 million facility, staff say.

Your history is at risk. Nelson Provincial Museum needs to build the ARC facility before it's too late. Help give your history a safe home.

A safe place to house Nelson’s taonga and social history is a step closer to reality, with a local firm winning the bid to build the Nelson Provincial Museum’s storage facility on Church St.

The $20 million collection at New Zealand's oldest museum is at risk unless its aging research facility is replaced soon.

The Nelson Provincial Museum’s long-awaited Archive, Research, and Collection (ARC) facility project to replace the dilapidated Isel Research Facility has been boosted by $300k from the Lottery Environment and Heritage Fund.

The Nelson Provincial Museum has started 2023 with a new initiative to raise funds for the construction of its purpose-built collections facility.

With the clock ticking on the life of the Isel Park Research Facility, Tasman Bays Heritage Trust is seeking funds to construct a new building adjacent to the Nelson Provincial Museum in central Nelson.

The trust which governs the Nelson Provincial Museum has purchased CBD land as part of plans for a new multi-million dollar facility to house the the region’s collections.