In 2017, the Museum presented its first trilingual (English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Te Reo Māori) display about Appo Hocton.

To celebrate Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu, National Volunteer Week we are profiling on of the most recent volunteer projects that has been completed.

We found another violinist who made Nelson home. Read more about Herr von Zimmermann.

Find out more about the talented violinist Louise Croucher, born in Richmond in 1885.

At about 1 a.m. on 18 September 1917, there was an explosion on board the SS Port Kembla

Objects frequently tell more than one story, and sometimes this is what makes the ordinary extraordinary. The museum’s latest acquisition is no exception.

After Aotearoa entered into COVID-19 shutdown on 25 March 2020 and teddy bears started appearing in windows, local Nelson resident Ailys Tewnion picked up her crochet hook and started to make her own.

The introduction of weaponised gas on the battlefield during World War One