Nelson Provincial Museum senior collections technician Michael Davies has compiled a diverse range of clay objects from the Museum’s collection and the stories behind them.

In celebration of Māori language month, Nelson Provincial Museum’s Kaitiaki Taonga Māori has chosen to share kōrero and mātauranga (stories and knowledge) about his favourite taonga in the Museum’s textile collection.

View images of Queen Elizabeth’s visits to Nelson during her seventy-year reign.

To celebrate the 47th year of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, we have chosen to share a selection of taonga (treasures) with you, profiled by our Kaitiaki Taonga Māori (Māori Taonga Collections Manager) Hamuera Manihera.

Only a limited number of velocipedes, also known as ‘bone shakers’, remain in museums and private collections around the world – and Nelson is home to two of them.

New photographic resource gives the public a glimpse into Nelson Tasman’s more recent past.

An unusual model ship, made from animal bone, reveals much about Nelson’s history.

A real estate advertisement printed almost 180 years ago has reignited speculation about the history of one of Nelson’s earliest landowners, Mr John J Imrie.