Dominion Museum
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Mentioned in
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
- A year among the Maoris: study of their arts and customs
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Botanical Discovery in New Zealand: The Resident Botanists
- Botanical Discovery in New Zealand: The Visiting Botanists
- Crusoes of Sunday Island
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- Island Stories
- New Zealand Now
- Samoan Material Culture
- Takitimu
- The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori, Genuine and Empirical
- The Coming of the Maori
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume One]
- The Maori As He Was : A Brief Account of Maori Life as it was in Pre-European Days
- Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History
Image Gallery
.jpg "Alexander Mackay (1833-1909). Dominion Museum")
.jpg "Fig. 17.—Ancient outrigger canoe (in Dominion Museum)")
.jpg "Fig. 57.—A pu tatara, or shell trumpet (Dominion Museum)")
.jpg "Poverty Bay Canoe Anchor in Dominion Museum. — J. T. Salmon, Photo")
.jpg "Sir James Hector (1834-1907). Dominion Museum")
.jpg "Specimen of Native Broom Collected by Banks and Solander — This specimen, now in the Dominion Museum, shows part of the original mount of heavy paper (the darker portion at edge) and the original British Museum label (right). This label states that the specimen was laid (mounted) in 1833 and gives the name now used, Carmichaelia australis (R. Brown, 1825), as well as, very faintly, Banks' and Solander's name, Genista compressa. The label on the left, written by Thomas Kirk in New Zealand, gives…")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Dominion Museum":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.