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Nelson Provincial Museum Pupuri Taonga o Te Tai Ao

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Nelson Provincial Museum Pupuri Taonga o Te Tai Ao
Nelson Provincial Museum Pupuri Taonga o Te Tai Ao. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

About

The Nelson Provincial Museum, Pupuri Taonga O Te Tai Ao is a regional museum in the city of Nelson, New Zealand. The museum showcases the Nelson and Tasman regions' history, from geological origins to the stories of individuals and families.

Nelson Provincial Museum holds over 1.4 million items of interest, collected during the past 160 years. Exhibitions are shown in a modern building that opened in 2005, costing NZ$5 million, funded by the community, private and public benefactors, the Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council and central government. The collections, professional staff and public research services are housed in the former museum building, which is located in Isel Park, Stoke.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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