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We are currently developing our educational programmes for all levels. Although we are not able to offer any specific activities at this time we are more then happy to provide short guided tours to all school groups with prior notice.

The Great Library & Museum Picture Hunt 2008

The Great Library & Museum Picture Hunt 29 Sept – 9 Oct

Explore the Library and Museum. How well do you really know them? Using a specially designed activity sheet children must locate objects and signs within the library and museum with only pictures to guide them. This programme was enormously popular with over two hundred children taking part over the 11 days of the competition. All of the completed forms were put into a draw with Jordan Ford (7yrs) and Marco Such (5yrs) both winning prize packs.
The Great Library & Museum Picture Hunt 2008

Storytime in the 'Nowhere Isles'Storytime in the ‘Nowhere Isles’

7th October, 10.30am Children of all ages joined storyteller Claire Reed in the exhibition ‘Nowhere Isles’ for storytime at the Museum & Gallery. The children and parents were entertained with stories and songs while perched on woolley, multi-coloured islands in the gallery. This morning of fun was part of the ongoing Library storytime, which is on every Wednesday from 10.30am to 11am during term time.

Brooke Theobald
Brooke Theobald		 Brooke Theobald
Brooke Theobald		 Caroline
Caroline		 Danielle Cairns
Danielle Cairns

The Fantasy Island Poster Competition 29 Sept – 8 Oct

Design your very own Island. What cool or creative things would your special island have and who would live there? This competition was open to all ages and was designed to tie into the Museum & Gallery exhibition ‘Nowhere Isles’ by Andrea du Chatenier.

We had a fantastic response to this competition with 24 entries and a wonderful selection of imaginative and individual islands to choose from. Due to the high quality of the entries we decided to award both a winner and a runner-up prize. The winner was Paige Pullar (8yrs) and the combined entry by Vincent & Tristen Smit (11yr & 9 yr) was chosen as runner-up.

Georgia Herdman
Georgia Herdman		 Grace Herdman
Grace Herdman		 Holly Hay
Holly Hay		 Josh Hay
Josh Hay
Kerri
Kerri		 Kevin Paulsen
Kevin Paulsen		 Kobe Mills
Kobe Mills		 Liya Michael
Liya Michael
Nicole Theobald
Nicole Theobald		 Maddison Herdman
Maddison Herdman		 Megan Paddon
Megan Paddon		 Ruby Thompson
Ruby Thompson
Melanie Paddon
Melanie Paddon		 Natasha Taylor
Natasha Taylor		 Georgia Mills
Georgia Mills		 Paige Pullar
Paige Pullar
Sam Cox-Ellison
Sam Cox-Ellison		 Vincent & Tristen Smit
Vincent and Tristen Smit		 Tyshi Hayter
Tyshi Hayter		 Georgia Stewart
Georgia Stewart
Storytime at the Whakatane Museum

Storytime at the Whakatane District Museum and GalleryStorytime @ Whakatane Museum

Tuesday 15th July 2008

10.30am – 11.30am

Story teller, Molly Turnbull, entertained over 100 children in Te Reo Maori and English with a collection of stories and sang songs. This storytime was also timed to coincide with the School Holiday Programme and Maori Language Week which begins on 21st July 2008.
Design a Toy Competition

Design and build a toy from the future or the past and be in to win. Make sure to come and see the cool display of toys in the Whakatane Museum to get your inspiration.

WHAT: Construct a toy using any materials you like
WHERE: All entries will be displayed in the Whakatane Library
WHEN: All entries need to be delivered to the Whakatane Library by 17th July, winners will be notified on Friday 18th July 2008
WHO: The competition is open to all ages

For more information contact the Whakatane Library on (07) 306 0509

Click here to open the Design A Toy Poster (pdf 79KB)
Got it Sussed Exhibition

Got it sussed art workshop series. As part of the Got it sussed exhibition the Whakatane Museum & Gallery hosted a series of art workshops aimed at senior secondary art students. These gave insights to the certain techniques and processes that those attending could then apply to their own art practice. The workshops were Stencil Art by Zena Elliott, Graphics and T-shirts design by Manu Scott and Comic book techniques by Karl Chitham.
Workshop 1 Carl Chitham
Karl Chitham Workshop
Zena Elliot Workshop
Manu Scott Workshop