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What's On at Auckland Museum
What's On at Auckland Museum
Thousands of people have experienced Outrageous Fortune - The Exhibition and it's not just the fans who love it. Visitors have been amazed to learn how much work goes into producing a television series and to see the attention to detail in casting, locations, scripting and art direction that goes into making a show legendary. This show is a real insight into New Zealand's television and film industry and everything that goes into the production process.
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outrageous saturdays Come to the Museum this Saturday (or
any Saturday during the exhibition) and with every
Outrageous Fortune exhibition ticket you can get your own
Westie look from the Cut Above Academy team or some
West-inspired style tips from our Outrageous School of
Beauty graduate 'Charmaine' ("Chazza" to her friends).
Options include getting your hair styled, a Westie temporary
tattoo applied or getting loudly outrageous nails done.
There's also a photobooth so you can capture a snap of your
new look and share it online. Check out some photo booth
snaps here » Read more here
» Time is running out to enter
the Outrageous Fortune Submit A Script Competition which
closes on Tuesday 1 March. If you have ever wanted to get
into scriptwriting for film and television, this could be
your break. All you have to do is create a script for a
three-minute scene set in a living room with a family as the
central characters. The winner gets to see their script
being acted out and filmed on the Outrageous Fortune living
room set at the Museum. Get a head start by enrolling for
Unitec's ""How to Write a Winning Script" master class at
Auckland Museum, Thursday 17 February, 1pm - 3pm, $20 per
person. Book on 09 306 7048 or email bookings@aucklandmuseum.com Read more
on the master class and the competition here>> Auckland Museum
Institute, GNS and Auckland University are hosting Dr
Anthony Koppers, co-chief scientist on the "Louisville
Seamount Trail" for a public lecture on the preliminary
highlights from their deep drilling expedition in the South
Pacific Ocean over the past two months. Come and learn what
they discovered from beneath the ocean floor and what life
is like on a scientific journey. Sunday 13 February,
5.30pm - 6.30pm Auditorium. Free entry - bookings are
essential as numbers are limited. Call 302 6249 or email friends.events@aucklandmuseum.com.
explorama Have you
ever wondered what creatures lie behind the scenes at
Auckland Museum? Now is your chance to find out when our
curators open the normally-locked doors to their
collections. For one weekend visitors can be led on special
tours of the museum collections by the curators and discover
how their collections are planned and objects prepared for
exhibition. Other activities include a Monarch Butterfly
release, a special children's activity in Weird & Wonderful
and curator-led tours of the Auckland Domain to examine
trees, plant diversity, birds and spiders within the park
which you can then learn more about at stations set up in
the Atrium. 26, 27th February, 10am - 4pm Atrium
Free Read more here>> As part of the exhibition The Reel
Adventures of Rudall Hayward, this is a rare opportunity to
view On the Friendly Road, Hayward's first sound feature,
released in 1936. Presented in association with the New
Zealand Film Archive. The film centres around a farmer
"Mac" McDermott and at the time of its release was billed as
"A whimsical story of our own life - how we have braved
difficult times and are winning out. Brilliantly acted,
sparkling with native wit, and photographed against glorious
scenic backgrounds." - Souvenir Frames of New Zealand's
First Great National Talkies, 1936 This Saturday 10
February, 2pm. Approx 90 minute duration. Auditorium, entry
via southern Atrium Free Read more about the exhibition
here>> What is Sparky's real name? How
many sisters does Cheryl have? Now's your chance to test
your Outrageous Fortune smarts on our new Rusty Nail Pub
Quiz and be in to win some great spot prizes! Take the
quiz here>> More than 7000 children, parents
and grandparents came face to face with dinosaurs and other
prehistoric creatures at Auckland Museum over the school
holidays. Twenty scheduled shows of Erth's Dinosaur Petting
Zoo quickly filled up and the additional 13 shows put on to
meet demand were snapped up. Andrew Minturn who came with
his wife and daughter says it was a fabulous family
experience. "We all had such a thrilling and magic time with
the team from Erth. We would like to send our warmest
congratulations to the museum for organising such a
wonderful event." Erth and Auckland Museum are now working
on a new show which will be staged later this year!
Read Bailey's Project Diary here>> Facebook Manage Your Newsletter
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A four-week summer placement at Auckland Museum has
helped shape Future Scientist of the Year Bailey Lovett's
study ambitions and set her on a path to a career in marine
biology. Bailey won the Prime Minister's award for science
at the end of last year and $50,000 towards her studies at
Otago University but her plans to study biomedical science
in 2011 have changed after a month spent working with the
Museum's marine curator Tom Trnski. Her placement saw her
sorting fish specimens in the Museum's collection
facilities, collecting fish samples at Mangawhai Heads and
picking through nets to find fish larvae until 1.30am in the
waters off the Mercury Islands. Auckland Museum
congratulates Bailey and looks forward to hearing news of
her studies.
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