Protecting the Legacy of the All Blacks Jersey: a Seminar Presented by – New Zealand Rugby Museum
The All Blacks Jersey is first and foremost a sports uniform, designed to be worn on the world’s toughest sports fields
– but there is more to it. It reflects a brand, has an incredible history, has influenced the uniforms of many other New
Zealand sports teams; and playing Jerseys have become collectable treasures.
Museums see it as an artefact to be interpreted and historians explain its broader significance. There is also demand by
fans for replica memorabilia and with the increased commercialisation in modern rugby, the front of Jersey is seen as a
premium space by commercial partners. Above, all the Jersey is a visible symbol of the All Blacks aura, the link between
rugby generations for All Blacks players past, present and future.
The New Zealand Rugby Museum is hosting a one-day seminar to explore these different facets to the Jersey, to include
the legacy, social significance, manufacturing evolution, valuation, identification and provenance, the care of jerseys,
labelling, cataloguing, display and storage. “It will be an opportunity for those from the collecting, manufacturing,
academic and museum worlds to share their knowledge, learn and to network” said NZ Rugby Museum Director, Stephen Berg,
“and it will also be the starting point of continued research and the beginning of a register of All Blacks Jerseys”.
Sir Brian Lochore, President of the museum will open the Seminar and amongst our valued speakers we also have Andrew
Wilson, Senior Manager Global Sports Marketing, ADIDAS.
This unique event is being hosted in the Mana Tangata Room of NZ Rugby on Sunday 28th August (day after the Bledisloe
Cup clash), and will be a fitting finale to a weekend of rugby and the beginning of a series of collaborations between
the leading experts in their fields from around the world and all over New Zealand.
For further information or to book tickets please contact amanda@rugbymuseum.co.nz
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