SandyEm: Cruisy music in the Grand Foyer
SandyEm: Mingling in the Grand Foyer
SandyEm: Mingling in the Grand Foyer
SandyEm: Mingling in the Grand Foyer
SandyEm: Mingling in the Grand Foyer
SandyEm: A nice wee drop
SandyEm: Mingling in the Grand Foyer
SandyEm: Mingling in the Grand Foyer
SandyEm: Opening event - music, speeches etc in the Grand Foyer
SandyEm: Opening event - The Museum Staff Choir in the background singing away and beautifully so!
SandyEm: Opening event - music, speeches etc in the Grand Foyer
SandyEm: Opening event - music, speeches etc in the Grand Foyer
SandyEm: Roy Clare - Museum Director
SandyEm: Len Brown - Auckland Mayor
SandyEm: IMG_1769
SandyEm: Over view of part of exhibition
SandyEm: Foreground - Cocked hat (feather plume) belonged to Colonel George Patterson, Administrator of Samoa, WW1.
SandyEm: Elizabeth Cotton - Head of Human History department (left) and Gail Romano (Associate Curator - Human History and major contributor to the exhibition), engrossed in part of the exhibition.
SandyEm: Showcasing some of our brilliant pictorial collection at the Museum
SandyEm: New Zealand Ensign (in case) - "The first NZ flag to fly on captured German territory. Hoisted from the wireless tower in Samoa and flew until the Advances Party ws recalled to NZ. This flag also travelled with NZ troops to Egypt and then Gallipoli"
SandyEm: A little something for everyone
SandyEm: A feast of objects, visuals and audio with riveting personal stories
SandyEm: Gail Romano (foreground, right) , Associate Curator - Human History and one of the major contributors to the new exhibition