Auckland Museum Blog

Here's a little bit about this blog from the very first entry, written by Russell Briggs, who is currently acting as Director of Exhibitions and Programs:

"Slumbering up here in the sun on Pukekawa Hill, the Museum stirs, opens one eye, yawns, stretches, checks the year.

2010? And no Auckland Museum blog yet??!!

Yes, it's taken us a bit of time to get here, and meanwhile every major institution with an internet connection and a couple of university graduates have blogs, Twitter accounts, Flickr pages, Facebook pages, and pretty much everything the modern world has on offer. And we have all those things as well, yes we most certainly do thankyouverymuch.

Except one.

Except a blog. So why in the world has it taken us so long? For one thing, we wanted to get it right, and we mostly saw a lot of places doing wonderful things, none of which seemed right to this Museum in this place, in this time.

Auckland Museum has evolved dramatically in the last few years. We're a lot more closely connected to our city now, through forum-style debates, late night events, an enhanced lifelong learning and schools programme, an invigorated War Memorial calendar, and a recent set of exhibitions that focused on bringing our enormous collections to light.

Emerging from all this has been, we believe, a more relevant cultural institution. Now it's time to allow you to get to know the people who bring this marble edifice to life. We're an unusual, eclectic bunch united by a shared passion: we love museums, we love this Museum, and really would do most anything to make it the best Museum in the world. Those are big words, but I don't think we would want to be here if they weren't true.

I hope you'll join us as we introduce you to some of our fascinating people, as well as guest bloggers from time to time. You'll have the chance to interact with them, ask questions, offer opinions, or help us learn how to make this a better place for you.

It takes a while to populate a blog with enough interesting content to make it a compelling place to visit, so we hope you'll be patient with us. We're starting off our main topic area with something everyone has an opinion about: food.

Our new special exhibition Kai to Pie opens Saturday, and we can't wait to share some of the stories that didn't make it into the exhibition hall, and to explore further some of the intriguing things that did. Kai to Pie is also more than just an exhibition; it's a series of public events built around a celebration of the diversity of food and the diversity of Auckland.

Every weekend you'll have the chance to immerse yourself in the traditions of the different cultural communities that make Auckland such a wonderful place to live. It's going to be a great Winter and Spring here, though we may have all gained a stone or two by the far end of it.

So, welcome again. Haere mai, nau mai. This is our blog, and yours as well. Enjoy it."

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