Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

The Auckland War Memorial Museum, also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD. Museum collections concentrate on New Zealand history, natural history, and military history.

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AIM; AIML; AK; AM; AWMM; Auckland Institute & Museum; Auckland Institute and Museum; Auckland Institute and Museum Library; Auckland Museum
military museum, museum, New Zealand, 

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Jewellery, set of (AM 10315-24)

Vase (AM 2013.15.9-4)

Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand

Vase (AM 1266-5)

Brooch (AM 1965.78.597-6)

Eyeglasses (AM 1969.219-8)

Tin, food product (AM 2015.4.4-6)

Vase (AM 11184-2)

Shell trumpets (AM 1985.445-39)

Necklace (AM 2015.76.2-3)

• Jack Grant-Mackie's connections with Auckland Museum - 2022 book chapter
• The marketization of museum discourse? A case study of the Auckland Museum, 1978 - 2006 - 2008 master's thesis by Caroline Sturgess at Auckland University of Technology, Q1860
• New Zealand/Aotearoa: The War Memorial Museum, Auckland - 2009 academic chapter, English
• A silver slice of Māori history: the Te Pahi medal - scholarly article, 2015, online
• John Alexander Smith and the Early History of Auckland Museum, 1852-1867 - article in the Records of the Auckland Museum published in 1998, Q1860, online
• C. F. Adams—An American Taxidermist at Auckland Museum, 1885–86 - article by Brian Gill published 2004 in Records of the Auckland Museum, Q1860, online
• South American terrestrial Gastropoda in the collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum - scientific article published in 2023, Q1860
• Hochstetter's missing rocks – the Kirk to Haast letter, 1869 - 2023 article, Q1860, online
• Data Detectives - The Backlog Cataloguing Project at Auckland War Memorial Museum - scientific article, Q1860, 2018
• An Auckland Museum Wikimedia Strategy - 2020 report, English, online
• The Auckland War Memorial Museum Collection of Adzes from Pitcairn Island, East Polynesia - article by Marianne Turner published 2010 in Records of the Auckland Museum, Q1860
• Mr Cheeseman's Legacy: the Auckland Museum at Princes Street - scientific article published in 2001, online
• Making youth well-being research outcomes accessible – A public engagement experience at Auckland Museum - 2025 journal article, Q1860, online
• Data-driven defence: Evolving pest management practices at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum - 2025 journal article, Q1860, online
• Rediscovery of a bust of Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter - scientific article published in 2022, Q1860, online
• The Cheeseman-Ward correspondence (1878–1905) and exchanges of natural history specimens between Auckland Museum and H.A. Ward of Rochester, N.Y. - scientific article published on 6 January 2020, Q1860, 2019, online
• Preserving a legacy: an analysis of the role and function of the Mackelvie Trust Board, 1885−2010 - scientific article published on 20 December 2018, Q1860, online
• Collecting kids’ stuff: in search of the history of childhood in New Zealand museums - scholarly article, 2012
• The Cheeseman–Giglioli correspondence, and museum exchanges between Auckland and Florence, 1877–1904 - scientific article published in April 2010, Q1860
• Chris T. H. R. Ehrhardt and the Ancient Greek and Roman coins in the Auckland Museum’s numismatic collection - 2025 journal article, Q1860, online
• Dr Ezra Newton Drier (1871–1942) and his collection of New Zealand Mollusca - 2023 article, Q1860, online
• Ornithology at Auckland Museum, New Zealand - 2008 academic chapter
• ‘Your list is certainly a formidable one’: the Rev. A.H. Voyce and the Auckland Museum - scientific article published on 20 December 2018, Q1860, online
• Biological Primary Types in the Auckland Museum: No. 3. Zoological (supplement) - article by Arthur William Baden Powell published 1949 in Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, Q1860, online
• Overcoming the Tyranny of Distance: Revealing Type Collections Down-Under. - scientific article published on 13 June 2018, English

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Jewellery, set of (AM 10315-24)		Commons
commons	image		Vase (AM 2013.15.9-4)		Commons
commons	image		Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand		Commons
commons	image		Vase (AM 1266-5)		Commons
commons	image		Brooch (AM 1965.78.597-6)		Commons
commons	image		Eyeglasses (AM 1969.219-8)		Commons
commons	image		Tin, food product (AM 2015.4.4-6)		Commons
commons	image		Vase (AM 11184-2)		Commons
commons	image		Shell trumpets (AM 1985.445-39)		Commons
commons	image		Necklace (AM 2015.76.2-3)		Commons