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Exhibitions
Signs Past
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New ZealandSigns impact our lives every day; they direct, inform, influence and advise us. Ideally, the words, symbols and graphics combine to convey a message in the form of a visually pleasing and easy to read sign. Styles, methods and products used to create signage have changed dramatically over the past seventy years. A hand painted…
Domain Tales | 160 years of Ashburton Domain
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New ZealandGrandly named The Grange on Ashburton's first map in 1864, this fenced-off area designated for recreation was largely indistinguishable from the untouched countryside around it. It wasn’t until 1877 when a newly appointed gardener began a systematic programme of planting that the area began to develop. Today known as the Ashburton Domain, it has evolved into…