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Exhibitions
SS Ventnor
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New ZealandIn this exhibition, explore the story of the SS Ventnor, which sank off Hokianga Harbour in 1902 carrying the remains of nearly 500 Chinese goldminers being returned to their villages.…
Operation Grapple: We Were There
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New ZealandIn 1957/58 the British Government conducted a series of nuclear weapons tests at Christmas Island and Malden Island in the mid-Pacific Ocean. This series of detonations was given the codename…
Dearly Beloved | 100 Years of the Wedding Dress
Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New ZealandWeddings are a traditional rite of passage; ceremony overlaid with religious significance and cultural expectations. Befitting the occasion, bridal clothing may be ceremonially symbolic in colour, textile, or style, but…