Jul 29, 2022 | Case Studies
Image above: 1949.42.1-9a: John Buchanan’s watercolour painting of the view of Mount Aspiring. Image courtesy of Toitū Otago Settlers Museum. John Buchanan was the first locally based scientific illustrator in Aotearoa New Zealand, and joined many explorations...
Apr 22, 2022 | Case Studies
ANZAC day, 25th of April, is a National Day of Remembrance for both New Zealand and Australia. It conjures a shared heritage by marking the anniversary of troops landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, 1915. A devastating loss of life was experienced during this...
Mar 17, 2022 | Archives, Case Studies, Collection Management, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Museums
Local history provides the foundations of culture and identity within communities. It imparts us with knowledge to understand our past, learn from mistakes, and recognise the aspects that make our communities unique. Historical change is generated by countless...
Oct 21, 2021 | Case Studies, Digital Preservation, Digitise, Libraries, Museums, Replica
NZMS were entrusted to digitise a rare collection of bound medieval manuscripts from Dunedin Public Libraries’ Reed Collection. It is the second largest collection of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand — the first being George Grey Special Collections...
Apr 15, 2021 | Archives, Case Studies, Digital Preservation, Digitise, Replica
GNS Science, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, is the leading provider of research and consultancy services surrounding geology, geophysics, and nuclear science. NZMS’s Wellington team recently received some fascinating work from GNS who requested digitisation...
Mar 18, 2021 | Archives, Case Studies, Digital Preservation, Digitise, Replica
At the mouth of the Waitematā Harbour in Devonport lies Torpedo Bay — a site of remarkable historical significance. Since 1880, it has been continuously occupied by New Zealand military forces, once even being the site of a torpedo station that made up Auckland’s...
