We recently catalogued several photograph albums from Vince McMinn of Wellington who was an amateur radio enthusiast in the 1930s. This photograph really caught our imagination. What at first looks like a ‘ghost cat’ is actually a bit of simple trick photography. One negative was laid over the top of the other during processing. So […]
After the devastating fire at Paraparaumu School, we were saddened to learn of the loss of archives and photographs. The museum has copies of eleven of the photographs that were lost and we have now made copies of these and donated them to the school. We know it does not replace all that was lost, […]
A small but important part of our collection relates to Peter Field. Despite his name actually being George Alexander Hughes Field, he was known as Peter. A World War Two pilot, he gained a Distinguished Flying Cross, and Bar. The occasion of him being awarded the Bar, resulted in a telegram to his father William H […]
We have this photo in our collection and we would like to know who these people are. In particular the gentleman standing on the left wearing a traditional Māori cloak (korowai). We have had a few suggestions but we are not sure and we would like to hear your thoughts. Here is some background… This photograph […]
Party Lines: The Story of Waikanae’s Early Telephone Exchange Operators Mahara Gallery, Mahara Place, Waikanae This is an interactive exhibition featuring photographs, filmed and recorded oral histories of the Waikanae’s early manual telephone exchange operators. In photographing the exchange I wanted to reveal the beauty of an object that could appear to look very boring […]
We have hosted two separate groups in the past week, one from a retirement village in Waikanae and a group of over 60s from Whanganui. The group from Whanganui had never been to our museum and they were totally blown away by our displays and artifact presentation. One woman remarked “I don’t like museums, but this […]
One of the members of the Kapiti Coast Museum, had in her collection, a number of photographs of Randolph Redding taken at the time of the start of World War Two. She was keen to reunite them with members of the Redding Family and so we posted a blog here. Randolph was a Sergeant in […]
We are still working hard at the cataloguing project and currently we are adding some of the smaller items to the military display which have, until now, been in storage. The badges require polishing and the results are quite sparkly – getting rid of many years of dirt is very satisfying. There is a collection […]
This 1950s Japanese made musical jewellery box has been in our collection for some time. We would love to know what tune it is playing. Please listen to the recording by clicking on the ‘Music Box’ link below, and contact us if you recognize it. UPDATE… Thanks to Sarah for her email, she informs us that the […]
The Kapiti Coast Museum is proud to reveal the new logo, which incorporates elements of past and future, communications and artifacts. Kim Wingate of kleargraphics has done a sterling job following the Museum Committee’s brief in coming up with this new and edgy design. We will be doing a fair bit of work over the next […]
