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Augustus Hamilton and the gold-spangled butterfly

Our national museum’s second director was an ethnologist with broad interests in natural sciences. Te Papa turned 150 years old on 8 December 2015. To celebrate 150 years since the opening of the Colonial Museum in Wellington, the exhibition ‘You called me WHAT?!’ is open on Level 3 until theRead more

2016-04-26
By: Colin Miskelly
On: 26 Apr 2016
In: Behind the scenes, History, Science

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