New Art & Heritage Displays

Student Artwork
Otautau School students, ages 9 to 13, visited the Southland Museum a while back and then set brush to paper. The result is a very colourful array of paintings, photographs and sketches of their impressions of the place. This exhibition is proudly displayed in our middle room.

(Pictured above right: Penguin on the Sand by Jake DeClifford, age 12.)

Local Transport: from horses gigs to big rigs
We've also got a small photographic display of local transport through the years. This includes some of the firms noted in our dairy and sheep industries as well as ones like the Otautau Bakery featured left. The display also highlights that driving wasn't just for men.

(Pictured above left: A delivery van for Laing's Bakery with driver, Fred Hill holding Ron Bye.)

We're open Wednesdays and Sundays, 2pm-4pm, and by request. Your comments are always welcome!

Exhibition Ends This Sunday

Sunday will be the last day for the Bayswater and Gladfield display at the museum. This display has been on for 3 months and has attracted many people.

The next display will be split in two - the first subject will feature local transport through the years (cars, trucks and garages); and the second one will feaure projects from the students of Otautau School.

Toward the end of the year we are planning a display of the history of the Fairfax area. If you have photos or objects to loan for this, please bring them by the museum. We're open Wednesdays and Sundays, 2pm-4pm, and by request. Your comments are always welcome!

There is Beauty in Junk

Would you ever imagine that your junk drawer could be a great resource for art objects? The kids in Year 5 at Otautau Primary School have done just that. These small wooden tableaus contain virtual universes of art - from the common woodscrew to the cheerful toy mechanic. Of course painting them gold and silver is a stroke of genius.

Also featured in this display are colourful mobiles from the kids at Otautau Primary. Both projects were at the Otautau Garden Club's Flower Show a few months ago so if you missed them there, be sure to see them at the museum.

We're open Wednesdays and Sundays, 2pm-4pm, and by request. Your comments are always welcome!