by Rebecca Cox | May 24, 2019 | Past Events
Events A look at what is taking place in Mercury Bay this year Tuia 250 Voyaging Flotilla 18 -21 October 2019Wharekaho The Tuia 250 Voyage will take the form of a flotilla of vessels – waka hourua, va’a tipaerua, heritage vessels and their crews sailing to and...
by Rebecca Cox | May 24, 2019 | Past Events
Events A look at what is taking place in Mercury Bay this year Te Mahutatanga o Takero – Mercury Rising 1 – 12 November 2019 This year almost exactly 250 years to the day after Charles Green, an astronomer who arrived in Aotearoa on Captain Cook’s first...
by Rebecca Cox | Mar 17, 2019 | Past Events
Events A look at what is taking place in Mercury Bay this year Night @ The Museum – A History Mystery 23 October 2020 Join us for a fun night in the Museum! Bring a torch to explore the dark corners of the museum and get ready to solve the mystery! Everyone...
by Rebecca Cox | Feb 15, 2019 | Mystery Object
Our Blog Come Behind the Scenes – a weekly insight into the Museum world! MYSTERY OBJECT FOR FEBRUARY Delusion Mouse Trap – 1877 The Delusion Mouse Trap was designed by an American named John Morris. He redesigned his first version of his trap and filed for a patent...
by Rebecca Cox | Feb 9, 2019 | Our Stories
With Christmas only a few weeks away, thoughts tend to turn towards the upcoming festivities and our social calendars move into higher gear. Here at the Mercury Bay Museum we are ready to celebrate as well as the Museum is turning 40! In December 1979 the Mercury Bay...
