Home News News Menu ↑ BlogMedia ReleasesPodcastOur Favourites 3 May 2019 We’re in the finals! We are thrilled to be named as finalists in the 2019 ServiceIQ NZ Museum Awards in the Kia Toi Te Reo Most Innovative Use of Te Reo Māori ... Read More 15 Apr 2019 Art + Play Our current exhibition All I want to be is a gift for audiences and educators alike. It shows so many different ways to explore play, experimentation and creativity ... Read More 25 Mar 2019 Now showing: Māori video artists at The Dowse Art Museum Opening at The Dowse Art Museum on 30 March, Māori Moving Image: An Open Archive, invites audiences to immerse themselves in works by more than twenty Māori moving ... Read More 12 Mar 2019 A forever home for our jewellery Blog by Abigail Timmins, Collections Manager Read More 21 Feb 2019 Civic Spruce Up With all the fantastic new venues opening in the civic centre it was only a matter of time before the road needed a little attention too. Read More 18 Jan 2019 Craft Publications According to Dame Doreen Blumhardt, founder and namesake of the Blumhardt Foundation, ensuring that ‘New Zealand’s rich tradition of applied arts is celebrated, cherished and nourished’ was the ... Read More 10 Jan 2019 Getting to know our new Director, Karl Chitham With the new year freshly begun, we sat down with Karl to learn a little more about our newest member of the team. Read More 21 Dec 2018 Connection: The Arts Communications Hui – A Roundup This November arts communicators, promoters and marketers joined us at The Dowse Art Museum to meet, network and learn how to expand coverage and reach new audiences in ... Read More 20 Dec 2018 Four Gifts for a Coffee Lover Four more days of Christmas shopping to go, so here are four ideas for your favourite coffee-lover! Read More 12 Dec 2018 A present to The Dowse This summer we are refurbishing the Blumhardt Gallery to make sure our awesome visitors and our wonderful art works have a great experience with us. Read More 10 Dec 2018 Holiday open hours This summer we are open 10am – 5pm every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. The rest of the time we will be open ... Read More 3 Dec 2018 Vivian Lynn, 1931–2018 The Dowse whānau is saddened to hear of Vivian Lynn’s passing today. Read More Load More
