The Dowse Art Museum has a significant public art collection with over 3,500 items. It's best known for New Zealand studio craft with one of the largest collections of this type in Aotearoa.
Collections
Explore all the items in the Dowse collection in our online catalogue.
Find out how to access the Dowse collection
When you gift a work of art from your collection to The Dowse’s permanent collection, they become a permanent part of New Zealand’s art history.