
Finally a spruce up
At long last our council have agreed to have our lovely old building given a scrub up. Surrounded by scaffolding, she has been given a waterblasting and looks one hundred percent better already. All the moss and lichen has gone. The next step is to fill in holes and gaps in the parapets which will help stop leaking when it pours with rain. The scaffolding guys did a great job when putting it up - managing to avoid damaging the garden - much to the relief of the Nelmac garde

Motueka's War - WWI commemorations
The museum is proud to present our latest exhibition – Motueka’s War, WWI commemorations. We tell the story of how the war affected those living in Motueka and surrounding district – those who went off to fight, those who didn’t return and those left behind to carry on with life as best they could. This part of the exhibition goes up to Gallipoli. It explains what was behind the outbreak of war; which countries were allies and those that were part of the Central Powers; the v