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its Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori and there are no macrons on blogspot! We should start a campaign!

What a huge day we have had; we had planned to move the framed works from their off-site storage to the museum in a controlled fashion that allowed us to check, sort, collate and condition report each object, but when we set off to do this we found half of the glass in the door had been kicked in so we had to move everything in that storage facility out today. Now all the framed works are propped up and lining the walls of the gallery, waiting to be sorted, cleaned, checked, collated and condition reported - suddenly the task seems huge! But, it is like eating an elephant - so one bite at a time...............

We do have some gems in the collection and I am looking forward to seeing them free of dust, bubble wrap and tyvek - there are some real curiousities such as World War II cartoons drawn on old cardboard boxes and nailed to rough wooden frames. I have to figure out how to conserve these whilst retaining their innate character and special qualities - collection management is replete with such conundrums.

Bookworms and art lovers, fans of Taranaki and museum friends - this is the last opportunity to buy a raffle ticket. If you would like two chances to win luscious books on Taranaki; get back to me asap at kristelle.plimmer@stdc.govt.nz or phone the museum on 06 273 8354.
Raffle is drawn on Friday morning under police supervision. Proceeds go to support the exhibition design development so be in to win!

Here's what the books look like:

I shall look forward to hearing from you by close of play Thursday

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Kristelle, museum curator.