Surface Treatments - Domestic Planes

On display in the Museum of True History is a series of artefacts related to decorative and built heritage found in domestic settings throughout New Zealand. 

Examples of Domestic Planes, 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

Palings - Domestic Planes, 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

Adhesive - Domestic Planes, 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

Crossbeams - Domestic Planes, 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

Thatch - Domestic Planes, 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

Crosscuts - Domestic Planes, 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

Simple - Domestic Planes, 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

A Concise History of Rural Out Buildings

A Concise History of Rural Out Buildings contains selected generic examples of structures from New Zealand's past. Each model demonstrates the complex beauty found in the abandoned buildings scattered throughout the landscape. The Museum of True History will be growing this collection over the coming months as acquisition budgets permit.

Dargaville (detail) from Princely Sum 2009 (Courtesy of the Artists)

Dargaville (detail) from Princely Sum 2009 (Courtesy of the Artists)

Dargaville (detail) from Princely Sum 2009 (Courtesy of the Artists)

Mrs Hobson (detail) from Princely Sum 2009 (Courtesy of the Artists)

Mrs Hobson (detail) from Princely Sum 2009 (Courtesy of the Artists)

Mrs Hobson (detail) from Princely Sum 2009 (Courtesy of the Artists)

Offsite

The Museum of True History has a number of collections which have been moved to offsite storage facilities. In an ideal world these collections would be available for viewing on request but due to issues of access, management have restricted this to persons of importance. 

The collections currently being housed offsite are colonial landscapes from the turn of the Nineteenth Century. These artefacts reference some of the scenic wonders no longer in existence due to various natural and man-made disturbances. 

Removals 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

Recent acquisitions housed at offsite include a series of stylised European landscapes which were donated by the Green Mountain Trust. These landscapes reference some of the ideas explored during the New Romantics phase as a response to the Enlightenment and have as a central concept an ominous prediction about role science has played in the dissolution of nature. Little writing exists in regards to the artists intentions regarding these works so our staff have begun to do  extensive research and will add more information as time permits.  

Untitled 3, 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

Untitled 2, 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

Untitled 1, 2009 (Courtesy of the Artist)

Founders Room

The Founders Room houses a collection of works which pay homage while simultaneously acting as a critique of the early colonial documentation of New Zealand as it was at the turn of the Nineteenth Century. Members of the Founders Room include C F Goldie, C Heaphy, C Blomfield, Mrs Hobson, P van der Velden, A Sharpe, G von Tempsky and H R Robley. These and many other early record keepers of this particular period of New Zealand's past have been inducted into the Museum of True History's Founders Room - Roll of Honor. This may be seen to be a prestigious appointment, but as with many of these positions it holds a sense of responsibility that a number of our Founders have unfortunately not been able to uphold. 

She had always liked Barbara Streisand 2008 (Courtesy of Private Collection) 

Remains of the Day 2008 (Courtesy of Private Collection)