Curators' Talk: A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa

Schedule

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 01:00 am

UTC+12:00

Location

Hocken Collections | Dunedin, OT

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Curators’ Floor Talk, 20 September 2025, 11am-12noon, Hocken Gallery
Curators, Shaun Higgins (Auckland Museum), Natalie Marshall (Alexander Turnbull Library) and Anna Petersen (Hocken Collections), conduct a guided tour of the newly opened exhibition, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa.
Free to attend. Limited to 25 people. Please email [email protected] to book.
'A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa', is a collaborative exhibition featuring precious photographs from Auckland Museum, Alexander Turnbull Library and Hocken Collections.
Exhibition open Saturday 20 September 2025 – Saturday 7 February 2026 at the Hocken Gallery, first floor, Hocken Library, 90 Anzac Avenue, Ōtepoti Dunedin.
Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm (closed Sunday, Monday and public holidays).
Image: William Meluish, Octagon, decorated in honour of the marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, July 1863, Box-167-007, Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago.
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Hocken Collections, 90 Anzac Ave, Dunedin Central, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand, Dunedin

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