Te Papa advisor visits Raglan Museum

On Thursday 18th, Sally August, a Museum Development Officer with Te Papa National Services visited Raglan Museum to check out the museum’s collection and advise on its care. Based in Gisborne, Sally has been working…


Ken Soanes after receiving the certificate at the 2013 NZ Musuem Awards

Raglan Museum is runner up in NZ Museum Awards

On Thursday evening (11th April) Ken Soanes, a Raglan Museum Society committee member, attended the NZ Museum Awards and learned that the  Raglan Museum had been declared runner-up in the Awards.  Entered in the development…


Peter Miller tells him about the early days of surfing in Raglan

Original Manu Bay surfer visits Raglan Museum

Peter Miller an original surfer of  The Point at Manu Bay visited the Raglan Museum on April 10th to check out the Raglan Surfing Exhibition. Peter contributed many of the early photos in the display. …


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Raglan nominated in NZ Museum Awards

Raglan & District Museum is pleased to have been shortlisted for the Development section of the 2013 New Zealand Museum Awards. Run by national body Museums Aotearoa, the annual awards celebrate individuals and organisations who…


Raglan Surfing Exhibition now open

About 100 guests attended the opening of the new Surfing Exhibition at the Raglan Museum this afternoon. The exhibition was opened by Cr Clint Baddeley after a welcome from Kaumatua Russell Riki and an introduction…