Links

Below are links to a sample of organisations in which Museum and Heritage students can undertake practical work placements and/or find employment.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/

Creative New Zealand
http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/

Ministry for Culture and Heritage
http://www.mch.govt.nz

International Festival of the Arts
http://www.nzfestival.nzpost.co.nz/

Film Commission
http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/

New Zealand On Air
http://www.nzonair.govt.nz/

New Zealand Historic Places Trust
http://www.historic.org.nz/

National Archives: Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga a Aotearoa
http://www.archives.govt.nz/index.html

Department of Conservation
http://www.doc.govt.nz/

Pataka Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures
http://www.pataka.org.nz

Colonial Cottage Museum
http://www.colonialcottagemuseum.co.nz/home.html

Auckland Museum:
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/

Auckland Art Gallery
http://www.aucklandartgallery.govt.nz/

Te Ara
http://www.teara.govt.nz/

Museum of Wellington City and Sea
www.museumofwellington.co.nz

International Museums:

American Museum of Natural History
http://www.mnh.si.edu/

Smithsonian Institution:
http://www.si.edu/

The British Museum
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/

National Gallery, London
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

Victoria & Albert
http://www.vam.ac.uk/

Metropolitan:
http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp

Getty, LA:
http://www.getty.edu/

Louvre:
http://www.louvre.fr/11v/commun/home.jsp

Anacostia Museum, Washington
http://anacostia.si.edu/

New Zealand Museums:

Museums Aotearoa:
http://www.museums-aotearoa.org.nz/

NZ Museums on line:
http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/

Yahoo Museums directory:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Museums__Galleries__and_Centers/

24 hour museum
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/

National Services Te Paerangi resources:
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapa/English/NationalServices/Resources/

Magazines etc

The bibliography for MHST 511 has a list of relevant journals, some of which are accessible electronically through the library. Others are available free online, eg. Museum and Society:
http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/museumsociety.html

The University library has international magazines such as: Museum, Museum International, Muse etc and all the local publications like Heritage (Historic Places Trust) and Te Ara (The Journal of Museums Aotearoa). The Te Papa library has excellent holdings of journals and other resources.

Useful databases for articles on museum and/or heritage topics:

JSTOR
http://www.jstor.org.helicon.vuw.ac.nz/search/

Expanded academic
http://find.galegroup.com.helicon.vuw.ac.nz/itx/start.do?prodId=EAIM&userGroupName=vuw&finalAuth=true

Project MUSE:
http://muse.jhu.edu.helicon.vuw.ac.nz/

Student learning support:

Study hub:
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/st_services/slss/studyhub.aspx

Postgrad workshops:
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/st_services/slss/downloads/pgSeminar-Poster08-1.pdf