Where is Chris - Fossil Fools Day

Today is the perfect day to  #KeepTheKidsEngaged.  They love dinosaurs.  I remember my grandsons being able to name them just by looking at them.  One of the main attractions at today's destination has a museum with an entire gallery devoted to this ancient time.  Can you guess where I am?

Where is Chris?

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Here is today's post: See if you can guess where I am. 

As promised, we've updated yesterday's post, Where is Chris - Colorful Crayons, with the answer to the puzzle.  Revisit that post and just scroll over the image to reveal the answer.  You can also click on the link below the picture to read more.    

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Remembering the War

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Pou Maumahara 

Memorial Discovery Centre

Visitors can explore the stories behind photos, diaries and military collections and contribute further knowledge and information to create a legacy for future generations.

Hundreds of unique New Zealand war medals are on display, each one connected to an individual story. Explore the stories of these medals and their recipients through digital interactives.

The Discovery Centre is staffed by their very knowledgeable volunteers and space is provided for people to plug in laptops, sit down with books and soak up the rich history around them.

War Memorial

The top floor of the Museum is dedicated to the memory of fallen soldiers and included within the war memorial galleries is the spectacular World War One Hall of Memories. Nearly all the 5,325 New Zealand soldiers killed were buried overseas. Almost a third of all those killed have no known grave.

The Roll of Honour is engraved in white Sicilian marble slabs on the wall encircling the top floor. The letters have been cut into the face of the marble and inset with bronze leaf.  The spectacular stained glass lead light ceiling directly above the entrance foyer shows the Coat of Arms of all British Dominions and Colonies during the First World War.

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Auckland Museum



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Journey Through Time

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Auckland Museum Origins

Upon entering the Origins Gallery, you might think that you've entered "Jurasic Park" and rightly so as you are greeted by lifesized replica skeletons of the four-metre tall cryolophosaurus and malawisaurus along with a flying pteranodon soaring through the air above the gallery.

Origins tells the story of the beginnings of the land and the origins of its plants and animals.
Many rare and unusual prehistoric objects are displayed, including a huge tooth from the largest shark that ever lived.  If your kids are into dinosaurs, they will love this gallery.

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Maori History Auckland Museum

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Māori Galleries 

Auckland Museum protects and cares for an outstanding and significant collection of more than 1000 Māori treasures (taonga). He Taonga Māori (Māori Court) and Te Ao Tūroa (Māori Natural History Gallery) are the main Māori galleries housing these treasures. There are many more held in storage.

There are a number of original full-size buildings in this gallery including Hotunui, the meeting house that was originally a wedding gift from Ngāti Awa in the eastern Bay of Plenty to Ngāti Maru in Thames. Te Toki ā Tāpiri, the last great war canoe used in battle and carved from a giant totara tree, takes pride of place. These are surrounded by a host of everyday objects once used for living, hunting and fishing to provide a holistic presentation of Māori life in Aotearoa before the arrival of the Pākehā.

Did you notice the carvings above have tongues sticking out?  I wondered why that was.

Traditionally it is meant to welcome visitors, but also to demonstrate their power and readiness to fight should the visitors decide to attack.

Te Ao Tūroa or the Māori natural history gallery, provides visitors with an opportunity for learning something about Māori knowledge and understanding of what is referred to by others as the natural world.

We spent 1.5 hours exploring the Māori exhibits at the Auckland Museum.  Since we were on a ship excursion, our time was limited.  To get a complete understanding of this culture would require much more time at the museum.   Fortunately, we captured many images during our visit which have more details about the people and their culture.  If you'd like to learn more we suggest visiting the museum's website as well as the Maori Source website.

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Auckland Museum



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