Auckland Museum
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More properly Auckland War Memorial Museum. The museum has a superb collection of Maori and Pacific Island objects, as well as being a museum of wars New Zealand has been involved in, a natural history and fine arts museum.
Archaeologists who have been on the staff of the Museum include David Simmons, Janet Davidson, Aileen Fox, Kathy Prickett and Nigel Prickett. [[Image:Auckland_museum.jpg]|thumb|Auckland Museum]]
Recently redeveloped on site it exemplifies fine architecture and the traditonal object oriented strengths of museums. Live Maori cultural performances are a feature.
The Records of the Museum have been a major outlet for scholarly publications on archaeology and ethnology for Auckland, New Zealand and the Pacific, particularly on the Auckland region and the collections of the Museum.
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