Recent & Past Exhibitions

A Day Like No Other
The ‘Spectacle of Sail’ known as the Tall Ships Race takes place in early January every year.   
Grown from humble beginnings, a light-hearted race between Russell Boating Club friends and six yachts, to around seventy. The day concludes with a world famous hangi, great music and dancing into the night.  It’s a Russell tradition.

Journeys
August - December 2010
‘Journeys’ celebrated the experiences of brave wives who dared to accompany their husbands (Captains) on whaling voyages in the 18-1900s. This exhibition was based on the works of Louisa Worsfold who wrote "A Social History of Russell" (in the 1870s-1920s approx) and Joan Druett's book "Petticoat Whalers", Whaling Wives at Sea 1820-1920. The exhibition was supported by objects from the museum's whaling collection.

An Unsettled History
10 April -23 August 2010
An Unsettled History juxtaposed contemporary art works with historical objects from Russell Museum's collection to create dialogue around He Whakaputanga o te Rangatira o Nu Tireni (A Declaration of Independence - 1835) and Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi - 1840) which were both signed by Maori rangatira and Crown representatives.

Maori Churches of Northland
19 December - March 10, 2009
Twenty-six stunning photographs of family and community churches in Northland by New Zealand photographer, Laurence Aberhart.