Permanent display
Closing soon
A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
11 Apr 2024 — 13 Oct 2024 at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
· Auckland Region
A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa brings together the earliest known photographs of New Zealand, on display at Auckland Museum in 2024.
These pioneering images capture the land, its people, and its communities at a formative moment in history, offering modern audiences a rare and revealing window into a world that has since transformed beyond recognition.
The exhibition invites visitors to consider not only what was photographed, but who held the camera, and what perspectives — and absences — these first photographs reflect.
These pioneering images capture the land, its people, and its communities at a formative moment in history, offering modern audiences a rare and revealing window into a world that has since transformed beyond recognition.
The exhibition invites visitors to consider not only what was photographed, but who held the camera, and what perspectives — and absences — these first photographs reflect.
About the venue
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
· Auckland Region
The Auckland War Memorial Museum, also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD…