Whanganui Regional Museum

One of New Zealand’s oldest museums, with important collections of Māori culture, European settlement, and natural history

[Whanganui Regional Museum @WhMus]

We may not be the largest museum in New Zealand, but we have the shortest Twitter handle. Even with the h.

[Whanganui Regional Museum @WhMus]

This is my (@adzebill) last week at the WRM; I’m off to be a Wikipedian. It’s been a pleasure tweeting from this account (which still has the shortest handle of any NZ museum). All the best to my colleagues and to whoever takes over the tweeting. — Mike https://t.co/mhYOId0DDG

[Mylee Joseph @myleejoseph]

New Zealand's new Wikipedian-at-large https://t.co/6XXjuFWgCr #glamwiki #Wikipedia

[Whanganui Regional Museum @WhMus]

It’s important to use archival tape when reassembling historic documents, as they’ll surely be on display in the National Archives in a century so people can marvel at our benighted times. https://t.co/LpHIcMOBqj

[Te Papa @Te_Papa]

Can't endorse vandalism, but who doesn't enjoy letting rip with a good pun? #worldfart 💨#windycity #wellingtonlive

[Zoe Meagher @zmeagher]

Hot tip from @Paulrbowers : make it real, real early, and avoid ‘faffing about in meeting rooms with Word documents’. Visualise and prototype and test ASAP—each time you do this, you’ll discover how to make your thing a little bit better. YES #MGAConf2018

[Dr Mike Jones @MikeJonesPhD]

Re: collections - stop collecting cultural objects unless the actual owners want you to. Some museums find this difficult to understand, but it’s really important #MGAConf2018

[Regan Forrest @interactivate]

#MGAConf2018 Formative evaluation doesn't need to expensive - it can be text on a sheet of A3 paper, taking it to your cafe and buying some visitors coffee. And having the humility to hear how much your words suck

[Caitlin Andrews @CEAndrews]

Saying goodbye (for now!) to our newly-translocated #hihi! These guys are so fortunate to be looked after by the most caring and competent teams at #Rotokare and #BushyPark. Wishing them all a safe and happy winter!

[Science Learning Hub @NZScienceLearn]

TONIGHT in Whanganui- Antibiotic resistance, who is causing it, vets or doctors?
Distinguished Prof Nigel French at the Whanganui Science Forum
@MasseyUni
#AntibioticResistence @SiouxsieW @WhMus
@adzebill #ScichatNZ

[Alan Tennyson @TennysonAlan]

Eight sperm whales found dead on South Taranaki beach https://t.co/sg9dZdQZBs

[Scott Hamilton RTM @SikotiHamiltonR]

1 I've become friends with an elderly woman who gets her morning coffee in the same Glen Eden cafe as me. I gave Janet a copy of Ghost South Road last week; this morning she came over to my table, excited by the passages about swaggers, those nomads of NZ's early 20th C roads.

[Whanganui Regional Museum @WhMus]

The wonders of laser-cutting! Producing foliage for our new bird cases.

[Dr Mike Jones @MikeJonesPhD]

How your behavior has changed the way we make digital exhibition labels https://t.co/ghIQcrIZ6A via @te_papa #museums #GLAM

[Alan Tennyson @TennysonAlan]

NZ has its own population of blue whales, study reveals, via @nzherald https://t.co/3qRfS4RR2k

[Whanganui Regional Museum @WhMus]

Catherine Knight is about to start speaking on the environmental history of NZ rivers, based on her wonderful book.

[Department of Conservation @docgovtnz]

Around 50 people watched with anticipation as ten small hihi flew into their new home at Bushy Park Sanctuary near Whanganui recently: https://t.co/V0OevIgt9z

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

The Ligonier Echo, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1929
https://t.co/ue7tvLec7c

[Whanganui Regional Museum @WhMus]

Our Kaitiaki Taonga Māori talks about the Museum’s journey of repatriating and reburying human remains. https://t.co/ObzrloZ3FN

[Andrea Hadley-Johnson @andreanhj]

“Museums need to stop forcing people down a path of engagement that they assume people will follow, and start reacting to what people actually do in their spaces” good stuff in this study https://t.co/nyjATYTtEx