Auckland Institute and Museum

Auckland Institute and Museum, known as Auckland Museum Institute since 1996[4] and the Royal Society of New Zealand Auckland Branch, is a learned society in New Zealand.

Auckland Museum Institute
Formation6 November 1867 (1867-11-06)[1][2]
FoundersFrederick Hutton
Thomas Gillies
TypeLearned Society
HeadquartersAuckland Museum
Location
Coordinates36°51′37.1″S 174°46′40.1″E
Membership
935 (2022)[3]
Websiteaucklandmuseum.com/your-museum/membership/membership-types/ami

History

Formed as the Auckland Philosophical Society on 6 November 1867, for "the promotion of art, science, and literature by means of a museum and library, lectures, and meetings of the members", with a view to incorporation with the newly created New Zealand Institute and adopting the Auckland Museum,[5][6][7] the Society was fittingly renamed the Auckland Institute in March 1868 and formally incorporated with the New Zealand Institute on 10 June 1868.[2][8]

In October 1869, upon the resolution of the Auckland Provincial Council, John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, transferred the 17-year-old Auckland Museum and its contents to the Auckland Institute, on the guarantee that the Institute "will adopt the proper measures (1) for the preservation of its present contents, (2) for a free admission of the public at convenient times." He also obtained a grant of the old Post Office site in Princes Street for the Institute.[9][10] By 1871 the Institute was known as Auckland Institute and Museum;[11] which first appeared on their annual reports in 1880–81.

Auckland War Memorial Museum

Following World War I, the Auckland War Memorial Museum was opened (1929) and joined with the Institute.[12]

In 1996 the Auckland War Memorial Museum Act 1996 separated the Institute from governance of the War Memorial Museum. Today the Auckland Museum Institute is charged with the support of the Museum and Museum Trust Board by providing advocacy, promoting the use and understanding of the Museum's collections and activities and supporting the function of the War Memorial aspect of the Museum. Since 1996, it has focused on its historic roles as 'Learned Society', operating Friends of the Auckland Museum, and appointing body for four Museum Trust Board members.

Sections

The Institute's first independent special interest group, the Medical Section for the promotion of medical science, formed in 1869.[13] The Anthroplogy and Maori Studies Section followed in 1922;[14] Astronomical Section, Auckland Astronomical Society, in 1923–24;[15] and Maritime Section, Auckland Maritime Society, in 1958.[16] Auckland Astronomical Society pursued the establishment of Stardome Observatory. Auckland Maritime Society pursued the establishment of the New Zealand Maritime Museum.

Current sections are:

Networks

Auckland Museum Institute is a partner in the Monuments Men and Women Museum Network, launched in 2021 by the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art.[17]

Publications
  • Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland Institute and Museum – via BHL

See also

References
  1. "The Daily Southern Cross". The Daily Southern Cross. Vol. 23, no. 3217. 7 November 1867. p. 3.
  2. First Annual Report: Auckland Institute (PDF), Auckland Institute, 1869
  3. "Membership Movement Statistics" (PDF), The 154th Annual General Meeting of the Auckland Museum Institute, Auckland Museum Institute, p. 29, 2022
  4. "Auckland War Memorial Museum Act 1996". Clause 14 (1), Act No. 4 of 2 September 1996. New Zealand. p. 9.
  5. "New Zealand Society". The Daily Southern Cross. Vol. 23, no. 3217. 7 November 1867. p. 3.
  6. "Philosophical Society". Daily Southern Cross. Vol. 24, no. 3295. 7 February 1868. p. 3.
  7. Museum Library Home Page Archived March 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  8. New Zealand Institute Act 1867
  9. "Auckland Institute". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. 6, no. 1798. 19 October 1869. p. 3.
  10. Annual Report: Auckland Institute (PDF), Auckland Institute, 1870
  11. "City Council.–Monday". The Daily Southern Cross. Vol. 27, no. 4455. 5 December 1871. p. 2.
  12. "Your Museum: About Auckland Museum Institute". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  13. "Auckland Institute". The Daily Southern Cross. Vol. 25, no. 3758. 4 August 1869. p. 4.
  14. "Study of the Maori". The Auckland Star. Vol. 53, no. 186. 8 August 1922. p. 6.
  15. "Studying the Stars". The Auckland Star. Vol. 55, no. 138. 12 June 1924. p. 8.
  16. Annual Report of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1958–59 (PDF), Auckland Institute and Museum, 1959, p. 6
  17. "Monuments Men and Women Network". Monuments Men Foundation. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021.
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