Auckland Museum will act as the city’s compass with the fascinating new exhibition Encompass Auckland running through October 5.
Encompass Auckland provides a panoramic view of Auckland’s past and present as seen through the Museum’s diverse photography collections. Designed around the compass points of Auckland and taking its orientation from the Museum, the exhibition looks out towards the city’s symbolic landmarks and buildings.
The intriguing collection of images will include Auckland’s volcanic cones, buildings that have come and gone, and beyond and the city’s beaches and bush. Historic images are displayed alongside more recent Museum acquisitions, showing the changing urban and rural landscape of the region. Featuring are 19th and 20th century images by high profile photographers including Robin Morrison, John Kinder and Henry Winkelmann along with lesser known practitioners such as George Higginson and Hugh Boscawen.
Key sites and structures depicted in the outstanding photographs are renowned buildings that include the Chelsea Sugar Factory on the North Shore taken by Reginald Lediard, a black and white image of the Mission Bay fountain by Olaf Peterson, and an early photograph of Rangitoto by Una Garlick.
The Pictorial Gallery will be arranged around a circular layout following the respective angles of a compass. A large reproduction of the compass from the Museum’s grand foyer will be placed on the centre of the floor.
Most Sundays throughout Encompass Auckland museum visitors will be given the opportunity to take in the exhibition and then go up to the Museum’s Dome and reference the images from the top of the Museum. -- www.aucklandmuseum.com
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