Friends of Rotorua Museum

05/06/2026

Get your tickets to our upcoming event:
https://events.humanitix.com/host/friends-of-rotorua-museum

1 July at the Shambles Theatre beside Pak n Save - a presentation of the new exhibitions to go into Rotorua Museum. Presented by Az James, Creative Director of Workshop e, the Museum's exhibition design contractor, this is a peek at what the new exhibitions will look like from the 70% design completion images.

Jo Doherty Museum Exhibition Development Manager, will be in support.

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25/05/2026

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23/05/2026

Two days and counting! Illuminated: Talking Glass with John Skudder
Get your seat booked for Tuesday evening 26 May:

Local glass artist, John Skudder talks about his art.

13/05/2026

Friends of the Museum Newsletter - 13 May 2026 - https://mailchi.mp/b195cf9de436/friends-of-the-museum-newsletter-march-14199141
Book now for our artist talk 26 May and read about the events we have coming up.

23/04/2026

❓ Ever wanted to get an exclusive tour of inside the Museum?
❓ Ever wanted to support the creation of amazing exhibitions?
❓ Ever wanted to do something incredible for future generations?

Donate and join the 1,000 Friends fundraising campaign before midnight, Sunday 27 April 2026, and go in the draw to win a win a spot on an exclusive 10-person tour through the Rotorua Museum building !!!! 🦺

👉 From as little as the price of a coffee a week ($6.50) you can help raise $1 million towards reopening this treasured taonga!!
🔗 https://rotoruamuseum.co.nz/donate/

20/04/2026

Our beloved Bath House/Rotorua Museum is more than just a building, it’s the heart of our community and a guardian of our stories and taonga.

You can help us get the doors open by becoming one of our amazing 1000 Friends donors.

If you can spare the price of a cup of coffee a week, you can help us fund the exhibition design work that will see our tamariki back inside the doors learning again, our community reconnected and our artists shining

Challenge your friends to join you! $6.50 a week or a one-off donation of $1000!
help create world-class exhibitions for our Museum that reflect who we are, celebrate our heritage, and share our unique identity with the world.
https://rotoruamuseum.co.nz/donate/

10/04/2026

Did you see Seven Sharp last night?

Here's the link to logon to catch the segment on funding for the Rotorua Museum. The three Jos and a Will did a great job!

Rotorua residents Joe and Jo-Anne La Grouw are passionate about art and they're passionate about their community. That's why they're selling a $500,000 Goldie painting from their collection to raise money for the Rotorua Museum.

09/04/2026

😲 Maybe you might want to watch Seven Sharp tonight .......

Hilary Barry made a stop in Rotorua last month and we got to show off the progress on the Museum build project, and talk to her about the 1,000 Friends fundraising campaign!

📺Tune in from 7pm....

09/12/2025

Friends of Rotorua Museum are especially invited to visit John and Natascha Skudder’s studio this Saturday between 2 and 5pm.

Photo by Natascha