History House Museum
History House Museum is a collection of photographic and archival records of the West Coast of New Zealand.[1]
Building
It was housed in the former Grey County Council chambers building, constructed in 1924, in Gresson Street, Greymouth,[2] until February 2017 when the building was closed as it was deemed non-compliant with current earthquake-prone building standards.[3][4] The collection was moved to the Grey District Library. As of 2018, it has been decided that the building will be strengthened.[5]
Collection
The collection of photographs covers views of Greymouth, gold mining, coal mining, timber milling, shipping, living conditions and social history. In 1998, the Grey District Council presented the museum with a complete set of surveying instruments. The historical items were believed to have belonged to engineer John Higgins, and some of the earliest may have been passed to him by Grey District's first engineer Edward Butler, who died in 1884. The instruments are notable as examples of fine machining before the turn of the century.[6][7]
The collection also includes some early coal-mining maps, donated by the Department of Commerce.[8]
In 1999, the museum held an exhibition of ten Charles Goldie reproductions, on loan from the son of the proprietor of the by-then defunct Golden Eagle Hotel.[8]
In 2018, items relevant to other West Coast regions were sent to museums in Hokitika and Westport.[9] The region's history of greenstone jade working was also well represented.[10]
Publications
- Greymouth and the goldfields 1866 (1999)
- Historic Brunner, in photographs (2004)
- History of Greymouth and the area, in photographs (2004)
- West Coast ship wrecks, in photographs (2004)
- Early goldmining on the West Coast in photographs (2004)
- Historic Greymouth buildings, in photographs (2004)
- Grey area, coal mining, in photographs (2004)
- Historic Charleston, in photographs (2004)
- Greymouth 1910: celebrating 150 years since the purchase of Westland (2010)
References
- ↑ "Our collection". Grey District Council. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ↑ Cash, Graeme (18 October 2015). "Greymouth Floodwall Walk". Exploring My Own Backyard. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ↑ "History House Museum". Grey District Council. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ↑ "Organisation details". Museums Aotearoa. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ↑ "History House goes 'home'". Greymouth Star. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ↑ "Greymouth survey gear preserved". The Press. Dec 23, 1998. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Death of Mr Edward Butler". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2020-09-13. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Greymouth's Goldie prints for exhibition, dart holes and all". The Press. May 27, 1999. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "History House thins out collection". Greymouth Star. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ↑ "Christchurch to Greymouth by Train," Great Journeys of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
Coordinates: 42°26′52.6″S 171°12′18.9″E / 42.447944°S 171.205250°E
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