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The Vault

Neil Pardington takes us into the vault for his new photographic exhibition - of hardly seen storage areas in our museums and galleries.

Archives Stack #1, Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, 2008.

Archives Stack #1, Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o H¯akena, University of Otago, 2008.

Art Store #3, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, 2007.

Art Store #5, Otago Settlers Museum, 2008.

Building 355 #1, National Army Museum Te Mata Toa, 2008.

Card Catalogue, Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena.

Film Archive #1, The New Zealand Film Archive Nga Kaitiaki o Nga Taonga Whitiahua, 2004.

Film Archive #1, The New Zealand Film Archive Ng¯a Kaitiaki o Ng¯a Taonga Whiti¯ahua, 2004.

Herbarium Corridor #1, Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2008.

Land and Marine Mammal Store #3, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2006.

Land and Marine Mammal Store #4, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2006.

Land and Marine Mammal Store #5, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2006.

Land Vertebrates Store #3, Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2008.

Mammal Attic #1, Canterbury Museum, 2007.

Mannequin Store #1, Marlborough Museum, 2006.

Mannequin Store #4, National Army Museum Te Mata Toa, 2008.

Natural History Store #1, Whanganui Regional Museum, 2006.

Ornithology Store #2.

Pacific Store #3, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2006.

Polynesian Spear Storage, Otago Museum, 2008.

Taonga Maori Store #3, Whanganui Regional Museum, 2006.

Taonga Maori Store #5, Rotorua Museum of Art and History Te Whare T¯aonga o Te Arawa, 2008.

Wet Room #1, Otago Museum, 2008.

Wet Room #8, Otago Museum, 2008.

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