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Do you exhibit gift of the gab?

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13 Nov, 2013 09:54 PM2 mins to read

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Kaitaia Museum is looking for more volunteers, and curator/heritage manager Don Hammond knows exactly which quality he's looking for - the gift of the gab.

The museum benefited greatly from the commitment of a small core of volunteers, who continued to give sterling service, and whose efforts had seen indexing projects, visitor experience, the creation of exhibit components, and the collection, storage and digitisation of photo negatives progress this year.

"Without these wonderful people it would be extremely difficult to make a great deal of headway in these essential areas of the museum's operation," he said, but the new reception area at the entrance, off the atrium at Te Ahu, had created new possibilities in terms of welcoming visitors.

"We're looking for a small number of people, not necessarily au fait with the museum and all that we have here - that will come naturally - but with passion for what we do and the history we help to preserve, and who will be happy to greet visitors, make them feel welcome and chat with them, if that's what they want,"Don said.

Anyone who was interested was welcome to drop in at the museum, or to call him on (09) 408-9454 or (09) 408-9457.

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Meanwhile, plans were afoot for a display of wedding gowns, which Don said would be open before the end of the month.

The museum's collection included the gown worn by Florence Annie Crene when she married Syd Puckey in 1904, but there was also one from the 1870s, which was now in the process of "falling to pieces".

"We've photographed it on mannequins, so people will be able to see pictures of it, but we won't be showing the real thing," Don said.

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