Events & workshops

Mar
18
Sun
Let’s celebrate Polish Easter with crafts, in Howick
Mar 18 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

A family fun activity, for bookings phone 533 3530   $8 per person starts 2pm and finishes 4pm, 2 hours of craft

  • Design your own Polish Easter Egg        What is pisanki? It’s a Polish word for…?
  • Create an Easter Palm from paper        Taste Mazurek, a Polish Easter cake
  • What is smingus-dyngus? It’s something fun!

Adults without children are welcome too !

(Please note:Children must be accompanied with an adult)

 

Mar
25
Sun
Let’s celebrate Polish Easter with crafts, in Howick
Mar 25 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

A family fun activity, for bookings phone 533 3530   $8 per person starts 2pm and finishes 4pm, 2 hours of craft

  • Design your own Polish Easter Egg        What is pisanki? It’s a Polish word for…?
  • Create an Easter Palm from paper        Taste Mazurek, a Polish Easter cake
  • What is smingus-dyngus? It’s something fun!

Adults without children are welcome too !

(Please note:Children must be accompanied with an adult)

 

Apr
27
Fri
‘Hidden Treasures’ workshop family event
Apr 27 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Family workshop

Discover an Iron Age lake fort, Vikings and the hidden jewels of an emperor in Poland.

Poland has a long and rich history of fossils and artefacts buried in its rich multi-cultural heritage. Learn how some fascinating discoveries were made by ordinary people. See a re-created open air working museum in the slideshow presentation. Then construct your own craft treasures to take home.

To book: please ph 09 533 3530 or email phtmuseum@outlook.com

Ages 5-adult    (All children to be accompanied by an adult please)

$8 per person, including adults. Materials provided.

Cash or internet banking (sorry no Eftpos or credit card)

Held indoors at Polish Heritage Trust Museum, 125 Elliot St, Howick, Auckland

Free off-street parking, seating, restrooms and wheelchair access available.

Apr
29
Sun
‘Hidden Treasures’ workshop family event
Apr 29 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Family workshop

Discover an Iron Age lake fort, Vikings and the hidden jewels of an emperor in Poland.

Poland has a long and rich history of fossils and artefacts buried in its rich multi-cultural heritage. Learn how some fascinating discoveries were made by ordinary people. See a re-created open air working museum in the slideshow presentation. Then construct your own craft treasures to take home.

To book: please ph 09 533 3530 or email phtmuseum@outlook.com

Ages 5-adult    (All children to be accompanied by an adult please)

$8 per person, including adults. Materials provided.

Cash or internet banking (sorry no Eftpos or credit card)

Held indoors at Polish Heritage Trust Museum, 125 Elliot St, Howick, Auckland

Free off-street parking, seating, restrooms and wheelchair access available.

May
13
Sun
AOEF Exhibition: Ceramika 13-27 May 2018
May 13 @ 12:00 pm – May 27 @ 5:00 pm

This exhibition is part of the Arts Out East Festival 2018

View delightful styles of Polish ceramics, from hand-painted Boleslawiec blue dot tableware, famous in Europe for several hundred years, to regional Kashubian plates and a vintage folk-art floral teapot.

The other galleries in the museum will also be open.

Entry by Donation

 

May
15
Tue
AOEF Talk, Tour and Film ‘Poles Apart’
May 15 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

This Event is part of the Arts Out East Festival 2018

View stunning original artworks by local artist Lindy Fisher and discover the story of 733 Polish children invited to NZ during WW2. Watch Poles Apart and peruse the galleries.

Hear an introductory talk about the Stefania Dancing Slippers artworks by Lindy Fisher, book written by Jennifer Beck.

Open to individuals and small groups.

Price is $10 per person. Sorry no eftpos available, receipt given.

Bookings not required.

‘Poles Apart’ (1 hour) tells the poignant story and background of 733 Polish children and 102 adults who came to live in Pahiatua, New Zealand, 1944. These survivors were forcibly deported from Poland to Russia during World War 2 then evacuated to Persia during a short amnesty. They eventually found a home in New Zealand.

 

 

 

May
17
Thu
AOEF ‘Folk Art Paper Cut-outs’ workshop
May 17 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

This Event is part of Arts Out East Festival 2018

Polish decorative paper cut-outs belong to the most beautiful in the world. Traditionally they were made by hand, without drawing the lines first and cut with sheep-shearing scissors.

Come create with paper and scissors:
•Take home 2 art works.
•Watch a short presentation
•Designs based on the Lowicz and Kurpie regions of Poland

$8.00 per person includes all materials.
Bookings preferred, please phone 09-533.3530 or email phtmuseum@outlook.com

Adults can lead into the monthly Friday paper-cutters group. Please contact PHTM for more details about FPC.

May
18
Fri
AOEF ‘Folk Art Paper Cut-outs’ workshop
May 18 @ 10:00 am – 12:15 pm

Event part of  Arts Out East Festival 2018

Polish decorative paper cut-outs belong to the most beautiful in the world. Traditionally they were made by hand, without drawing the lines first and cut with sheep-shearing scissors.

Come create with paper and scissors:
•Take home 2 art works.
•Watch a short presentation
•Designs based on the Lowicz and Kurpie regions of Poland

$8.00 per person includes all materials.
Bookings preferred, please phone 09-533.3530 or email phtmuseum@outlook.com

Adults can lead into the monthly Friday paper-cutters group. Please contact PHTM for more details about FPC.

Sep
30
Sun
AHF Exhibition: Ceramika
Sep 30 @ 12:00 pm – Oct 31 @ 4:00 pm

This exhibition is part of the Auckland Heritage Festival 2018

View delightful styles of Polish ceramics, from hand-painted Boleslawiec blue dot tableware, famous in Europe for several hundred years, to regional Kashubian plates and a vintage folk-art floral teapot.

The other galleries in the museum will also be open.

Entry by Donation to the museum is suggested $10 – $5

 

Dec
16
Sun
Celebrate a Polish Christmas workshop 2018
Dec 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

BOOKING RECOMMENDED

Starts at 2pm and runs for 2 hours till 4pm

Celebrate a Polish Christmas with paper and wool decorations.

  • Make wool spiders and paper chains with a twist for your own Christmas tree.
  • Create your own unique paper Christmas star to hang
  • Taste the Polish ginger biscuit called Pierniki
  • Learn some Christmas Eve traditions, watching the first star and Wigilia supper

This workshop is available for adults and/or children during the weeks leading to Christmas.