Hosted Visit, open to individuals and small groups: join our popular guided tour of the galleries. Hear an introductory talk and watch the film ‘Poles Apart’.
The museum will open at 10.15 am, we will serve morning tea and start with a talk at 10.30am, the event will finish around 12.30pm, with free time to wander the exhibits The museum is open till 4pm. Price is $10 per person. Morning tea / coffee / biscuits included. 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.
Learn a traditional and decorative Polish paper craft called wycinanki. Perfect to place on your Christmas tree or on windows! Colourful and fun, take home your own art! Children need to be able to use scissors.
PHTM offers a beginners wycinanki class, Christmas wycinanki is a different series of creative designs especially for the Christmas season, you can come to this event without attending the other class prior.
Bookings essential. All ages welcome from 8 years plus adults without kids!
This workshop starts at 2pm and runs till 4pm, please ring to book. $8per person including all adults.
Come celebrate a Polish Christmas with us, hear stories traditions and make decorations, using paper and wool.
Workshop for families and individual adults too
- Make wool spiders and paper chains with a twist for your own Christmas tree.
- Create your own unique paper Christmas start
- Taste the Polish ginger biscuit called Pierniki
- Learn some Christmas Eve traditions, watching the first star and Wigilia supper
Workshop is available for adults and/or children during the week a time and date to suit you…..
This workshop starts at 2pm and runs till 4pm, please ring to book. $8per person including all adults.
Come celebrate a Polish Christmas with us, hear stories traditions and make decorations, using paper and wool.
Workshop for families and individual adults too
- Make wool spiders and paper chains with a twist for your own Christmas tree.
- Create your own unique paper Christmas start
- Taste the Polish ginger biscuit called Pierniki
- Learn some Christmas Eve traditions, watching the first star and Wigilia supper
Workshop is available for adults and/or children during the week a time and date to suit you…..
Film ‘In Desert and Wilderness’
Celebrate Grandma and Grandpa’s days Saturday and Sunday this weekend!
Enjoy your school holidays with this amazing film. ‘ In Desert and Wilderness’ is an adaptation of the popular young adult novel, in Polish called ‘W pustyni i w puszczy’ written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Beautiful photography. Film recommended for 7-8 years+
The main characters are fourteen year-old Stas Tarkowski and eight-year-old Nel Rawlinson who are thrilled to be with their fathers in the exotic land of Egypt. The palm trees and beaches offer a welcome change from the chills of Europe and the children are fascinated by the different languages and religions that make up the cultural fabric of North Africa….
For more details give us a call
Museum Hours: Tues – Fri 10-4 Sun 12-5
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)
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)
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
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.
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.