March, 2025

This is a repeating event

Buller’s Birds: The art of Keulemans and Buchanan

2025Sun09Mar10:00 am4:00 pmBuller’s Birds: The art of Keulemans and BuchananHuia Lodge Discovery Hub | Cornwall Park10:00 am - 4:00 pm Event TypeArt, Exhibition, Free, Museums and Galleries, School HolidaysSuitable for AgesAll AgesLocationCentral Auckland

When

Sunday 9 March 2025 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Event Details

Discover Cornwall Park’s native birdlife in this Te Papa art exhibition Ngā manu a Buller showcasing prints of illustrations from New Zealand’s most famous books on native birds. Walter Buller’s iconic 1873 book, A History of New Zealand Birds and its smaller spin-off, Manual of the Birds of New Zealand.

Buller’s Birds: The Art of Keulemans and Buchanan also showcases print reproductions of original hand-coloured lithographs by London-based renowned natural illustrator Johannes Keulemans from the rare first edition, as well as of drawings and engravings relating to the later publications by New Zealander John Buchanan.

This FREE exhibition will be on from Saturday 8th March to Saturday 31st May: 10am to 4pm daily at the Huia Lodge Discovery Hub in Cornwall Park.

This exhibition was developed and is toured by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Image Credit: Johannes G Keulemans, ‘Stitchbird, Pogonornis cincta (male and female)’, 1873. Photograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 1st edition, Te Papa (1992-0035-1094/2)

This event is part of EcoFest this year! 

Price

Free

Organiser

Trees in Cornwall Park

Cornwall Park Trust Board

Cornwall Park is the oasis at the heart of Auckland city for New Zealanders. The park celebrates the city and its inhabitants with music, events...
Cornwall Park is the oasis at the heart of Auckland city for New Zealanders. The park celebrates the city and its inhabitants with music, events and activities. It is more than just a park — it is 425 acres (172 hectares) of New Zealand’s living history, weaving together our heritage, ecology, agriculture, wildlife, mauri, and community within its lush landscape. The Cornwall Park Trust Board, who manages and operates Cornwall Park, continues to honour Sir John Logan Campbell's wish was that the park be free for every New Zealander to enjoy, forever.

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