Japanese song book made of cigarette packets, at the Alexander Turnbull Library. Some of those objects were displayed in this year’s exhibition Mīharo Wonder, which celebrated the centenary of the Alexander Turnbull Library. supplied Hand-sewn Napoleonic buttons, c. 1803–6 at the Alexander Turnbull Library. In this time of isolation, the digital world has increasingly come to dominate our lives, becoming a surrogate for what we used to do – travel, meet face-to-face, shop. But in Wellington’s cultural institutions, innumerable stories wait to be seen, touched, discovered, opening up worlds to us.

Source: Stuff November 24, 2021 19:17 UTC