sharing the past - Auckland Museum

gallery activity sheet
Auckland Museum
Te Papa Whakahiku
MUSEUM GALLERY ACTIVITY SHEET YR 7-10
Ligar Canal
Look at the photograph of Auckland's Queen
Street and then read the information on the right
hand label.
There is an actual bit of the canal that was dug
up under Queen Street below the photograph.
· What types of things were discovered in the
dirt?
Walk through the rest of this exhibition
Queen Street Gaol (the door with the 4)
Sharing the Past
Look through the windows at what was dug up during the 1987
archaeological dig in Queen St.
· Why did the male prisoners have to break stone?
· What kind of boots did they wear?
· What did the food evidence show?
Either:
Make notes on the different ways evidence of
the past has survived. E.g look in the Farmers
Store display or go to the small theatre to find
examples
Or:
Go to the Peoples Wall in the centre of the
gallery. Look at the types of information
which has been included in each new immigrant's
stories.
· Plan a new display for on this wall. If it was your family represented on this wall what would
you include in the information? What photos would be suitable? What special objects would show
interesting things about your family history? What title would you give it?
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