Gifts to the nation: The National Art Collection at Te Papa.

The Colonial Museum was founded in Wellington in 1865. Its first director, the geologist James Hector, was not particularly interested in forming an art collection – although the museum did acquire and commission many wonderful artworks as part of its scientific research

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