The museum offers a variety of programmes and activities that are available to the general public

The museum offers a variety of programmes and activities that are available to the general public. Please contact the museum's secretary for the current timetable.

Pottery Making Demonstrations | Events | Staff Training Fundraising Committee

Pottery Making Demonstrations

Potter, Sainimili Lesumai displays her pots at the Fiji Museum

The two main pottery areas for traditional potters in Fiji today are the Sigatoka and Rewa river regions. The museum offers demonstrations of traditional pottery making generally each week on Thursdays & Fridays.

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Events

A Tale of Two Museums

The Fiji Museum hosted a unique merging of two cultures with the opening of a photographic exhibition entitled "A Tale of Two Museums". The exhibition was possible through a joint effort between the Fiji Museum, the French Embassy and the Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, France.

The month long exhibition is being funded by the French Embassy and is part of a fundraising efforts aimed at granting the Fiji Museum it's "Wish List" to repair and upgrade its facilities.

Aiming to showcase "a museum into a museum", the exhibition will primarily feature an Oceanic theme. It will also display the efforts of creative cooperation between various artists and capture the richness of both the French and Fijian Cultures.

The exhibit will mainly showcase photos of the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris, its architecture, its Fijian and Oceanic Collections and the Paritian quarter where the Musee du Quai Branly is situated, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The photographs and others artifacts are displayed using the whole surface of the verandah and the temporary exhibit room inside the museum.

Sacred Legacy Photo Exhibition:

Timeless images of Native Americans on display at the Fiji Museum

The Embassy of the United States of America in conjunction with the Fiji Museum is pleased to announce an exciting exhibit showcasing a unique piece of American history and culture.

Approximately 60 print photographs of Native Americans drawn from the work of famed ethnographer, Edward Sheriff Curtis will be on display at the Fiji Museum starting Thursday, June 6^th 2008. The work of Edward Curtis illustrates the broad diversity of North American Indian tribes. Taken from the last years of the 19^th century until 1930, the spectacular images show Native American life and culture on the Great Plains, in the Southwest, and on the Northwest Coast, the Plateau and Alaska.

US Ambassador Larry Dinger officially opens the Sacred Legacy Photo Exhibition.
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Staff Training

Fiji Museum Assistant Librarian, Mereia Luvunakoro, attended a Museum Management (Museology) Course offered by the Japanese Government through the Japan International Cooperation Association (JICA), in April this year. The four month course was offered to museum staff from various countries and was designed to assist participants to learn technical skills and aspects required in museum work.

Fundraising Committee

The Fiji Museum Fundraising Committee is made up of staff members from each department in the museum. The current members are Sagale Buadromo, Joana Roqica, Mereia Luvunakoro and Prakashni Sharma.

The money raised, goes towards small projects, such as purchasing new computers and other equipment, wages and salaries when needed and for building maintenance. The 1st and 2nd quarter, 2007 has seen the fundraising committee raising funds by having:- A stall at ROC market; Quiz night and A Ball.

Our utmost appreciation to our kind sponsors, McDonalds-Vuvale Restaurants; KFC; Pizza King; Wishbone; Singh's Curry Shop; Munro Leys; Margaret O'Callaghan; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; New Zealand High Commission; Ministry of Education Social Club; Department of Culture & Heritage; S. Tony Evritt; Indonesian Embassy; Pure Fiji (Korea); Musket Cove Resort; Sandalwood Lodge; Hideaway Resort and Coconut Grove Resort. We would like to thank all sponsors for helping make our projects successful.

Guests at the Fiji Museum Ball night function

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Apr-2008