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

Museum Visit - Hibiscus 2007 Contestants

Brief

The Hibiscus pageant is a week long festival that is celebrated annually in the month of August since 1956. This festival is adored and attracts all walks of life in Fiji. The school children love the festivities during this week long festival.

The Fiji Museum was a hive of activity on August 24th 2007, as the Miss Hibiscus contestants visited the Museum as their official tour. It was also a wonderful moment for the staff to meet with the girls vying for the Miss Hibiscus title.

Throughout the year the Fiji Museum, in cooperation with the Friends of the Fiji Museum, local and international sponsors, organize events designed not only to raise money, but to heighten awareness of the museum, its collection and its activities. The Fiji Museum verandah, art gallery and temporary exhibition space can also be hired for external exhibitions and events. Arrangements for hire of these spaces can be made through the Fiji Museum.

Butterfly Book Launch

The University of the South Pacific in collaboration with the Fiji Museum launched the book "Butterflies Of The Fiji Islands" written by Sunil R Prasad and Hilda Waqa-Sakiti. The book was launched at the Fiji Museum by Pro Vice Chancellor Dr Ana Taufe'ulungaki.

This guide book is the first butterfly identification book for Fiji and it describes the 47 species recorded from the Fiji Islands. Basic morphological descriptions are presented with local distribution maps and worldwide distributions.



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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.

Ms. Luvunakoro during her training in Japan.

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