Dowse Art Museum

Dowse Art Museum
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Established1971
LocationLower Hutt, New Zealand
Websitedowse.org.nz
Detail of a poupou by Rangi Hetet hanging in The Dowse Art Museum. One of a pair of poupou commissioned by the museum on their fifth anniversary in 1975. The poupou are carved wooden figures with inset pāua shell eyes. This figure represents Te Puni.
One of Paul Dibble's 'Swimmers in Space' in front of The Dowse Art Gallery

The Dowse Art Museum is a municipal art gallery in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.[1]

Opening in 1971 in the Lower Hutt CBD,[2] The Dowse occupies a stand-alone building adjacent to other municipal facilities. The building was completely remodelled in 2013.[3] The Dowse's holdings generally focus on New Zealand artists of both national and local significance.

  1. ^ "The Dowse – Wellington places – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Our History – The Dowse Art Museum". Newdowse.org.nz. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. ^ "The New Dowse Art Museum / Athfield Architects" 19 September 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed 7 November 2013. http://www.archdaily.com/?p=428705