Te Toi Uku – Crown Lynn & Clayworks Museum
| Te Toi Uku – Crown Lynn & Clayworks Museum | |
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 Te Toi Uku: Crown Lynn & Clayworks Museum, 2023. | |
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| Alternative names | Te Toi Uku: Crown Lynn & Clayworks Museum |
| General information | |
| Address | 8 Ambrico Place, New Lynn |
| Town or city | Auckland |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 36°54′40″S 174°40′49″E / 36.9111°S 174.6802°E |
| Opened | 2015 |
| Website | |
| https://www.tetoiuku.org.nz/ | |
Te Toi Uku – Crown Lynn & Clayworks Museum is a community focused museum located in New Lynn, Auckland.[1] The museum focuses on sharing West Auckland's ceramic history and preserving the history of New Zealand ceramics manufacturer, Crown Lynn.[2][3][4]
Background
[edit]In 2005 the Portage Ceramics Trust was founded to administrate a large private collection of ceramics and pottery-making equipment relating to Crown Lynn.[5] The collection belonged to Richard Quinn who collected Crown Lynn pottery and who in 1989, on the factory's demolition, undertook an archaeological survey of the Crown Lynn factory site.[6][7][8] Quinn collected Crown Lynn crockery, moulds, machinery, photographs and business documents.[9]
In 2015, Te Toi Uku opened to the public, the Māori name translates to 'The Art of Clay'.[9] The museum is located near the former Parker & Gardener Bros brickworks and later Crown Lynn factory site. It is also next to the original Parker & Gardener Bros downdraught kiln, built in 1927.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
The museum is supported by the Whau Local Board of the Auckland Council.[15]
Collections
[edit]The collection consists of over 6,000 objects from the 1880s to present.[4][3] While the collections mostly consist of Crown Lynn ceramics, there are also a number of objects related to the early brick and pipe industries in West Auckland.[16]
Crown Lynn
[edit]The Richard Quinn collection makes up a large fraction of Te Toi Uku's collection of Crown Lynn spanning from the 1940s to the 1980s.[17][18][19] The collection spans objects such as dinnerware, nursery ware and vitrified porcelain.[4] This also includes the Valerie Ringer Monk collection, donated by collector and author of two books on Crown Lynn; Crown Lynn Collectors Handbook and Crown Lynn A New Zealand Icon.[20][21][17] As well as the Carl Larsen collection which include ceramics from early Crown Lynn designer, Frank Carpay.[22][17]
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West Auckland Clay & Brick Industries
[edit]Te Toi Uku's collection also includes objects and machinery from the former Waitakere City Council, which are significant to the wider West Auckland clay industry.[23][4] Highlighting the developments in production techniques over time.[4] Notably the museum's collection also includes historic bricks from the collection of Auckland historian, J.T Diamond.[9] As well as extensive documentation and photographs of West Auckland industrial history.
The collections also includes pieces from 1980s company Studio Ceramics.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ Wade, Pamela (17 April 2021). "World Famous in New Zealand: New Lynn's Te Toi Uku Crown Lynn & Clayworks Museum". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Te Toi Uku: Crown Lynn Museum". RNZ. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ a b OurAuckland. "Gem of the month: Te Toi Uku Crown Lynn & Clayworks Museum". OurAuckland. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Te Toi Uku: Celebrating Auckland's Clay Works Legacy - Explore Auckland". 20 December 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ Systems, Vernon (17 November 2008). "Portage Ceramics Trust". eHive. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "About us". Te Toi Uku, Crown Lynn Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Crown Lynn: Crockery of Distinction". City Gallery. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Preserving the Legacy of Crown Lynn". NZ Herald. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Te Toi Uku: Crown Lynn & Clayworks Museum | Te Papa". tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Kiln". Te Toi Uku, Crown Lynn Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Preserving the Legacy of Crown Lynn". NZ Herald. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Crown Lynn Collection". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ jodiecawthorne7 (2 May 2023). "TE TOI UKU - CROWN LYNN CLAYWORKS MUSEUM". The MOTAT Society. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Kiln exhibition reviving New Lynn's history". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ Verve (28 October 2020). "A Gem in New Lynn | Te Toi Uku Crown Lynn & Clayworks Museum". Verve Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Te Toi Uku". www.kotuia.org.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Research / Rangahautia". Te Toi Uku, Crown Lynn Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Swanning Around: Crown Lynn Archives". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Cataloguing Crown Lynn". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Valerie Monk". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Crowning glory: A passion for crockery". NZ Herald. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Handpainted Abstract Vase; Frank Carpay; 1953-1956; 2024.2.1 on eHive". eHive. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ Rees-Owen, Rose; Slade, Maria (4 May 2015). "Museum housing Crown Lynn pottery opens in New Lynn". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2025.