Background & Scope
Located within the Learning Base at Auckland War Memorial Museum, Te Whiwhinga the Imaginarium uses expansive display architecture to engage audiences with natural history collections. Within each of the gigantic museum showcases, displayed specimens communicate narrative themes of place, migration, and family.
Auckland War Memorial Museum engaged European Museum Technology to engineer, fabricate, and assemble custom showcase structures. The project involved displaying large natural history specimens, such as bone structures and mammoth tusks, while preserving clear sightlines and ensuring physical protection in an active educational environment.
Modular Steel Fabrication & Workshop Logistics
European Museum Technology engineered and prefabricated internal structural steel frameworks at its Melbourne facilities prior to transport to Auckland. The heavy-duty steel framing provides rigid support for multi-panel architectural glass enclosures, bearing substantial structural loads while keeping perimeter profiles minimal.
On-Site Assembly & Specimen Protection
EMT specialists assembled the gigantic museum showcases on-site within the Learning Base environment. The structural assembly creates a sealed protective enclosure around complex specimens, integrating discrete display mounting hardware and architectural glass to ensure clear visual access for museum visitors.
Multi-panel architectural glass showcases installed within Te Whiwhinga the Imaginarium at Auckland War Memorial Museum
A large natural history bone structure safely enclosed using discrete internal mounting hardware and heavy-duty framing
Prefabricated steel frameworks and transport crates positioned within the Learning Base prior to final showcase construction
