What's on at the Forrester Gallery

  • Image: Laurence Aberhart, Hall of Memories (detail), Waitaki Boys’ High School, Oamaru, 22 May 2015. FG2023.4.1. Collection of the Forrester Gallery. Kindly donated by Chris and Lyn Millar and Tim and Julie Gerrard with support from the Waitaki Boys 1st XV 1972 and the Friends of the Forrester Gallery

    Hall of Memories

    Waitaki Boys’ High School’s Hall of Memories is a powerful memorial for all those who lost their lives through conflict. Celebrate and remember the Hall of Memories’ grand history. 

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    Forrester Gallery
    2 September 2023 to 29 October 2023
  • Image: Map of my route from home to school, Archer Currie, Maheno School 

    Burns Memorial Art Exhibition 53

    Every year school students from around the Waitaki share their artistic talents with us. The Forrester Gallery asks all the schools and early childhood education centres in the Waitaki District to contribute student artwork to the Burns Memorial Exhibition.

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    Forrester Gallery
    2 September 2023 to 29 October 2023
  • Image: Chinese pottery vessel, collection of the Waitaki Museum. Id 149272

    Culture Waitaki Short Story Competition 2023

    Write a story and enter our migration-themed competition.

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    22 September 2023 - 10:30am

Past exhibitions

The Forrester Gallery provides a vibrant array of exhibitions and events based from its wonderful Class I heritage building at 9 Thames Street, Oamaru.

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