Mount Maunganui Museum moments in history

1971: Mount Lions planning museum. Council offers site of old domain caretaker's cottage (corner of Marine Parade and Pacific Avenue) for the project. Bay of Plenty Times, 18 August 1971.

1982:

• Plans to open museum at Mount Maunganui. Gordon Farrelly. 7 April 1982, p. 1.
• Home for exhibits. Gordon Farrelly's Museum in Adams Avenue. 21 October 1982, p. 17.
• Museum holds 29 years of collecting. 30 December 1982, p. 6.

1984: Odd bits now show piece. Mount News, 30 May 1984.

1985:

• Mount Museum and Gordon Farrelly. Mount News, 9 January 1985 [Ams 487/6, Scrapbook 2, p. 44, 56].
• Museum for sale. Mount News, 19 June 1985 [Ams 487/6, Scrapbook 3, p. 8, 18].
• Old cottage goes to developers. Mount News, 11 December 1985.

1986:

• Museum Mount's loss but Aucklands gain. Bay of Plenty Times, 29 January 1986 [Ams 487/6, Scrapbook 3, p. 28-29].
• Museum items Auckland bound. Mount News, 5 February 1986 [Ams 487/6, Scrapbook 3, p. 44].