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A new plaque to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Founders Wing at the Warkworth Museum was unveiled last month.
The wing was officially opened by the then Governor General Sir Michael Hardie Boys on November 7, 1998.
It originally housed the museum’s textile, archive, artefact storage and administration department.
Today it is also home to a large display space known as the ASB Foyer.
It was named the Founders Wing in honour of those who, 25 years previously, had the foresight to commence building a museum and the determination to see it through to completion.
The museum’s current curator and manager, Victoria Joule, says the museum has been almost entirely assembled and funded through the time and effort invested by local people and the addition of the wing 20 years ago reflects the importance of the museum to the local community.
The unveiling of the plaque was celebrated by members of the Warkworth & District Museum Society, heads of departments at the museum and those who contributed to the building of the wing.
