https://wellington.gen.nz/katherine-mansfield-house Katherine Mansfield House newsitems https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/a-visit-to-avon-and-fontainebleau Katherine Mansfield House & Garden Director Cherie Jacobson shares her experience of visiting the places where Mansfield spent the last few months of her life and was laid to rest. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/a-visit-to-avon-and-fontainebleau Katherine Mansfield House 2026-01-09T00:00:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/talking-books-with-emily-perkins On Tuesday 3 September 2024 we hosted award-winning writer Emily Perkins for a memorable fundraising event to support Katherine Mansfield House & Garden. Here are some of the books and writers she mentioned. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/talking-books-with-emily-perkins Katherine Mansfield House 2024-09-16T00:00:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/meet-the-medlar British orchardist Jane Steward gave a fascinating talk about medlar trees and their fruit which is now available online. We have a medlar tree at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden and use its fruit to make jelly each year. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/meet-the-medlar Katherine Mansfield House 2024-05-30T00:00:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/in-memory-of-leslie-heron-beauchamp Each year on 25 April, Anzac Day commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and honours returned service personnel. At Katherine Mansfield House & Garden, we particularly remember Katherine Mansfield’s younger brother, Leslie Heron Beauchamp, who died in the First World War, aged 21. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/in-memory-of-leslie-heron-beauchamp Katherine Mansfield House 2024-04-23T00:00:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/sylvia-townsend-warner-on-the-letters-of-katherine-mansfield In 1929, writer Sylvia Townsend Warner published a piece in The New York Herald Tribune about Katherine Mansfield’s letters, entitled ‘Death and The Lady: The Letters of Katherine Mansfield’. This blog post introduces the piece, which you can read in full. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/sylvia-townsend-warner-on-the-letters-of-katherine-mansfield Katherine Mansfield House 2024-02-13T00:00:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/talking-books-with-annabel-langbein On Tuesday 28 November 2023 we were delighted to host culinary queen and lifelong adventurer Annabel Langbein for a fundraising event to support Katherine Mansfield House & Garden. Here are some of the books and writers she mentioned. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/talking-books-with-annabel-langbein Katherine Mansfield House 2023-12-19T00:00:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/the-tale-of-our-typewriter Right in time for school holidays, you can now try writing like Katherine Mansfield! We recently purchased a Corona 3 typewriter from a local auction house, the exact same model as the one Katherine Mansfield used. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/the-tale-of-our-typewriter Katherine Mansfield House 2023-07-12T00:00:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/katherine-mansfield-and-coronations There were two coronations during Katherine Mansfield’s lifetime – King Charles’ great-great grandfather Edward VII in August 1902, and his great-grandfather George V in June 1911. This blog post looks at her experience of them. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Wed, 03 May 2023 23:40:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/katherine-mansfield-and-coronations Katherine Mansfield House 2023-05-03T23:40:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/digging-into-the-past For New Zealand Archeology Week 2023 we look back at the archaeological work undertaken at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden between 1987 and 1988. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Thu, 27 Apr 2023 03:44:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/digging-into-the-past Katherine Mansfield House 2023-04-27T03:44:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/event-to-mark-100th-anniversary-of-katherine-mansfields-death On 9 January 1923, a small event was held at the Katherine Mansfield Memorial in Katherine Mansfield Memorial Park in Thorndon, Wellington, to mark the anniversary date of the centenary of Katherine Mansfield's death. thorndon places heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/event-to-mark-100th-anniversary-of-katherine-mansfields-death Katherine Mansfield House 2023-01-14T00:00:00Z -41.27165185 174.77924068097718 Katherine Mansfield Memorial Park, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/talking-books-with-dame-jane-campion On Tuesday 1 November we had the privilege of hosting Dame Jane Campion for a fundraising event to support Katherine Mansfield House & Garden. Unsurprisingly for an award-winning filmmaker, Dame Jane knows how to tell a story. She also knows the power of stories and shared how reading has been so essential to her life. Here are some of the books and writers she mentioned. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Tue, 15 Nov 2022 01:05:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/talking-books-with-dame-jane-campion Katherine Mansfield House 2022-11-15T01:05:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/and-other-stories To mark the centenary of the publication of Katherine Mansfield's third short story collection, 'The Garden Party and Other Stories', we held a winter series of readings with Wellington writers. We asked each writer to choose one of the lesser-known stories from the collection to read out loud and chat about on a Sunday afternoon. This blog post outlines the notes from each discussion. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Sun, 02 Oct 2022 07:05:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/and-other-stories Katherine Mansfield House 2022-10-02T07:05:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/katherine-and-photography During her Museum and Heritage Studies placement at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden in June 2022, Louise Mitchell took a particular interest in two boxes of collection items relating to photography. She wrote this wonderful blog post about some of the objects and the development of photography during Katherine Mansfield's lifetime. (Click title to read full post) heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Wed, 20 Jul 2022 22:57:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/katherine-and-photography Katherine Mansfield House 2022-07-20T22:57:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/some-very-special-objects Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House in Ōtautahi Christchurch was officially opened by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on 15 December 2020. Katherine Mansfield House & Garden Director Cherie Jacobson attended the opening and explains a special connection between the two heritage properties. (Click title to read full post) heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Thu, 23 Dec 2021 01:20:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/some-very-special-objects Katherine Mansfield House 2021-12-23T01:20:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/100-years-of-mansfield-and-switzerland On Tuesday 16 November 2021 the Embassy of Switzerland to New Zealand and Katherine Mansfield House & Garden held an event to celebrate the centenary of Mansfield’s time in Switzerland. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Wed, 15 Dec 2021 03:06:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/100-years-of-mansfield-and-switzerland Katherine Mansfield House 2021-12-15T03:06:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/treasure-in-the-childrens-toy-box During her Victoria University of Wellington Museum and Heritage Studies placement at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden in June, Ailish Wallace-Buckland took a particular interest in some of the children's toys in the collection and what they can tell us about the lives of colonial Victorian children in Wellington. She wrote this wonderful blog post to share her research. Thank you Ailish! heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:04:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/treasure-in-the-childrens-toy-box Katherine Mansfield House 2021-08-23T21:04:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/karen-walkers-reading-recommendations Some of those who attended our recent fundraising event 'Stories, Style and Success: An Evening with Karen Walker' have asked if we can share the titles and authors Karen spoke about when discussing her earliest memories of books, the books she loved as a teenager, and her reading habits an adult. So here is a list courtesy of Karen! (Click title to read full post) heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Fri, 20 Aug 2021 02:36:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/karen-walkers-reading-recommendations Katherine Mansfield House 2021-08-20T02:36:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/the-gloriousness-of-teenage-girls From one Wellington teenage girl to another. In Leila Barber's valedictory speech as Head Girl of Samuel Marsden Collegiate in 2020, she finds Katherine Mansfield's writing as a teenager captures something pretty special: the gloriousness of teenage girls. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Thu, 17 Dec 2020 01:49:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/the-gloriousness-of-teenage-girls Katherine Mansfield House 2020-12-17T01:49:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/printing-in-the-victorian-era During the Victorian era, printers experimented with a range of different techniques to reproduce original drawings. Developments in printing techniques, including engraving and lithography, allowed for mass printing. Many of the pictures on display at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden are copies of Victorian prints. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Mon, 22 Jun 2020 04:53:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/printing-in-the-victorian-era Katherine Mansfield House 2020-06-22T04:53:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/immemorial 1965. New Zealand literary luminaries Frank Sargeson and Dame Ngaio Marsh pose for a photograph, walking beneath the Katherine Mansfield Memorial at the south end of Fitzherbert Terrace in Thorndon. Just a few years later, that Memorial was gone and a new one had appeared just a few hundred metres away. So what happened? ngaio thorndon places heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art Mon, 18 May 2020 01:34:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/immemorial Katherine Mansfield House 2020-05-18T01:34:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/new-art-at-kmhg Katherine Mansfield House & Garden’s recent re-interpretation introduced a number of new artworks to the house. From the Queen of Sheba to Mediterranean maidens, find out the story behind each of these four artworks, then come and find them in the house! art heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries thorndon places Mon, 04 May 2020 05:30:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/new-art-at-kmhg Katherine Mansfield House 2020-05-04T05:30:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/mansfield-in-the-time-of-covid-19 Katherine Mansfield rarely fails to be relevant. Even now, in this time of COVID-19, Mansfield’s experience offers insight. From the cholera and typhoid outbreaks of her youth, to the 1918 influenza pandemic and the tuberculosis that would cause her death, Mansfield was no stranger to public health emergencies. covid-19 health heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:34:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/mansfield-in-the-time-of-covid-19 Katherine Mansfield House 2020-04-20T00:34:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/mansfield-unplugged Who was Boris Petrovsky? Lily Heron? Julian Mark? Despite the pseudonyms, Professor Jane Stafford suggests Mansfield's poetry is where we glimpse the true Mansfield, Mansfield 'unplugged'. (Click title to read full post) heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Sun, 05 Apr 2020 23:59:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/mansfield-unplugged Katherine Mansfield House 2020-04-05T23:59:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/redevelopment-progress-at-katherine-mansfield-house-and-garden We are almost halfway through our planned time closed for reinterpretation at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden. As with any building work, we have experienced our fair share of delays and complications. However, we can update you on progress concerning: o Weatherboards o Roofing o Exterior Painting heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Tue, 10 Sep 2019 21:05:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/redevelopment-progress-at-katherine-mansfield-house-and-garden Katherine Mansfield House 2019-09-10T21:05:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/from-victorian-to-renovation-and-back-a-history-of-alterations-at-25-tinakori-road In anticipation of restoration work on Katherine Mansfield House & Garden this year, here is an overview of changes that 25 Tinakori Road has gone through from its initial construction in 1888 to its opening as Katherine Mansfield Birthplace. (Click title to read full post) heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Wed, 19 Jun 2019 03:52:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/from-victorian-to-renovation-and-back-a-history-of-alterations-at-25-tinakori-road Katherine Mansfield House 2019-06-19T03:52:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/notes-on-a-special-piano KMHG’s lovely small John Broadwood & Sons piano was sounding very off key. An attempt to have it tuned turned into an opportunity to learn more about a very special object in the museum collection. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Tue, 05 Mar 2019 23:46:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/notes-on-a-special-piano Katherine Mansfield House 2019-03-05T23:46:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/from-the-ashes-the-birth-of-the-thorndon-society-and-the-residential-e-zone The construction of Wellington's urban motorway came at a cost to Thorndon's built heritage, including a former home of Katherine Mansfield - the setting for some of her best known New Zealand stories. It also resulted in the community lobbying for protection of built heritage, which helped ensure the preservation of Mansfield's birthplace. thorndon places heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art Wed, 20 Feb 2019 02:18:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/from-the-ashes-the-birth-of-the-thorndon-society-and-the-residential-e-zone Katherine Mansfield House 2019-02-20T02:18:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/mansfield-garden-opens-in-hamilton Hamilton Gardens' newest garden has been arranged to show a slice of early 20th century New Zealand, drawing on KM's story The Garden Party. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Mon, 12 Nov 2018 03:18:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/mansfield-garden-opens-in-hamilton Katherine Mansfield House 2018-11-12T03:18:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/love-hate-and-the-bloomsbury-group We are lucky to have a huge quantity of letters left behind by the Bloomsbury Group. Their letters expressing love and hate give us a unique window into their personal lives and relationships. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:02:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/love-hate-and-the-bloomsbury-group Katherine Mansfield House 2017-12-22T22:02:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/creepy-victorians There’s something about historic Victorian homes that modern visitors find slightly unnerving. Why is that, and why are so many aspects of the Victorian life now associated with creepiness? heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:31:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/creepy-victorians Katherine Mansfield House 2017-10-30T20:31:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand