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The Katherine Mansfield Birthplace is the childhood home of one of the world's best-known short story writers and New Zealand's most famous author.

Here you can enjoy a virtual visit to this historic family home and garden, as well as discover the life and work of the writer herself.

NEW EXHIBITION

The Material Mansfield
... a silent reflex of the soul ...
19 June 1908 (Collected Letters 1)

Bed jacket on loan from University of Leeds
Mansfield's bed jacket

   mother-of-pearl brooch   
       mother-of-pearl brooch      


Katherine Mansfield's clothes and possessions, brought together in New Zealand for the first time

&

new creations by contemporary designers who have fallen for her unique sense of style

19 February - 4 May 2008
admission charge

closed Mondays except for pre booked school visits




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