Welcome - Te Toi Uku, Crown Lynn Museum

Welcome - Te Toi Uku, Crown Lynn Museum
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Haere mai, welcome
Telling unique stories of Tāmaki Makaurau clay heritage and iconic Crown Lynn Ceramics
Event
Crown Lynn Market
Saturday 2nd May, 9-1pm
Interview
Te Toi Uku on Radio New Zealand
Listen to the full interview here
Display
Frank Carpay
Crown Lynn's modernist designer
Interview
Talanoa: Ropeti Salima
Ropeti's Crown Lynn Story
Book a tour of Te Toi Uku
Enjoy an hour-long tour of the Museum, covering Crown Lynn, West Auckland clay history, and the Gardner and Parker Brothers kiln.
Find out more about visiting the Museum and arranging a tour for your group here.
Featured Story
During the final stages of Crown Lynn’s closure in 1989 many documents and materials from the factory were incinerated in the kilns before the factory was demolished. T
hanks to the
foresight
of
Crown Lynn employee
Peter Grant a box of
photographs including this one,
were saved
before going up in flames
.
Saved From the Kiln
The Gardner Kiln
The
original
Gardner Bros & Parker downdraught kiln is
located
right outside
Te
Toi Uku.
Built in 1926
and last fired in 1957
, this kiln is the last remaining structure from New Lynn’s brick-making era.
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