Ravenscar house : a biography /

Ravenscar House: A biography explores the story of this unique, purpose-built house museum as the realization of a long-held dream and the expression of a heart-warming act of public philanthropy. Christchurch journalist and writer Sally Blundell tells the compelling story of Jim and Susan Wakefield...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Blundell, Sally, 1963- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Christchurch, New Zealand : Canterbury University Press, [2022].
Subjects:	Wakefield, Jim, > -2020. Wakefield, Susan Mary. Ravenscar House (Gallery) Art museum architecture > New Zealand > Christchurch. Art museums > New Zealand > Christchurch > Design and construction. Painting, New Zealand.

Table of Contents:

Foreword Steve Wakefield, chair Ravenscar Trust
Foreword Anthony Wright, director Canterbury Museum
Preface : a biography of a building
Chapter One : a coat with silver buttons
Chapter Two : Dream of the south
Chapter Three : Ravenscar Trust Collection
Chapter Four : Search for a new home
Chapter Five : The new Ravenscar House
Conversation with Andrew Patterson - Conclusion From house to house museum.