Most of the approximately 14 small museums and archives in the Selwyn District are starting to cooperate to digitally catalogue their collections and promulgate historical information about the history of the Selwyn District.
The Selwyn District Council (SDC) has provided money for 10 museums/archives to buy 5-year Bronze licenses in eHive and the group has now formed a Community along the same lines as Project Ark in Southland.
https://ehive.com/communities/1215/selwyn-museums-heritage-collections
Selwyn Library has a subscription to Recollect and history groups in Selwyn are starting to add information to the site under the supervision of the recently appointed Local History Librarian, Sarah Davy.
https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/
The groups gather periodically in an informal group “Selwyn Heritage and History Network” which has allowed members as widely spaced apart as Arthurs Pass to Prebbleton to get to know each other and provide a united voice to the SDC.
For further information please contact Mike Noonan from the Dunsandel Historic Society at popmike66@gmail.com or Sarah Davy at sarah.davy@selwyn.govt.nz
Mike Noonan, Dunsandel Historic Society
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