Hocken Library and Gallery - Uare Taoka o Hakena Dunedin

The displays on show in the first floor galleries are from the collections of the Hocken Library, a scholarly institution with a New Zealand and Pacific focus founded in 1910. Artists Colin McCahon and Ralph Hotere are represented in a collection which contains works of art dating from the 18th Century as well as contemporary artists. The collection includes 400 works donated by Charles Brasch.

The Exhibition gallery is open from 9.30am until 5pm weekdays, and on the weekends. The Hocken Collections is home to a significant collection of photographs of New Zealand people and places.

The Hocken Collection is administered by the University of Otago. Its archives include the papers of James K Baxter, Janet Frame, Charles Brasch, Colin McCahon, Michael Cullen, the RSA, the Plunket Society and Hallensteins Ltd.