Titiro ki muri kia whakatika ā mua
Preserving the past to enlighten the future


Research Grant Applications

The Friends of the Turnbull Library offers an annual research grant of up to $20,000 available to scholars whose research involves use of the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

The closing date for 2026 applications is Friday 3 October 2025.


  • Friends of the Turnbull Library AGM 2025

    Wednesday 23 July @ 5:30 pm 7:30 pm NZST

    Friends of the Turnbull Library AGM 2025

    You are invited to the annual general meeting of the Friends of the Turnbull Library, Wednesday 23 July 2025 After the meeting, Helen McCracken will discuss how heritage organisations safeguarded their national collections by evacuating cultural treasures during the Second World War.

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The Alexander Turnbull Library is a guardian of our heritage, a great research institution serving the general public and scholars in the fields of historical research, literary, cultural and genealogical studies. The Friends of the Turnbull Library promotes public interest in the Library’s collections and supports research and use of its collections.


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