Descendants of the Kortegast family visited the Museum last week to honour the wish of their (recently deceased) mother - Helen Flight (nee Kortegast). Helen was the daughter of Phillip Kortegast, who in turn was the son of Wilhelm Kortegast - the founder of the famous West Coast Brewery.

After spending some time at the Museum, the family visited the site of the brewery on Gibson Quay, and then visited local brewery historian Glenn Johnston who took them through some of his collection and memorabilia. They also made a trip to the Arthurstown site where the Kortegast Family had their hop gardens and visited their relative's graves at the Hokitika cemetery. Most of this was done in torrential rain !!

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