List of museums in New Zealand

This is a list of museums in New Zealand.

By region

Auckland

• Artspace[1]
• Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
• Auckland Dalmatian Historical Society[2]
• Auckland Polish Heritage Museum[3]
• Auckland War Memorial Museum
• Corban Estate Arts Centre[4]
• Crystal Mountain Mine Museum[5]
• Devonport Museum[6]
• Gibbs Farm
• Glenbrook Vintage Railway
• Gus Fisher Gallery
• Highwic
• Howick Historical Village
• Huia Settlers Museum[7]
• Jonesonian Institute[8]
• Kinder House and Ewelme Cottage
• Lopdell House
• Mansion House Kawau Island[9]
• Masonic Museum of United Masters Lodge No. 167][10]
• McCahon House Trust Museum[11]
• Museum of Transport and Technology
• New Zealand Fashion Museum
• New Zealand Maritime Museum
• New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame
• Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Auckland
• Objectspace
• Oratia Folk Museum[12]
• Pah Homestead
• Papakura Museum[13]
• Papatoetoe Museum[14]
• Rotoroa Island Museum
• St Paul St Gallery[15]
• Te Tuhi[16]
• Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery[17]
• Torpedo Bay Navy Museum
• Uxbridge[18]
• Waiheke Museum[19]
• Waiuku Museum[20]
• Warkworth Museum[21]
• Whittaker's Music Museum[22]

Bay of Plenty

• Classic Flyers Museum
• New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute
• Opotiki Museum
• Rotorua Museum
• Tauranga Art Gallery
• Te Wairoa
• Whakatane Museum

Canterbury

• Aigantighe Art Gallery
• Air Force Museum of New Zealand
• Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
• Centre of Contemporary Art
• Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
• Ferrymead Heritage Park
• Plains Vintage Railway
• Pleasant Point Museum and Railway
• South Canterbury Museum[23]
• Yaldhurst Museum
• The Physics Room

Gisborne

• Tairawhiti Museum

Hawke's Bay

• MTG Hawke's Bay
• Napier Prison
• Hastings City Art Gallery

Manawatū-Whanganui

• National Army Museum (New Zealand)
• New Zealand Rugby Museum
• Sarjeant Gallery
• Te Manawa
• Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom
• Oranjehof Dutch Connection Centre
• Piriharakeke Generation Inspiration Centre
• Flax Stripper Museum
• MAVTech Museum of Audio-visual Technology
• Waimarino Museum
• Whanganui Regional Museum[24]

Marlborough

• Edwin Fox (ship)
• Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre

Nelson

• Founders Heritage Park
• Nelson Provincial Museum
• The Suter Art Gallery[25]
• World of Wearable Art

Northland

• Butler Point Whaling Museum
• Kauri Museum
• Mangawhai Museum
• Mission House
• Pompallier House
• Reyburn House, Northland Society of Arts
• Stone Store
• Te Waimate mission
• Treaty House
• Whangarei Art Museum Te Manawa Toi
• Whangarei Museum

Otago

• Blue Oyster Art Project Space
• Cadbury World
• Dunedin Gasworks Museum[26]
• Dunedin Public Art Gallery
• Hocken Collections
• Larnach Castle
• New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum
• New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
• Olveston
• Otago Museum
• Toitū Otago Settlers Museum
• Port Chalmers Maritime Museum[27]
• Steampunk HQ
• Whakamana Cannabis Museum

Southland

• Bluff Maritime Museum
• Eastern Southland Gallery
• Southland Museum and Art Gallery

Taranaki

• Aotea Utanganui - Museum of South Taranaki
• Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
• Len Lye Centre
• Puke Ariki

Tasman

• Golden Bay Museum[28]

Waikato

• Beale Cottage
• New Zealand Timber Museum[29] [30]
• Taupo Museum[31]
• Te Awamutu Museum
• Waikato Museum

Wairarapa

• Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History
• Cobblestones Museum
• Fell Engine Museum
• Pahiatua Railcar Society
• Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society

Wellington

• Adam Art Gallery
• City Gallery Wellington
• The Colonial Cottage Museum
• The Dowse Art Museum
• Enjoy Public Art Gallery
• Katherine Mansfield Birthplace
• Mahara Gallery
• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
• New Zealand Cricket Museum
• National Tattoo Museum Of New Zealand
• New Zealand Olympic Museum (Closed)
• Pataka Art + Museum
• New Zealand Portrait Gallery
• Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
• Otaki Museum
• Porirua Lunatic Asylum
• Reserve Bank Museum
• Southward Car Museum
• Space Place at Carter Observatory
• Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust
• Wellington Museum
• Wellington Tramway Museum

West Coast

• Coaltown Museum[32]
• Hokitika Museum[33]
• Hokitika Sock Machine Museum
• Shantytown

See also

• New Zealand Fashion Museum
• List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines
• Tourism in New Zealand
• Culture of New Zealand

References

1. "ARTSPACE". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
2. "Dalmatian Genealogical and Historical Society". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
3. "Polish Heritage Trust Museum". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
4. "Corban Estate Arts Centre". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
5. "CRYSTAL MINE MUSEUM". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
6. "Devonport Museum". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
7. "The Huia Settlers Museum". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
8. "Jonesonian Institute". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
9. "Kawau Island Historic Reserve". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
10. "Masonic Museum of United Masters Lodge No.167". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
11. "McCahon House". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
12. "Oratia Folk Museum". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
13. "Papakura Museum". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
14. "Papatoetoe Historical Society Inc". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
15. "St Paul St". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
16. "About Te Tuhi". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
17. "Waitakere Contemporary Gallery". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
18. "Uxbridge - Howick's Creative Centre". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
19. "Waiheke Island Historical Society". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
20. "Waiuku Museum". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
21. "Warkworth Museum". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
22. "Whittaker's Music Museum". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
23. "South Canterbury Museum". NZ Museums. National Services Te Paerangi. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
24. "Whanganui Regional Museum". National Services Te Paerangi. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
25. "The Suter Te Aratoi O Whakatü". NZ Museums. National Services Te Paerangi. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
26. "Dunedin Gasworks Museum". NZ Museums. National Services Te Paerangi. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
27. "Port Chalmers Maritime Museum," InsidersDunedin.com. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
28. "Golden Bay Museum". Retrieved 27 June 2020.
29. "New Zealand Timber Museum". New Zealand Timber Museum. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
30. "NZ Museums". NZ Museums National Services Te Paerangi. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
31. "Taupo Museum". NZ Museums. National Services Te Paerangi. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
32. "Coaltown Museum". NZ Museums. National Services Te Paerangi. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
33. "Hokitika Museum". NZ Museums. National Services Te Paerangi. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

External links

• NZMuseums website, National Services Te Paerangi