List of museums in New Zealand explained

This is a list of museums in New Zealand, including regional museums, local museums, art galleries and maritime museums.

data-sort-type=textName !data-sort-type=numberCoordinates !data-sort-type=textLocation !data-sort-type=textTerritorial authority area !data-sort-type=textRegion !data-sort-type=textType !data-sort-type=yearOpened
Adam Art Gallery[1] [2] Art gallery 1947
Air Force Museum of New Zealand[3] [4] Military museum 1976
Aigantighe Art Gallery[5] [6] Art gallery 1956
Albertland Heritage Museum[7] [8] Local museum 1990[9]
Aotea Utanganui - Museum of South Taranaki[10] [11] Local museum 1967[12]
Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History[13] [14] Art gallery 1969
Artspace Aotearoa[15] [16] Art gallery 1987
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki[17] [18] Art gallery 1888
Auckland War Memorial Museum[19] [20] Regional museum 1852
Blue Oyster Art Project Space[21] [22] Art gallery 1999
Bluff Maritime Museum[23] [24] Maritime museum 1992[25]
Butler Point Whaling Museum[26] Specialist museum 1970[27]
Cadbury World (closed 2018)[28] Dunedin Central Dunedin Otago Specialist museum 2003
Canterbury Museum[29] [30] Regional museum 1867
Carterton Railway Museum (Te Whare Rerѐwe o Carterton)[31] Railway museum 1990
Centre of Contemporary Art[32] [33] Art gallery 1880
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu[34] [35] Art gallery 2003
City Gallery Wellington[36] [37] Art gallery 1940
Classic Flyers Museum[38] [39] Car museum 2005
Coaltown Museum[40] [41] Local museum 2013
Cobblestones Museum[42] [43] Historic village 1970s[44]
Nairn Street Cottage[45] Local museum 1980[46]
Corban Estate Arts Centre[47] Art gallery 2001
Crystal Mountain Mine Museum[48] Specialist museum 2000[49]
Dalmatian Archives and Museum[50] [51] Specialist museum 1989
Denis Cohn Gallery (closed 2006) Māngere Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Auckland Art gallery 1979[52] [53]
Devonport Museum[54] [55] Local museum 1977
data-sort-value="Dowse, The"The Dowse Art Museum[56] [57] Art gallery 1971
Dunedin Gasworks Museum[58] [59] OtagoHistoric gasworks 2001[60]
Dunedin Public Art Gallery[61] [62] Art gallery 1884
Eastern Southland Gallery[63] [64] Art gallery 1984
Edwin Fox Maritime Centre[65] [66] Maritime museum 1986[67]
Enjoy Contemporary Art Space[68] [69] Art gallery 2000
Fell Engine Museum[70] [71] Rail museum 1955
Ferrymead Heritage Park[72] [73] Historic village 1965[74]
Flax Stripper Museum[75] [76] Local museum 1990[77]
Foxton Museum[78] Local museum 1990[79]
Founders Heritage Park[80] [81] Local museum 1986[82]
Gibbs Farm[83] Sculpture farm 1991
Glenbrook Vintage Railway[84] [85] Heritage railway 1977
Golden Bay Museum[86] [87] Local museum 1990
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery[88] [89] Art gallery 1970[90]
Gus Fisher Gallery[91] [92] Art gallery 2001
Hastings City Art Gallery[93] [94] Art gallery 2009[95]
Highwic[96] [97] Heritage building 1981[98]
Hocken Collections[99] [100] Art gallery 1910
Howick Historical Village[101] [102] Heritage village 1980[103]
Hokitika Museum[104] [105] Local museum 1869
Huia Settlers Museum[106] [107] Local museum 1984
Hundertwasser Arts Centre and Wairau Māori Art Gallery[108] Art gallery 2022
Jonesonian Institute[109] Specialist museum 2008[110] [111]
Katherine Mansfield Birthplace[112] [113] Historic building 1988
Kauri Museum[114] [115] Local museum 1962
Larnach Castle[116] [117] DunedinHistoric building 1967
Len Lye Centre[118] Art gallery 1980
Mahara Gallery[119] [120] Art gallery 1996
Mangawhai Museum[121] [122] Local museum 2014[123]
Mansion House[124] [125] Historic building 1980
Museum of Transport and Technology[126] [127] Technology museum 1964
Museum of Waiheke[128] [129] Local museum 1990
McCahon House[130] [131] Historic building 1998
Mission House / Stone Store[132] [133] Historic building 1975
MTG Hawke's Bay[134] [135] Regional museum 1865
Napier Prison[136] Historic building 2002
National Army Museum[137] [138] Military museum 1978
National Museum of Audio Visual Arts & Sciences[139] Technology museum 1970s[140]
National Tattoo Museum Of New Zealand[141] [142] Specialist museum 2011[143]
Nelson Provincial Museum[144] [145] Regional museum 1842[146]
New Zealand Cricket Museum[147] [148] Sports museum 1987[149]
New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum (closed 2011) Wānaka Queenstown Lakes Otago Military museum 1993[150]
New Zealand Maritime Museum[151] [152] Maritime museum 1993
New Zealand Olympic Museum (closed 2016) Wellington Central Wellington Wellington Sports museum 1998[153]
New Zealand Portrait Gallery[154]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adam Art Gallery . Adam Art Gallery.
  2. Web site: Adam Art Gallery on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  3. Web site: Air Force Museum of New Zealand . Air Force Museum of New Zealand.
  4. Web site: Air Force Museum of New Zealand on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  5. Web site: Aigantighe Art Gallery . Aigantighe Art Gallery.
  6. Web site: Aigantighe Art Gallery on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  7. Web site: Albertland Heritage Museum . Albertland Heritage Museum.
  8. Web site: Albertland Heritage Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  9. News: Johnston . Lyn . History – A museum takes shape . Local Matters . 12 May 2021.
  10. Web site: Aotea Utanganui - Museum of South Taranaki . Aotea Utanganui - Museum of South Taranaki.
  11. Web site: Aotea Utanganui - Museum of South Taranaki on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  12. Web site: History of Aotea Utanganui . Aotea Utanganui Official Website . 11 December 2017 . Aotea Utanganui.
  13. Web site: Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History . Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History.
  14. Web site: Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  15. Web site: Artspace Aotearoa . Artspace Aotearoa.
  16. Web site: Artspace Aotearoa . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  17. Web site: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki . .
  18. Web site: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  19. Web site: Auckland War Memorial Museum . Auckland War Memorial Museum.
  20. Web site: Auckland War Memorial Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  21. Web site: Blue Oyster Art Project Space . Blue Oyster Art Project Space.
  22. Web site: Blue Oyster Art Project Space on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  23. Web site: Bluff Maritime Museum . Bluff Maritime Museum.
  24. Web site: Bluff Maritime Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  25. News: Berwick . Louise . Open day to thank community . . . 21 February 2013.
  26. Web site: Butler Point Whaling Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  27. Web site: Lindo Ferguson . surgeons.org . Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
  28. News: Ryan . Holly . The Big Read: Bitter aftertaste as Cadbury closes landmark Dunedin factory . . . 23 February 2017.
  29. Web site: Canterbury Museum . Canterbury Museum.
  30. Web site: Canterbury Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  31. Web site: Carterton Railway Museum . Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society.
  32. Web site: Centre of Contemporary Art . Centre of Contemporary Art.
  33. Web site: Centre of Contemporary Art on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  34. Web site: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu . Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.
  35. Web site: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  36. Web site: City Gallery Wellington . City Gallery Wellington.
  37. Web site: City Gallery Wellington on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  38. Web site: Classic Flyers Museum . Classic Flyers Museum.
  39. Web site: Classic Flyers Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  40. Web site: Heritage and Arts Around Westport . Westport Tourism.
  41. Web site: Coaltown Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  42. Web site: Cobblestones Museum . Cobblestones Museum.
  43. Web site: Cobblestones Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  44. Web site: Cobblestones Chronicles . arrowfm.co.nz . Arrow FM.
  45. Web site: Nairn Street Cottage . Wellington City Council.
  46. News: Nairn St's historic past . The Wellingtonian . 26 October 2012 . Winter, Chloe.
  47. Web site: Corban Estate Arts Centre . Corban Estate Arts Centre.
  48. Web site: Crystal Mountain Mine Museum . Crystal Mountain Mine Museum.
  49. News: Smith . Simon . Hidden gem of the west: Crystal Mountain . . . 19 December 2016.
  50. Web site: Dalmatian Archives and Museum . Dalmatian Archives and Museum.
  51. Web site: Dalmatian Archives and Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  52. Martin . Andrew . The Denis Cohn Gallery . Art New Zealand . Winter 1972 . 12 .
  53. News: Keith . Hamish . Obituary: Denis Cohn . . . 30 December 2006.
  54. Web site: Devonport Museum . Devonport Museum.
  55. Web site: Devonport Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  56. Web site: The Dowse Art Museum . The Dowse Art Museum.
  57. Web site: The Dowse Art Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  58. Web site: Dunedin Gasworks Museum . Dunedin Gasworks Museum.
  59. Web site: Dunedin Gasworks Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  60. Web site: Dunedin Gasworks . engineeringnz.org . Engineering New Zealand.
  61. Web site: Dunedin Public Art Gallery . Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
  62. Web site: Dunedin Public Art Gallery . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  63. Web site: Eastern Southland Gallery . Eastern Southland Gallery.
  64. Web site: Eastern Southland Gallery on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  65. Web site: Edwin Fox .
  66. Web site: Edwin Fox on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  67. Web site: The Edwin Fox . . Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  68. Web site: Enjoy Contemporary Art Space . Enjoy Public Art Gallery.
  69. Web site: Enjoy Contemporary Art Space on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  70. Web site: Fell Engine Museum . Fell Engine Museum.
  71. Web site: Fell Engine Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  72. Web site: Ferrymead Heritage Park . Ferrymead Heritage Park.
  73. Web site: Ferrymead Heritage Park on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  74. News: Ferrymead: Fifty years of ye olde memories . . . 22 October 2015.
  75. Web site: Flax Stripper Museum . Foxton Web Promotions.
  76. Web site: Flax Stripper Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  77. News: Gutry . Jennie . Foxton Flax Stripper Museum is looking for more tour guides . . . 24 February 2021.
  78. Web site: Foxton Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  79. News: Hunt . Tony . Flax mills in Foxton for 150 years . Horowhenua Chronicle . . 13 December 2019.
  80. Web site: Founders Heritage Park . Founders Heritage Park.
  81. Web site: Founders Heritage Park on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  82. Web site: Welcome to Founders . nelsoncitycouncil.co.nz . Nelson City Council.
  83. Web site: Gibbs Farm . Gibbs Farm.
  84. Web site: Glenbrook Vintage Railway . Glenbrook Vintage Railway.
  85. Web site: Glenbrook Vintage Railway on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  86. Web site: Golden Bay Museum . Golden Bay Museum.
  87. Web site: Golden Bay Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  88. Web site: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery . Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
  89. Web site: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  90. News: Cheers to 50 years of the Govett Brewster Art Gallery . Govett Brewster Art Gallery . 5 December 2019.
  91. Web site: Gus Fisher Gallery . Gus Fisher Gallery.
  92. Web site: Gus Fisher Gallery on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  93. Web site: Hastings City Art Gallery . Hastings City Art Gallery.
  94. Web site: Hastings City Art Gallery on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  95. News: Hastings City Art Gallery to get new roof . . 16 January 2020.
  96. Web site: Highwic . Heritage New Zealand.
  97. Web site: Highwic on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  98. Web site: Highwic - Gardens to Visit . gardenstovisit.co.nz.
  99. Web site: Hocken Collections . Hocken Collections.
  100. Web site: Hocken Collections on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  101. Web site: Howick Historical Village .
  102. Web site: Howick Historical Village on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  103. Book: An Introduction to the Howick Historical Village . 1997 . Howick and Districts Historical Society.
  104. Web site: Hokitika Museum . Tourism West Coast.
  105. Web site: Hokitika Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  106. Web site: Huia Settlers Museum .
  107. Web site: Huia Settlers Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  108. Web site: Hundertwasser Arts Centre . Hundertwasser Arts Centre.
  109. Web site: Jonesonian Institute on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  110. Craddock . Jen . Preserving New Zealanders' memories online . Preserving New Zealanders' Memories Online . February 2009 . 76 . 50–51.
  111. Web site: The Jonesonian Institute . rnz.co.nz . Radio New Zealand.
  112. Web site: Katherine Mansfield Birthplace . Katherine Mansfield Birthplace.
  113. Web site: Katherine Mansfield Birthplace on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  114. Web site: Kauri Museum . Kauri Museum.
  115. Web site: Kauri Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  116. Web site: Larnach Castle . Larnach Castle.
  117. Web site: Larnach Castle on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  118. Web site: Len Lye Centre . Len Lye Centre.
  119. Web site: Mahara Gallery . Mahara Gallery.
  120. Web site: Mahara Gallery on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  121. Web site: Mangawhai Museum . Mangawhai Museum.
  122. Web site: Mangawhai Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  123. Web site: Mangawhai roll of honour board . nzhistory.govt.nz . Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  124. Web site: Mansion House . Department of Conservation.
  125. Web site: Mansion House on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  126. Web site: Museum of Transport and Technology . Museum of Transport and Technology.
  127. Web site: Museum of Transport and Technology on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  128. Web site: Museum of Waiheke . Museum of Waiheke.
  129. Web site: Waiheke Island Historic Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  130. Web site: McCahon House . McCahon House Trust Museum.
  131. Web site: McCahon House on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  132. Web site: Kerikeri Mission Station . Heritage New Zealand.
  133. Web site: Kemp House & Stone Store on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  134. Web site: MTG Hawke's Bay . MTG Hawke's Bay.
  135. Web site: MTG Hawke's Baye on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  136. Web site: Napier Prison . Napier Prison.
  137. Web site: National Army Museum . National Army Museum.
  138. Web site: National Army Museum Te Mata Toa on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  139. Web site: National Museum of Audio Visual Arts and Sciences on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  140. Web site: National Museum of Audio Visual Arts & Sciences . foxton.org.nz . Foxton Web Promotions.
  141. Web site: National Tattoo Museum Of New Zealand . National Tattoo Museum Of New Zealand.
  142. Web site: National Tattoo Museum Of New Zealand on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  143. News: The art people wear for life . . 14 December 2020.
  144. Web site: Nelson Provincial Museum . Nelson Provincial Museum.
  145. Web site: Nelson Provincial Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  146. Book: Stafford . D . The Library from the sea: Public Library 1842-1992 . 1992 . Friends of the Nelson Library . Nelson . 2–4.
  147. Web site: New Zealand Cricket Museum . New Zealand Cricket Museum.
  148. Web site: New Zealand Cricket Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  149. News: Boyack . Nicholas . Bradman and Crowe open the batting at cricket museum . . . 18 December 2021.
  150. Book: Peat, Neville . Hurricane Tim : The Story of Sir Tim Wallis . Dunedin . Longarce Press . 2005 . Hardback . 1-877361-17-8.
  151. Web site: New Zealand Maritime Museum . New Zealand Maritime Museum.
  152. Web site: New Zealand Maritime Museum on NZ Museums . nzmuseums.co.nz . Te Papa.
  153. Web site: Olympic Museum . olympic.org.nz . New Zealand Olympic Committee.
  154. Web site: New Zealand Portrait Gallery . New Zealand Portrait Gallery.

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