Reference

Museums

Sites

* Museums @ Te Puna Web Directory
Links to New Zealand organisations and information.
* New Zealand Museums On-line
A list of New Zealand museum and art galleries, with website given if available. You can search for a museum or gallery by collection e.g. art, maritime, or region, or name. For each museum basic information such as brief description of collections, address, email, hours, prices, facilities etc.
* Albertland & Districts Museum, Memorial Park, Wellsford
* Aratoi - Wairarapa Museum of Art and History
* Army Museum Waiouru
* Auckland War Memorial Museum Te Papa Whakahiku Auckland
* Buried Village Rotorua
* Cambridge Museum
The Cambridge Museum is run by the Cambridge Historical Society Inc., with funding assistance from Waipa District Council.
* Canterbury Museum Christchurch
* Colonial Cottage Museum Wellington
* Dowse Art Museum Lower Hutt
* Ferrymead Post and Telegraph Society
* Hawke's Bay Museum
* Howick Historical Village
* Lake Taupo Museum and Art = Te Whare Taonga o Taupo Nui A Tia
* Lakes District Museum Arrowtown
* Mercury Bay Regional Museum Whitianga
* MOTAT Auckland
* Museum of Wellington City and Sea Wellington
Telling the distinctive tales of Wellington from first settlement by Maori to the present.
* Museums Aotearoa
professional organisation for museums and museum workers in Aotearoa New Zealand
* National War Memorial
The tomb of the Unknown Warrior
* Navy Museum
* Nelson Provincial Museum and Tasman Bays Heritage Trust
In October 2005 the Museum opened on part of the original Town Acre site, which was once home to New Zealand's first museum - The Literary and Scientific Institute of Nelson (1842).
* New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum
* New Zealand National Maritime Museum Auckland
* New Zealand Rugby Museum Palmerston North
Museum in Palmerston North - home to a comprehensive collection of rugby memorabilia and records. Has extensive information and articles about the history of the game in New Zealand and elsewhere.
* North Otago Museum Oamaru
* Otago Museum Dunedin. NZ
* Otago Settlers Museum Dunedin
* Petone Settlers Museum
* Puke Ariki New Plymouth
united museum, library and visitor information centre for Taranaki.
* Rotorua Museum
* Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum Christchurch
the National Museum of New Zealand Military Aviation, located at the oldest military flying field at Wigram, near Christchurch
* South Canterbury Museum Timaru
* Southland Museum and Art Gallery Niho o Te Taniwha
* Southward Car Museum Paraparaumu
* Tairawhiti Museum Te Whare Toonga o te Tairawhiti
Gisbornes' award winning museum and art gallery
* Tauranga Museum
* Te Awamutu Museum
* Te Manawa Palmerston North
* Te Papa Tongarewa - Museum of New Zealand Wellington
Preserves and presents the taonga (treasures) of New Zealand's peoples and interprets the country's heritage for national and international audiences.
* Waikato Museum of Art & History Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui Hamilton
* Waimate Historical Museum
* Waipu Heritage Centre
* Waitomo Museum of Caves
* Wellington Cable Car Museum Wellington
* Whanganui Regional Museum
* Whangarei Art Museum
* World Of WearableArt & Collectable Cars Museum Nelson
* Yaldhurst Museum of Transport and Science Christchurch