List of museums in New Zealand

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

Name Coordinates Location Territorial authority area/Local board area (Auckland) Region Type Opened Adam Art Gallery Kelburn Wellington Wellington Art gallery 1947 Air Force Museum of New Zealand Wigram Christchurch Canterbury Military museum 1976 Aigantighe Art Gallery Timaru Timaru Canterbury Art gallery 1956 Albertland Heritage Museum Wellsford Rodney Auckland Local museum 1990 Aotea Utanganui - Museum of South Taranaki Patea South Taranaki Taranaki Local museum 1967 Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History Masterton Masterton Wellington Art gallery 1969 Artspace Aotearoa Auckland CBD Waitematā Auckland Art gallery 1987 Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Auckland CBD Waitematā Auckland Art gallery 1888 Auckland War Memorial Museum Parnell Waitematā Auckland Regional museum 1852 Bill Richardson Transport World Invercargill Invercargill Southland Transport museum 2015 Blue Oyster Art Project Space Central Dunedin Dunedin Otago Art gallery 1999 Bluff Maritime Museum Bluff Invercargill Southland Maritime museum 1992 Butler Point Whaling Museum Hihi Far North Northland Specialist museum 1970 Cadbury World (closed 2018) Dunedin Central Dunedin Otago Specialist museum 2003 Canterbury Museum Christchurch CBD Christchurch Canterbury Regional museum 1867 Carterton Railway Museum (Te Whare Rerѐwe o Carterton) Carterton Carterton Wellington Railway museum 1990 Centre of Contemporary Art Christchurch Central Christchurch Canterbury Art gallery 1880 Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu Christchurch Central Christchurch Canterbury Art gallery 2003 City Gallery Wellington Wellington Central Wellington Wellington Art gallery 1940 Classic Flyers Museum Mount Maunganui Tauranga Bay of Plenty Car museum 2005 Classic Motorcycle Mecca Invercargill Central Invercargill Southland Motorcycle museum 2016Clapham's National Clock MuseumWhangāreiWhangarei DistrictNorthlandClock museum Coaltown Museum Westport Buller West Coast Local museum 2013 Cobblestones Museum Greytown South Wairarapa Wellington Historic village 1970s Nairn Street Cottage Mount Cook Wellington Wellington Local museum 1980 Corban Estate Arts Centre Henderson Henderson-Massey Auckland Art gallery 2001 Crystal Mountain Mine Museum Swanson Waitākere Ranges Auckland Specialist museum 2000 Dalmatian Archives and Museum Auckland CBD Waitematā Auckland Specialist museum 1989 Denis Cohn Gallery (closed 2006) Māngere Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Auckland Art gallery 1979 Devonport Museum Devonport Devonport-Takapuna Auckland Local museum 1977 The Dowse Art Museum Hutt Central Lower Hutt Wellington Art gallery 1971 Dunedin Gasworks Museum Dunedin South Dunedin Otago Historic gasworks 2001 Dunedin Public Art Gallery Central Dunedin Dunedin Otago Art gallery 1884 Eastern Southland Gallery Gore Gore Southland Art gallery 1984 Edwin Fox Maritime Centre Picton Marlborough Marlborough Maritime museum 1986 Enjoy Contemporary Art Space Wellington Wellington Wellington Art gallery 2000 Faraday Museum of TechnologyNapier Napier City Hawke's Bay Technology museum 1993 Fell Engine Museum Featherston South Wairarapa Wellington Rail museum 1955 Ferrymead Heritage Park Ferrymead Christchurch Canterbury Historic village 1965 Flax Stripper Museum Foxton Horowhenua Manawatū-Whanganui Local museum 1990 Foxton Museum Foxton Horowhenua Manawatū-Whanganui Local museum 1990 Founders Heritage Park The Wood Nelson Nelson Local museum 1986 Gibbs Farm Makarau Rodney Auckland Sculpture farm 1991 Glenbrook Vintage Railway Waiuku Franklin Auckland Heritage railway 1977 Golden Bay Museum Tākaka Tasman Tasman Local museum 1990 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth Central New Plymouth Taranaki Art gallery 1970 Gus Fisher Gallery Auckland CBD Waitematā Auckland Art gallery 2001 Hastings City Art Gallery Hastings Central Hastings Hawke's Bay Art gallery 2009 Highwic Epsom Albert-Eden Auckland Heritage building 1981 Hocken Collections Dunedin Central Dunedin Otago Art gallery 1910 Howick Historical Village Pakuranga Howick Auckland Heritage village 1980 Hokitika Museum Hokitika Westland West Coast Local museum 1869 Huia Settlers Museum Huia Waitākere Ranges Auckland Local museum 1984 Hundertwasser Arts Centre and Wairau Māori Art Gallery Whangārei Central Whangārei Northland Art gallery 2022 Jonesonian Institute Huia Waitākere Ranges Auckland Specialist museum 2008 Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Thornton Wellington Wellington Historic building 1988 Kauri Museum Matakohe Kaipara Northland Local museum 1962 Larnach Castle Pukehiki Dunedin Otago Historic building 1967 Len Lye Centre New Plymouth Central New Plymouth Taranaki Art gallery 1980 Mahara Gallery Waikanae Kāpiti Coast Wellington Art gallery 1996 Mangawhai Museum Mangawhai Heads Kaipara Northland Local museum 2014 Mansion House Warkworth Rodney Auckland Historic building 1980 Museum of Transport and Technology Western Springs Waitematā Auckland Technology museum 1964 Museum of Waiheke Onetangi Waiheke Island Auckland Local museum 1990 McCahon House Titirangi Waitākere Ranges Auckland Historic building 1998 Mission House / Stone Store Kerikeri Far North Northland Historic building 1975 MTG Hawke's Bay Central Napier Napier Hawke's Bay Regional museum 1865 Napier Prison Bluff Hill Napier Hawke's Bay Historic building 2002 National Army Museum Waiouru Ruapehu Manawatū-Whanganui Military museum 1978 National Museum of Audio Visual Arts & Sciences Foxton Horowhenua Manawatū-Whanganui Technology museum 1970s National Tattoo Museum Of New Zealand Te Aro Wellington Wellington Specialist museum 2011 Nelson Provincial Museum Nelson Central Nelson Nelson Regional museum 1842 New Zealand Cricket Museum Mount Cook Wellington Wellington Sports museum 1987 New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum (closed 2011) Wānaka Queenstown Lakes Otago Military museum 1993 New Zealand Maritime Museum Auckland CBD Waitematā Auckland Maritime museum 1993 New Zealand Olympic Museum (closed 2016) Wellington Central Wellington Wellington Sports museum 1998 New Zealand Portrait Gallery Pipitea Wellington Wellington Art gallery 1990 New Zealand Rugby Museum Palmerston North Central Palmerston North Manawatū-Whanganui Sports museum 1977 New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame Central Dunedin Dunedin Otago Sports museum 1990 New Zealand Timber Museum Lichfield South Waikato Waikato Specialist museum 1981 New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame Epsom Albert-Eden Auckland Racing museum 1997 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Thorndon Wellington Wellington Archive 2019 Objectspace Grey Lynn Waitematā Auckland Art gallery 2004 Olveston Dunedin North Dunedin Otago Heritage building 1967 Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre Blenheim Marlborough Marlborough Aviation museum 1996 Opotiki Heritage and Agricultural Society Ōpōtiki Ōpōtiki Bay of Plenty Local museum 2001 Oratia Folk Museum Oratia Waitākere Ranges Auckland Local museum 1992 Otago Museum Dunedin Central Dunedin Otago Regional museum 1865 Otaki Museum Ōtaki Kāpiti Coast Wellington Local museum 2003 Polish Heritage Trust Museum Howick Howick Auckland Specialist museum 2004 Pahiatua & Districts Museum Pahiatua Tararua Manawatū-Whanganui Local museum 1977 Pahiatua Railcar Society Pahiatua Tararua Manawatū-Whanganui Local museum 1991 Papakura Museum Papakura Howick Auckland Local museum 1972 Pataka Art + Museum Porirua Central Porirua Wellington Art gallery, local museum 1998 Papatoetoe Historical Society Papatoetoe Ōtara-Papatoetoe Auckland Local museum 1988 The Physics Room Christchurch Central Christchurch Canterbury Art gallery 1992 The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum Tinwald Ashburton Canterbury Heritage railway 1973 Pleasant Point Museum and Railway Pleasant Point Timaru Canterbury Railway museum 1970 Pompallier House Russell Far North Northland Heritage building 1941McGill, David; Sheehan, Grant; Landmarks: Notable Historic Buildings of New Zealand, Wellington: Phantom Books, 2005, p 18 Port Chalmers Maritime Museum Port Chalmers Dunedin Otago Maritime museum 1913 Puke Ariki New Plymouth Central New Plymouth Taranaki Regional museum 2003 Ravenscar House Museum Christchurch CBD Christchurch Canterbury Art gallery 2021 Rotoroa Island Museum Rotoroa Island Waiheke Island Auckland Local museum 2009 Rotorua Museum Rotorua Central Rotorua Lakes Bay of Plenty Local museum 1969 Reserve Bank Museum Wellington Central Wellington Wellington Specialist museum 2006 Reyburn House Art Gallery Whangārei Central Whangarei District Northland Art gallery 1966 Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui Central Whanganui Manawatū-Whanganui Art gallery 1919 St Paul St Gallery Auckland CBD Waitematā Auckland Art gallery 2004 Shantytown Paroa Grey West Coast Heritage village 1971 Steampunk HQ Oamaru Waitaki Otago Art gallery 2011 Southland Museum and Art Gallery Invercargill Central Invercargill Southland Regional museum 1869 South Canterbury Museum Timaru Timaru Canterbury Local museum 1952 Southward Car Museum Otaihanga Kāpiti Coast Wellington Car museum 1979 Space Place at Carter Observatory Kelburn Wellington Wellington Observatory 1941 The Suter Art Gallery Nelson Central Nelson Nelson Art gallery 1899 Tairawhiti Museum Whataupoko Gisborne Gisborne Local museum 1883 Taupō Museum Taupō Central Taupō Waikato Local museum 1970s Tauranga Art Gallery Tauranga Central Tauranga Bay of Plenty Art gallery 2007 Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom Foxton Horowhenua Manawatū-Whanganui Local museum 2017Te Hikoi Museum -46.351755146981894, 168.0132343304666Riverton / AparimaSouthland DistrictSouthlandLocal Museum2009 Te Kōngahu Museum of Waitangi Waitangi Far North Northland National museum 2016 Te Manawa Palmerston North Central Palmerston North Manawatū-Whanganui Regional museum 1999 Te Papa Wellington Central Wellington Wellington National museum 1998 Te Puia Whakarewarewa Rotorua Lakes Bay of Plenty Specialist museum 1963 Te Rau Aroha Museum Waitangi Far North Northland National museum 2020 Te Tuhi Pakuranga Howick Auckland Art gallery 1975 Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery Titirangi Waitākere Ranges Auckland Art gallery 1986 Te Waimate Mission Waimate North Far North Northland Historic building 1961 Te Wairoa Lake Tarawera Rotorua Bay of Plenty Historic village 1931 Thames School of Mines and Minerals Museum Thames Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Dunedin Central Dunedin Otago Regional museum 1898 Torpedo Bay Navy Museum Devonport Devonport-Takapuna Auckland Maritime museum, military museum 2010 Treaty House Waitangi Far North Northland National museum 1933 Uxbridge Art Gallery Mellons Bay Howick Auckland Art gallery 1981 Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Hamilton Central Hamilton Waikato Regional museum 1965 Waimarino Museum Raetihi Ruapehu Manawatū-Whanganui Local museum 1981 Waitangi Treaty Grounds Waitangi Far North Northland Historic site 1934 Waitomo Caves Museum Waitomo Waitomo Waikato Local museum 1973 Waiuku Museum Waiuku Franklin Auckland Local museum 1965 Warkworth Museum Warkworth Rodney Auckland Local museum 1979 Wellington Museum Wellington Central Wellington Wellington Regional museum 1999 Wellington Tramway Museum Paraparaumu Kāpiti Coast Wellington Rail museum 1965 Whakatāne Museum Whakatāne Whakatāne Bay of Plenty Local museum 1972 Whakamana Cannabis MuseumAuckland CentralWaitematāAucklandCannabis museum2024 Whanganui Regional Museum Whanganui Central Whanganui Manawatū-Whanganui Regional museum 1892 Whangārei Art Museum Te Manawa Toi Whangārei Central Whangārei Northland Art gallery 1996 Whangarei Museum Maunu Whangārei Northland Local museum 1890 Whittaker's Music Museum Oneroa Waiheke Island Auckland Specialist museum 1996 Yaldhurst Museum Yaldhurst Christchurch Canterbury Local museum 1968

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