The museum and art gallery has a reputation as one of the very best, most innovative regional museums in New Zealand. In recent years we have undergone significant change including major building extensions, redevelopment of all exhibition spaces, and the...

The Wairoa District Museum is located at the rear of the Wairoa Public Library, added as an extension in 1974. The museum presents historical displays related to the Maori and European history of the Wairoa and surrounding districts. The strength of this museum lies...

A local museum with a varied collection.

Museum of over 12,000 beer cans from 150 countries from around world and New Zealand and 10,000 other pieces of beer related items, and 20 vintage farm tractors fully restored, and classic Ford cars. The collection is in a 21m -10.5m steel enclosed shed on the farm.

Mount Bruce Pioneer Museum started as a private museum in 1973 and is now run as a charitable trust and is one of the largest of it's kind in the area. Experience the nostalgia hands-on with working displays, waterwheel, milking machines, telephone, gramophones,...

The Whakatane District Museum & Gallery has recently modernised displays of the environment and human history of the eastern Bay of Plenty, which have been much praised by visitors. A special feature is the Tree of Knowledge that provides links to the significant...

The Waterwheel Heritage Park is an exciting project under development in Kawerau, New Zealand. Its aims are three-fold: To provide a tourist attraction for visitors to the Eastern Bay of Plenty; To protect and preserve the industrial archaeology of New Zealand; To...

The Sir James Fletcher Kawerau Museum collects material (mainly photographic) about the Kawerau District including the local community and the industries that the town was created for in the early 1950s.

Home to Hawke's Bay's great treasures: Hawke's Bay Museum & Art Gallery is a place of stories, heritage, art and artefacts - a place where visitors can explore New Zealand's vibrant art and cultural history.

Napier was destroyed by earthquake and fire in 1931 and rebuilt in the styles of the times. Napier’s Spanish Mission, Stripped Classical and above all Art Deco, are all styles that express the confidence, optimism and vigor of the early 20th century. This unique...