“High cultural significance”, “unique”, and “intact” are some of the words used by conservation architects to describe the Brain Watkins House. This Victorian square villa was built in the 1880s. It is one of six surviving single-family homes in New...

Tauranga Art Gallery offers an ever-changing selection of the finest historical and contemporary art from regional, national and international artists working in a range of media.

To visit The Elms is to catch a glimpse of life in New Zealand in the early days of European settlement. The fine, late-Georgian Mission House was started in 1838 as the home of Rev A N Brown of the Church Missionary Society, and was occupied continuously until 1991...

The collection of approximately 30 000 objects was built up over 40 years. Originally on display at the Hamilton Street Museum it became one of the attractions at the Tauranga Historic Village. In 1998 the Historic Village was closed and the collection moved into...

Our Museum is open daily - come and see classic aircraft that still take to the skies, antique engines that roar into life before you, aviation memorabilia from a bygone era and so much more - all in our huge open hangar. More than a living, breathing museum, Classic...

The Athenree Homestead Trust was officially formed in 1995. Many years both before and after that date were followed by meetings, documentation, legalities and frustration with all the various authorities that required so much detail regarding our intention to...

Enjoy the tranquil atmosphere of our gardens, wide lawns and shady trees. Picnic under the venerable oaks or take a stroll. Learn something of life in a more leisured age through our museum displays housed in 13 buildings. The Firth Tower was built in 1882 by Josiah...

Based in the historical Cadman Bathhouse the museum is the focal point of the domain. It reflects the very early popularity of Te Aroha as a tourist destination and its beginning as the spa town in New Zealand. The Bathhouse contains much information about early...

The Museum presents the history of the gold-mining era in the Ohinemuri gold fields and the Waihi mines concentrating in particular on the Martha mine. Of special interest are our collection of geological specimens; photograph collection; gold-mining models (in...

Take a peaceful break between Rotorua and Hamilton and view early New Zealand in its infinite variety at this privately owned museum. The large collection includes furniture, clocks, lamps, all sorts of household articles, tobacco and honey tins, bottles, crocks,...