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• Agricultural Heritage Museum   (www.nzmuseums.co.nz/MuseumDetail.asp?MuseumID=1)

  Mystery Creek, Gate 3, Mystery Creek Road, Hamilton.

• Aratoi   (www.aratoi.co.nz)

  Award-winning museum of art and history, situated in Masterton. An essential part of your visit to the beautiful Wairarapa.

• Aratoi Pathways   (www.aratoi.org.nz)

  The Web site of the Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, presenting a range of exhibitions, collections, public programmes and events that help to celebrate the unique natural, cultural and artistic heritage of the Wairarapa.

• Army Museum Waiouru (www.armymuseum.co.nz)

  A military history and army war museum in New Zealand. Engage with real life soldiers' stories, discover New Zealand's military history, learn the campaigns of the NZ Army, and reflect on how conflict has shaped New Zealand.

• Art & Design Gallery   (www.kaikoura.co.nz/gold)

  Brigitte and Walter invite you to experience one of the most unique and exclusive galleries in New Zealand.

• Auckland Arts   (www.aucklandart.co.nz)

  Series of New Zealand works which are topographic illustrations linking the relationship of Man with the waterways and the rivers.

• Auckland Museum   (www.aucklandmuseum.com)

  The Museum showcases the natural, cultural and social history of New Zealand, with a focus on Pacific and Maori culture.

• Auckland War Memorial Museum   (www.aucklandmuseum.co.nz)

  Offering an extensive range of research material in selected fields.

• Bedplate Press Printing Museum   (www.bedplatepress.org.nz)

  A museum established by a group of enthusiasts dedicated to preserving New Zealand's letterpress printing history for future generations. They operate from premises at Silverstream, near Wellington, and invite you to come and find out what letterpress printing is all about.

• Buried Village   (www.buriedvillage.co.nz)

  This museum covers several acres of an historic site.

• Cambridge Museum   (www.cambridgemuseum.org.nz)

  Dedicated to collecting and conserving, preserving and publishing, researching and display of the heritage and development of Cambridge, its people and the surrounding districts.

• Canterbury Museum   (www.canterburymuseum.com)

  They hold in trust almost two million collection items of regional, national and international significance.

• Claphams Clocks   (www.claphamsclocks.com)

  A unique clock museum, presenting one of the largest collections of clocks in the southern hemisphere, established in the 1940's by Whangarei resident Archibald Clapham.

• Clyde Historical Museum   (www.nzmuseums.co.nz/MuseumDetail.asp?MuseumID=50)

  This museum presents a visual history from Run Holding to the Dunstan Gold Rush.

• Commodore Home Computer Museum   (www.webs4u.co.nz/museum)

  A private collection preserving the history of the Commodore computer in New Zealand.

• Devonport Historical and Museum Society   (www.devonportmuseum.org.nz)

  An volunteer organisation involved in the maintenance and development of the Devonport Museum.

• Dinosaurs Aotearoa   (www.dinosaursaotearoanz.com)

  Bringing the world of palaeontology and geology to life, the Dinosaurs Aotearoa museum will feature incredible life size dinosaurs along with Aotearoa's own ancient legends of the mighty Taniwha and Ngarara, and living native and exotic reptiles.

• Discovery World   (www.discoveryworld.co.nz)

  Experience hands on science at Otago's only science centre.

• Eyes On Nature (www.eyesonnature.co.nz)

  Experience recreations of our world's natural history at this bird and fish exhibition centre in Havelock, in the Marlborough Sounds.

• Far North Regional Museum   (www.farnorthmuseum.co.nz)

  Established in 1969, the Far North Regional Museum is located in Kaitaia and operates as the Heritage Centre of the Far North. Displays cover the history of industries, early settlers, Maori artifacts, shipping, geology and archeology.

• Glass Time Museum of Glass   (www.glass.co.nz)

  Glass Museum On Line, photographs and explanation of all kinds of glass, links to many useful glass sites, a Glass Collectors' Club, Glass Club Bulletin Board, Bookshelf, and regular updates.

• Havana Gallery   (www.havanagallery.co.nz)

  Auckland represents art by leading contemporary artists of Cuba.

• Hawke's Bay Cultural Trust   (www.hawkesbaymuseum.co.nz)

  Promoting New Zealand's cultural heritage and art in the Hawke's Bay region. They run a museum and art gallery, cinema and theatre, and archive library.

• History House Museum   (www.history-house.co.nz)

  A museum located in Greymouth, with an amazing collection of photographs and information about Greymouth and the surrounding area from the 1860's.

• Katherine Mansfield Birthplace   (www.tinakorilodge.co.nz/our_facilities/)

  This is the birthplace of Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (1888-1923).