Museums

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The museum is crammed full of interesting bits and pieces that are fascinating for anyone interested in the horse.

Olveston is a 35-room mansion that tells a story of a gracious age.

Designed to fascinate, educate and inspire visitors of all ages, Blenheim's Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre brings history to life in a spectacular presentation of static and flyable aircraft.

The museum is Dunedin's most visited attraction. Explore world class collections of culture, nature, heritage and science.

Virtually There is a system that allows visitors to view objects from the Otago Museum electronically. Visitors can experience how the museum caters for the storage of around 1.6 million objects in the museum storage areas by taking a virtual tour.

Four historic local buildings have been shifted onto one site for this museum - an 1896 police lockup, 1912 courthouse, a police office and a 1908 church building.

Sawmilling is an important display here as the timber industry was the foundation of the Oxford settlement.

This museum carries an extensive photographic display and complete issues of the Paeroa Gazette from 1896 to 1996.

The cultural heart of Porirua City. A museum and art gallery that is dedicated to celebrating the region's heritage and showcasing the very best in contemporary Maori, Pacific Island and New Zealand art.

Aside from extensive local social history displays, this museum researches, curates, designs and constructs social displays and exhibitions, often in partnership with the community.

A knowledge centre where Taranaki library, museum and visitor information is available, so that the people of Taranaki can learn about who they are, where they come from and where they are going.

Presenting the history of timber and the logging industries in central North Island. Includes an acclimatisation display.

The official site of Richard Pearse, pioneer aviator and inventor from Waitohi, South Canterbury. The South Canterbury Aviation Heritage Centre presents exhibits on the region's pioneering aviators and their efforts to achieve powered flight.

A sports museum and gardens situated in Matangi, only 5 minutes from Hamilton

Rose Hellaby House has been developed as an historical display centre.

Rose Hellaby House has been developed as an historical display centre.

This museum began in 1952 with collections gathered by the South Canterbury Historical Society.

The museum is under construction and is situated across the road from the Invercargill Fire Station.

Southland Museum and Art Gallery - you've got to see it to believe it!

A charitable trust administered by a trust board made up of representation from contributing local authorities, educational institutions, tangata whenua, and associated organisations.

From matchboxes to horse drawn machinery, this great family museum houses some 10,000 items mainly from South Otago.

A visitors centre based on the novel On The Trail Of King Richard III. Also includes the King Richard III visitor centre and a virtual tour of medieval england and Creatures of the Chase.

Gisborne's regional musueum is known as one of the most innovative in New Zealand, with displays featuring Maori treasures, colonial artefacts, natural history and fine art.

For the dedicated angler, the main exhibition hall of this museum displays permanent small exhibitions on trout fishing and Lake Taupo charter boats, as well as the timber industry.