Please note that as some museums rely on volunteer staff, opening hours may vary.
You can find these museums on our Community and Cultural Facilities map.
Since 1842 the Nelson Provincial Museum has acted as guardian and the gateway through which the wider community can access their regional history. The special exhibitions gallery also regularly hosts a number of curated or travelling exhibitions.
Corner of Trafalgar and Hardy Streets, Nelson.
Phone: 03 548 9588
Fax: 03 548 9589
Email: enquiries@museumnp.org.nz
Website: www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz
10.00 am - 5.00 pm weekdays
10.00 am - 4.30 pm weekends/Public holidays (from 1.00 pm Anzac Day)
Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day
Admission to the Regional Gallery is free for Nelson-Tasman ratepayers and residents. There are admission fees for visitors:
Hilliard Street, Isel Park, Stoke
Phone: 03 547 9740
Facsimile: 03 547 8549
Email. enquiries@museumnp.org.nz
12.30pm to 4.30pm Tuesday to Friday, by appointment.
Closed Easter, Christmas and New Year holiday periods and public holidays.
Free Admission - donations are appreciated. Research and reproduction fees may apply.
Housed in the old High School building in the town centre. View our displays of artefacts from Motueka’s past, plus changing exhibitions and public research room.
140 High Street, Motueka
Phone/Fax: 03 528 7660
Email: savepast@snap.net.nz
Free Admission: Donations are appreciated
Summer (December to March): Monday to Friday 10.00 am to 3.00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Winter (April to November): Tuesday to Friday 10.00 am to 3.00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Golden Bay Museum displays a diorama depicting Abel Tasman’s 1642 encounter with local Maori. There are displays on Maori and European history, minerals and shells of the region. The museum has a reference library and archives for researchers on local history. Photos from the archives are available and staff can undertake research.
73 Commercial Street, Takaka
Phone: 03 525 6268
Email: info@goldenbaymuseum.org.nz
Web: www.goldenbaymuseum.org.nz
Admission by donation
Summer: (Labour weekend until Easter weekend) Daily 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Winter: Monday to Friday 10.00 am to 4.00 pm, Saturday 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Collingwood Museum is housed in the former 1910 Council office in Collingwood, and was established as a museum in 1969. Display rooms feature aspects of the early development of the district – home and school, gold, coal, timber and farming, military, horse gear, mineral and adze collections, plus other memorabilia, including a ‘through-the-years’ photographic display.
2 Tasman Street, Collingwood
Tel/Fax: 03 524 8131
Email: Pam Gardner sea_view@xtra.co.nz
Admission by donation
Open daily 9.00 am-6.00 pm
Appropriately sited in the old Collingwood Cheese Factory this museum features all manner of early tractors, farm machinery and implements, vehicles, horse gear and a wide range of settlers’ items. A working steam section with ‘Steam Up’ days held at Easter, Labour Weekend and Christmas/New Year. There is a pioneer kitchen with a coal range where scones are baked and served on ‘Steam Up’ days.
Tel/Fax: 03 524 8131
Email: Pam Gardner sea_view@xtra.co.nz
Admission by donation
Open daily from 9.00 am
The main feature of this museum is photographs and stories of the 1929 Murchison Earthquake. It also houses vintage farm machinery and implements, local historical publications along with photographic and document archives. There is also a photocopying and laminating service. Local family history queries welcomed.
60 Fairfax Street, Murchison
Tel/Fax: 03 523 9392
Email: gbradley@xtra.co.nz
Admission by donation
Open daily 10.00 am-4.00 pm
This peaceful park, 2km from Wakefield, has a great “village green” for picnics & activities and features six Member Group Museums which display a wide range of heritage exhibits.
Member Groups are:
Opening times
September – April: 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month “Live Steam-Up”, each 1st Sunday, 10 AM – 3 PM.
May – August: 1st Sunday of each month, 10 AM – 3 PM.
Member Group Days – new members welcome
Repair, restore, working bee & have a cuppa
Tuesdays - Pigeon Valley Steam
Wednesdays - Historic Transport Museum
Thursdays - Nelson Vintage Engine & Machinery Clu
Entry Fees
Adults $5.00
Children 12 years and under FREE
NZMCA Overnight Campsite $5.00
Address:
222 Pigeon Valley Road, Wakefield
Email: info@higginsheritagepark.co.nz
Web: www.higginsheritagepark.co.nz
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