Find below a directory of amenities across Auckland. The links are to venues which reflect the vitality of cultural, arts and educational experiences on offer throughout the wider Auckland region.
Auckland Art Gallery is a cultural leader in New Zealand. Its purpose is to be a place for art and a catalyst for ideas. With multiple exhibition spaces spreading across three levels in an award-winning building, it is the largest and most inspiring visual arts experience in the country.
The gallery’s collection and loan collections currently number over 16,000 artworks. Together, they include major holding of New Zealand historic, modern and contemporary art. Alongside outstanding works by Māori and Pacific artists, they represent significant international painting, sculpture and print collections.
Expand your cultural horizons through the remarkable collection, temporary exhibitions, visitor event, outreach activities and education programmes.
Cnr Kitchener and Wellesley Streets
Auckland CBD
Contact
Ph: 09 379 1349
[email protected]
www.aucklandartgallery.com
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Hours
Open daily 10am — 5pm (except Christmas day)
Haere mai! Auckland Museum is the cultural and spiritual touchstone for the many races that inhabit this beautiful land, and the first stop for anyone wishing to gain an insight into New Zealand and its people.
Renowned for its unique collection of Māori and Pacific treasures, Auckland Museum is also a war memorial for the Auckland province and holds one of New Zealand’s top three heritage libraries.
Housed in one of the country’s finest heritage buildings, the Museum tells the story of New Zealand as a nation; from award-winning natural history exhibits to galleries which investigate New Zealand’s cultural origins.
Scars on the Heart, the Museum’s war memorial exhibition, tells the story of New Zealand at war, while He Taonga Māori – the Museum’s Māori treasures gallery, displays over 2,000 priceless Māori artefacts, including rare carvings and the last great Māori war canoe carved from a giant Totara tree.
Auckland Museum is the only venue in Auckland where visitors can experience a Māori cultural performance daily.
Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Auckland Domain
Parnell
Contact
Ph: 09 309 0443
Hours
Open daily 10am — 5pm (except Christmas day)
MOTAT is New Zealand’s largest transport and technology museum of its kind and offers a fun and exciting learning experience for visitors of all ages.
The core vision is to “use New Zealand’s heritage, kiwi ingenuity, transport, technology and associated stories in a creative and interactive way to educate and inspire the innovators of tomorrow.”
With our changing exhibitions, school holiday experiences, unique MOTAT events and live activities, MOTAT is a great place for a family day out. The MOTAT experience is a rich learning environment for all ages and tells stories about New Zealand’s involvement in the development of transport, technology and innovation.
Spread across 40 acres at our two sites, MOTAT Great North Rd and MOTAT Meola Road, explore and discover the achievements that have helped shape New Zealand, from the 1800s to today. We have an extensive collection of items and possess very rare treasures which are of national significance to the people of New Zealand.
MOTAT
Great North Road and Meola Road
Western Springs
Contact
Ph: 09 815 5800
www.motat.org.nz
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Hours
Open daily (except Christmas Day) 10am–5pm
New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui A Tangaroa celebrates the country’s bond with the sea and its stories of discovery, exploration, immigration and sailing.
Suitable for all ages, the Maritime Museum provides an enjoyable and unique discovery experience with the goal of uniting people with the sea through the collection, public programming and exhibitions. The museum also has a fleet of working heritage vessels, which are available daily for public sailings on the Waitemata Harbour.
On display within the galleries are collection pieces of national, regional, local and general maritime interest in a way that stimulates interest and preserves the items for the benefit of the people of New Zealand.
New Zealand Maritime Museum
Cnr Quay and Hobson Streets
Viaduct Harbour
Contact
Ph: 09 373 0800
www.maritimemuseum.co.nz
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Hours
Open daily 10am–5pm