Museums in New Zealand

By theme

How New Zealand’s museums split across the six broad themes. Museums catalogued simply as “a museum”, with no narrower type recorded, fall under General.

A sample of museums

A selection of 60 of New Zealand’s 235 museums, alphabetically. Open the map to explore them all by location.

Academy Galleries · Aigantighe Art Gallery · Air Force Museum of New Zealand · Akaroa Art Gallery (former Orion Powerhouse Gallery) · Akaroa Museum · Albertland Heritage Museum · Aotea Utanganui Museum of South Taranaki · Arataki Visitor Centre · Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History · Archives New Zealand · Arrowtown Chinese Settlement · Arthur's Pass Visitor Centre · Artspace Aotearoa · Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre · Ashburton Aviation Museum · Auckland Art Gallery · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira · Awarua Communications Museum · Bay of Islands Scenic Railway Line · Berwick Church · Bill Richardson Transport World · Blacks Point Museum · Blenheim Riverside Railway · Bluff Maritime Museum · Brayshaw Park · Bush Tramway Club · Butler Point Whaling Museum · Cadman Bath House (Former) · Canterbury Museum · Captain Cook Pioneer Memorial Cottage · Central Hawkes Bay Museum · Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki · Charlotte Museum Te Whare Takatāpui-Wāhine o Aotearoa · Christchurch Art Gallery · Christchurch Botanic Gardens visitor centre · City Gallery Wellington · Classic Flyers · Classic Motorcycle Mecca · Coaltown Museum · Cob Cottage Museum · Cobblestones Museum · Collingwood Museum · Cotter Medical History Museum · Crystal Mountain · Devonport Museum · Dowse Art Museum · Drennan Pathology Museum · Driving Creek Railway · Dunedin Gasworks Museum · Dunedin Public Art Gallery · E Hayes and Sons · East Coast Museum of Technology · Eastern Southland Gallery · Efil Doog · Elvis Presley Museum · Engineer Corps Memorial Centre · Enjoy Public Art Gallery · Fell Locomotive Museum · Ferrymead Heritage Park · Flaxbourne Museum