Motueka Museum - Looking forward over our past
About us
140 High Street, Motueka
Ph: 03 528 7660
Email: savepast@ihug.co.nz
Curator: Pauline Westall |
Opening Hours:
Summer (Dec to March) - Monday to Friday 10-4
Winter (April to Nov) - Tuesday to Friday 10-3
Free admission, but a donation is appreciated
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Situated in the centre of town, the museum is housed in the old Motueka High School building (opened in 1913).
The museum shows artefacts from Motueka's past. As well as static displays the museum has changing exhibitions, usually two a year: our main one being over the summer period and runs through to the middle of the year. Over the last two years we have also been host to the local Senior Net Digital Photographic Club's photo competition, an ongoing event.
Research Room:
There is also a Research Room (run, and material owned, by the Motueka Historical Association) which visitors are welcome to use daily to learn more of the history of the area or that of their ancestors. Members of the Association are available on Tuesday to assist with research. Small fees are charged to cover costs for photocopying, photos and correspondence. For more information on use of the Research Room, phone Coralie Smith (528 8241), Wendy McGregor (528 9908), Eileen Stewart (528 4473) or Jennie Askew (528 7309).
Other features of the museum:
- The ship's berth, made to scale, shows the hardships suffered by our early immigrants.
- Look at contemporary household gadgets of the late 1800s/early 1900s.
- Coppins' shop - saddler and tent maker. Still a family business today.
- Antique surgical instruments, many from local practitioners.
- Taonga, including an early waka.
As part of our ongoing redevelopment we now have a new geology entrance, with future projects in the pipeline being the Taonga room, waterways/shipping, the good old Kiwi batch and the tobacco and hop industries and their importance to the town.
Exhibitions
PIKI KI RUNGA: Our Summer/Autumn 2010 exhibition was "PIKI KI RUNGA - The climb to the top of Marble Mountain", which tells the story of the Takaka Hill/Marble Mountain. It was open from 7 December 2009 - 11 June 2010.
For details and some photos, click here »
Butterflies Returning: From 29 March to 9 April we exhibited "Butterflies Returning", which has the species, distributions, pictures of typical environments with superimposed butterfly pictures and models of the red, the yellow and a caterpillar.
For details and photo, click here »
