Wellington Museum is located in the beautiful 1892 heritage building designed by leading architect Frederick de Jersey Clere.

Explore the different spaces in the Museum:

• The Bond Store – time-travel back to the late 1800s when the Museum was a bonded cargo warehouse.
• Te Whanganui-a-Tara – learn Wellington stories, see a timeline of the region, new taonga, and vibrant commissioned art.
• Maritime history – enter the nautical world of ships and sailors, explorers and seafarers.
• Wahine theatre – watch an emotive account of the 1968 Wahine disaster by Aotearoa filmmaker Gaylene Preston.
• Von Kohorn Room – once the boardroom of the powerful Wellington Harbour Board, learn about the momentous decisions made in this room.
• Ngā Heke – explore different perspectives and alternate histories of our most prized taonga.
• A Millennium Ago – intriguing theatrical illusionistic techniques tell Māori creation legends.
• The Attic – Learn the weird, worrisome and wonderful stories of te hītori o Pōneke in this steampunk-style exhibition.

During the school holidays, pick up a Discovery Trail from the front desk for $2 and search for animals in the Museum.

Open 10am–5pm, 7 days a week 

Free General Admission.
International visitor charges apply. Learn more.