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Te Whare Taoka o Waitaki/Waitaki Museum & Archive
Te rohe - Location
60 Thames Street, Oamaru
Ngā haora mahi - Opening hours
Open Tuesday to Friday 10.00am - 4.00pm,
Archives assistance 1:00pm - 4:00pm, Tuesday to Friday
Weekends and public holidays 10.00am to 12.30pm.
Closed Mondays and Good Friday, Christmas Day,
Boxing Day and New Years Day
Te utu - Admission
Free admission
Welcome to the Te Whare Taoka o Waitaki/Waitaki Museum & Archive. Our museum reflects the natural and social history of the Waitaki District.
Situated in the 1882 historic Athenaeum Building. Waitaki Museum tells the stories of the natural and cultural history of the Waitaki District with 5 new exhibition spaces:
Our Land Tō Tātau Whenua: a sample of Waitaki district’s geology, celebrating our status as a UNESCO Geopark.
Kā Puipuiaki o Korotuaheka: discover the Waitaha Taoka | Stewart Willetts Family Collection.
European Settlement: stories of the arrival of European settlers in the Waitaki District.
Ballad of the Waitaki: our last 100 years, connecting the now to our deeper past.
Temporary Exhibition Space: Rotating exhibitions on a variety of subjects, both travelling and from our own collection.
The Waitaki District Archive is used by genealogists and historians from throughout New Zealand and houses documents and photos from the Waitaki region.
More of our collection can be accessed at https://collection.culturewaitaki.org.nz/explore
Situated in the 1882 historic Athenaeum Building. Waitaki Museum tells the stories of the natural and cultural history of the Waitaki District with 5 new exhibition spaces:
Our Land Tō Tātau Whenua: a sample of Waitaki district’s geology, celebrating our status as a UNESCO Geopark.
Kā Puipuiaki o Korotuaheka: discover the Waitaha Taoka | Stewart Willetts Family Collection.
European Settlement: stories of the arrival of European settlers in the Waitaki District.
Ballad of the Waitaki: our last 100 years, connecting the now to our deeper past.
Temporary Exhibition Space: Rotating exhibitions on a variety of subjects, both travelling and from our own collection.
The Waitaki District Archive is used by genealogists and historians from throughout New Zealand and houses documents and photos from the Waitaki region.
More of our collection can be accessed at https://collection.culturewaitaki.org.nz/explore
Ngā momo kohinga-
Collection Strengths
Archives and manuscripts
- Newspapers
Social history
Taonga Māori
Technology
Ngā wāhi-
Facilities
Wheelchair Access
Reference Library
Public Programmes
Toilets
Archives
High resolution images available for order
Touring Exhibitions
Whakapā mai-
Contact
Postal Address
Private Bag 50058, Oamaru
Phone number
64 3 4330852
Email Address
Staff Details
Director: Chloe Searle
Curator of Archives: Elly Dunckley
Curator of Exhibitions and Collections: Henry Buckenham
Kei te mahere-
On the map
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