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Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

Te rohe - Location
Oruawhata, Rotorua

Ngā haora mahi - Opening hours
Currently closed for seismic strengthening.

Te utu - Admission

Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa is housed in the magnificent Bath House building situated in beautiful Government Gardens. The Bath House, constructed as a therapeutic spa in 1908, is listed as a Category 1 Historic Building and is believed to be the most photographed building in New Zealand. The building closed to the public in November 2016 to undertake seismic assessment and strengthening.

Images displayed on this site are not to be copied, reproduced, transmitted or publicly displayed without the express written permission of Rotorua Museum except when used for education, review or criticism, private study or research in accordance with the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994.

Images of Maori and taonga on this website are of spiritual and cultural importance to Te Arawa and other iwi depicted. We ask that these images are treated with respect.

Ngā momo kohinga -
Collection Strengths

Art

Natural history and sciences

Social history

Taonga Māori

Technology

Ngā wāhi -
Facilities

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Reference library

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Public programmes

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Guided tours

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Membership club

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Wheelchair access

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Function space

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Toilets

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Parking

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Café

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Shop

Whakapā mai -
Contact

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Postal address

    Private Bag, Rotorua

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Phone number

    64-7-350 1814

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

    Email address

    cat.jehly@rotorualc.nz

  • Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa

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Tūhuratia te kohinga -
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