Te rohe | - Location
Mission Street, Tauranga

Ngā haora mahi | - Opening hours
Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 2pm-4pm
Tour parties by prior arrangement

Te utu | - Admission
Adult $5
Child 50c
Grounds open daily free of charge

To visit The Elms is to catch a glimpse of life in New Zealand in the early days of European settlement. The fine, late-Georgian Mission House was started in 1838 as the home of Rev A N Brown of the Church Missionary Society, and was occupied continuously until 1991 by descendents of Archdeacon Brown's second wife. The library, constructed in 1839 the oldest free-standing library in the country, still has most of the original books. Items of furniture brought from England in 1829 include an oval table around which British officers dined on the eve of the battle of Gate Pa.

Ngā momo kohinga -
Collection Strengths

Social history

• Function space

• Other facilities

  The Elms Grounds and Chapel are available for weddings and other family occasions

• Postal address

  PO Box 14 218, Tauranga

• Phone number

  64-7-577 9772

• Email address

  theelms@enternet.co.nz

• Website

  http://www.theelms.org.nz