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This site features New Zealand museums and their collections. It is also a directory of museum locations, opening hours, and ‘what's on’.

This is a growing website, over time museums will add more information about their collections, and additional functions will be added to the website such as Google maps and virtual exhibitions.

The term museum includes: museums, art galleries, whare taonga, tribal museums, cultural centres, historic places, science centres, interpretive centres and exhibition centres.

 

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