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Waimate Museum & Archives

Formerly the Waimate Courthouse (1879-1979), the Museum, which is set within a garden setting is part of a complex consisting of 12 separate buildings housing an extensive range of exhibits depicting the Waimate District. The Archive research facilities include local government records, local history books, newspapers, documents and photographs.

Contact Details

28 Shearman Street, Waimate, South Canterbury

Museum: 64 3 689-7832 Archives: 64 3 689-7842

wtemus@xtra.co.nz

www.waimatemuseumandarchives.org.nz/

Visitor Information

28 Shearman Street, Waimate, South Canterbury

Museum: Tuesday-Friday 12-3pm, Archives: By appointment. Tuesday-Thursday 1:30-4pm

By Donation

Facilities

Wheelchair access

Reference library

Membership club

Other Facilities

Archives Email Address: waimatearchives@xtra.co.nz

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Entire Collection - View All (253)

Archives - View All (20)

Song Of Waimate; Scotney, Harold, Dash, George; 1929; 2011-001-028

Bennington, Spencer Charles: School of Aeronautics Notes.; c1918; 2004-096-00001

Cooling, George William Andrew: WWI Pay Book; 1918-1919; 1920-428-00001

Acknowledgement cards; 1915; 1990-034-00909

Letters to Santa, 1918; Gibson, Bella; 1918; 2003-097-001/1

Letter to Santa, 1918; Gibson, Gladys; 1918; 2003-097-001/2

Archaeology - View All (54)

toki (adze); unknown; New Zealand; 023-1900-321-0001

Large opaque, dense pounamu (possibly kahurangi) toki (adze); Unknown; New Zealand; 040-1900-355-0001

Piece of brown/black rock – oval in shape. ; Unknown; New Zealand; 052-1920-913-0001

Greywacke Māhē (sinker stone); Unknown; New Zealand; 094-1980-479-0001

Greywacke Māhē (sinker stone); Unknown; New Zealand; 097-1998-078-0001

Stone Māhē (sinker stone); Unknown; New Zealand; 068-1991-052-0001

Art - View All (7)

Dr Margaret Cruickshank: WWI Patriotic Fundraising Carnival Queen, Waimate, 1915.; 1915; 2002-1026-00642

The Positions Looking North Over Shrapnel Gully; Moore Jones, Horace; 1915; 2002-1026-02177

Outposts 1, 2, 3; Moore Jones, Horace; 1915; 2002-1026-02176

"The Historic Positions"; Moore Jones, Horace; 2002-1026-02178

Hand painted full length portrait of James Henry Boyce (7/1337) in military uniform.; Unknown; 1915-1919; 2001-121-022

History - View All (62)

Wahine Statue; McDonald, James Ingram; 1906; 2010-030-0001

Wooden Maori Walking Stick; Unknown; 088-1900-352-0001

Flax woven mat; 1880-1889; 1954-332-0003

German Medal (Replica): Commemoration of the sinking of the ship "Lusitania". WWI.; 1915-1918; L1988-005-001

Photography and Multimedia - View All (110)

McLaughan's Cycle Shop and the Woman in Red., Clarke, C.E Waimate New Zealand, 1936, 011-2002-1026-00874

First County Car, Unknown, 1929, 019-2002-1026-02727

Māori Statues; Unknown; c1907-1910; 2002-1026-7312

Waimate Railway Staff, Station and Locomotive, Unknown, c. 1922, 010-2002-1026-2127

R.H White's paint and decorator shop, Clarke, W.J Oamaru New Zealand, Unknown, 002-2002-1026-00262

Maori Cemetery, Point Bush, H M Christie, c. 1936, 012-2002-1026-01311

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