Bluff Maritime Museum

The Bluff time Museum is situated on Foreshore Road and features Bluff's Heritage. Exhibits include whaling, oystering, shipwrecks and a working steam engine from the TST Awarua. Pride of place is the oyster boat Monica II situated beside the museum with a replica sea bed and oyster dredges.

Contact Details

P O Box 9, Bluff

64-3-212 7534

bluffmuseum@xtra.co.nz

Trish Birch, Curator

Visitor Information

241 Foreshore Road, Bluff

Mon-Fri 10am 4.30pm Sat-Sun and Public holidays 1pm - 5pm

Adult $3 Children $1

Facilities

Wheelchair access

Parking

Shop

Toilets

Other Facilities

Museum brochures /Tourist brochures

Search Bluff Maritime Museum's Collection

Explore Collection

Entire Collection - View All (50)

Archives - View All (6)

Greetings Card, Bluff Fire Brigade; Phillips Bros.; 1909; BL.P715

Postcard, Green Point, Bluff; Andersen, P.C.; 1910-1915; BL.P723(g)

Certificate of Service; Unknown Maker; 2000-2005

Honour Board, Bluff Harbour Board Past Chairmen. ; Unknown Maker; 1899; BL.BO10.2.0

Postcard, The 'Monica'; P. Hudson; 1982; BL.P491

Cartoon, Bluff Beauties, Golden Age Hotel ; Unknown Maker; 1900-1920; BL.P722

Art - View All (1)

Carving, Teak, The Mermaid Ship; Tolson, J; BL.1992.56

History - View All (13)

Steam Whistle; Unknown Maker; 1924; BL.84.20

Chronometer, T.S.T Awarua ; Whyte Thomson & Co.; 1931-1932; Unaccessioned

Kete, Tītī storage; Metzger, Tiny; 2000-2009

Bottle, wreck of the Okta; Unknown Maker; 1890 - 1910 ?; BL.92.101

Canned Foods, Ozone Oysters; Stewart Island Canneries Limited, Invercargill; 1950-1970

Natural Science - View All (2)

Sooty Shearwater (Tītī), Taxidermy ; Puffinus griseus

Whale Bone, Vertebra; Cetacea; Unaccessioned

Photography and Multimedia - View All (28)

Photograph, Ocean Beach Slaughtermen and Labourers ; Unknown Photographer; 1921

Photograph, Bluff Netball 50th Anniversary ; Unknown Photographer; BL.P572

Photograph, Awarua Boating Club Champions ; Unknown Photographer; 1922

Photograph, Awarua Sea Dogs ; Unknown Photographer; 1885-1900; BL.P231

Photograph, Bluff Marine Band ; Unknown Photographer; 1912-1920; BL.P119

Photograph, Bluff Sea Scouts ; Campbell's Studio; Unknown; BL.P120

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