Museum of Wellington City & Sea
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The Museum of Wellington City & Sea is a museum in Wellington, New Zealand
. It occupies the Bond Store
, a historic building on Jervois Quay on the waterfront of Wellington Harbour
. The conversion of this building into a museum building was completed in 1999.
The museum started in 1972 as the Wellington Maritime Museum of the Wellington Harbour Board. In 1989 with the reorganisation of local bodies throughout New Zealand, the Museum was transferred to the Wellington City Council and expanded in scope to include social history of the region. An entire floor of the museum still remains dedicated to Maritime history and culture of Wellington. It is run by the Museums Trust.
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New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It occupies the Bond Store
Wellington Harbour Board Head Office and Bond Store
Wellington Harbour Board Head Office and Bond Store is a historic building on Jervios Quay in Wellington, New Zealand. It was commissioned in 1890 by the Wellington Harbour Board to replace wooden buildings from the 1860s, designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere in the French Second Empire style, and...
, a historic building on Jervois Quay on the waterfront of Wellington Harbour
Wellington Harbour
Wellington Harbour is the large natural harbour at the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island. New Zealand's capital, Wellington, is on the western side of Wellington Harbour. The harbour was officially named Port Nicholson until it assumed its current name in the 1980s.In Māori the harbour is...
. The conversion of this building into a museum building was completed in 1999.
The museum started in 1972 as the Wellington Maritime Museum of the Wellington Harbour Board. In 1989 with the reorganisation of local bodies throughout New Zealand, the Museum was transferred to the Wellington City Council and expanded in scope to include social history of the region. An entire floor of the museum still remains dedicated to Maritime history and culture of Wellington. It is run by the Museums Trust.
Hours and admission
The Museum is open every day (excluding Christmas Day). Museum hours are 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Admission is Free. There are free tours every Sunday at 2pm.Building
For details of the building, see Wellington Harbour Board Head Office and Bond StoreWellington Harbour Board Head Office and Bond Store
Wellington Harbour Board Head Office and Bond Store is a historic building on Jervios Quay in Wellington, New Zealand. It was commissioned in 1890 by the Wellington Harbour Board to replace wooden buildings from the 1860s, designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere in the French Second Empire style, and...
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